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fred writes
On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 8:43:03 AM UTC, Bert Coules wrote:
"soup" wrote:

IME the panels on the back of IKEA furniture are just dust shields and
have absolutely no external load put on them so ordinary panel pins
should be fine .
In this case, the back panel does also serve to hold the entire assembly
square, but again, the external load is minimal.

Thanks for the tip about not using glue.

I don't believe that any English IKEAs are open at the moment, but in any
case my "local" branch is an impractical distance away.

I do have the pin-spacer, something I've not previously encountered. Neat
and clever.

Thanks for your thoughts.


Beg, borrow or steal a staple gun. Better grip than panel pins

er.. Don't use the divergent point type near an edge!

--
Tim Lamb