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I got to the last part of the assembly of unit no2 and whilst putting on
the top a dowel broke through. It pushed a big 'scab' of sawdust wood out.
I tried to stick it back with super glue but no good....it is raised
slightly, although I put a precision flat surface on it weighed it down
with a microwave transformer. It looks like the dowel hole had been
drilled very close to the surface and the force offered by the mating hole
just pushed it through.

Assembling Ikea Cabinets
 

On 07/10/2020 17:01, jon wrote:

I got to the last part of the assembly of unit no2 and whilst putting on
the top a dowel broke through. It pushed a big 'scab' of sawdust wood out.
I tried to stick it back with super glue but no good....it is raised
slightly, although I put a precision flat surface on it weighed it down
with a microwave transformer. It looks like the dowel hole had been
drilled very close to the surface and the force offered by the mating hole
just pushed it through.

Unusual for IKEA, their stuff is normally very accurate. Perhaps you
pushed too hard.

Assembling Ikea Cabinets
 

In article , jon wrote:

I got to the last part of the assembly of unit no2 and whilst putting on
the top a dowel broke through. It pushed a big 'scab' of sawdust wood
out. I tried to stick it back with super glue but no good....it is
raised slightly, although I put a precision flat surface on it weighed
it down with a microwave transformer. It looks like the dowel hole had
been drilled very close to the surface and the force offered by the
mating hole just pushed it through.

Take it back

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"jon" wrote in message ...

I got to the last part of the assembly of unit no2 and whilst putting on
the top a dowel broke through. It pushed a big 'scab' of sawdust wood out.
I tried to stick it back with super glue but no good....it is raised
slightly, although I put a precision flat surface on it weighed it down
with a microwave transformer. It looks like the dowel hole had been
drilled very close to the surface and the force offered by the mating hole
just pushed it through.

All their stuff is machined by robots, with all the holes on each piece
being drilled on each side in a single operation.
Possibly you didn't insert that particular dowel deep enough in the top
piece before inserting it in the side. Which is easy enough to do when
fatigue sets in. Then when you mate up the two pieces the protruding
dowel can get jammed sideways rather than pushed home in with the result
you experienced.

Ideally you should have sorted that out - ideally without bashing it too
hard which might have flattened the end - before gluing back the detached
piece which would have been possible with PVA. Before then re-inserting
the dowel and having another go..

michael adams

.....

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On Wed, 07 Oct 2020 18:23:17 +0100, michael adams wrote:

"jon" wrote in message
...

I got to the last part of the assembly of unit no2 and whilst putting
on the top a dowel broke through. It pushed a big 'scab' of sawdust
wood out.
I tried to stick it back with super glue but no good....it is raised
slightly, although I put a precision flat surface on it weighed it down
with a microwave transformer. It looks like the dowel hole had been
drilled very close to the surface and the force offered by the mating
hole just pushed it through.

All their stuff is machined by robots, with all the holes on each piece
being drilled on each side in a single operation.
Possibly you didn't insert that particular dowel deep enough in the top
piece before inserting it in the side. Which is easy enough to do when
fatigue sets in. Then when you mate up the two pieces the protruding
dowel can get jammed sideways rather than pushed home in with the result
you experienced.

Ideally you should have sorted that out - ideally without bashing it too
hard which might have flattened the end - before gluing back the
detached piece which would have been possible with PVA. Before then
re-inserting the dowel and having another go..

michael adams

....

I will stand a potted plant on it.

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I think they may well replace the mismade part, provided you can find a
sensible person who does not want you to take it all apart and give you a
complete new one that is.
Brian

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"jon" wrote in message ...

I got to the last part of the assembly of unit no2 and whilst putting on
the top a dowel broke through. It pushed a big 'scab' of sawdust wood out.
I tried to stick it back with super glue but no good....it is raised
slightly, although I put a precision flat surface on it weighed it down
with a microwave transformer. It looks like the dowel hole had been
drilled very close to the surface and the force offered by the mating hole
just pushed it through.

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On Wed, 07 Oct 2020 17:06:58 +0100, newshound wrote:

On 07/10/2020 17:01, jon wrote:

I got to the last part of the assembly of unit no2 and whilst putting
on the top a dowel broke through. It pushed a big 'scab' of sawdust
wood out.
I tried to stick it back with super glue but no good....it is raised
slightly, although I put a precision flat surface on it weighed it down
with a microwave transformer. It looks like the dowel hole had been
drilled very close to the surface and the force offered by the mating
hole just pushed it through.

Unusual for IKEA, their stuff is normally very accurate. Perhaps you
pushed too hard.

Four or five times I had to re-assemble a drawer, because the slide-in
base didn't. The rough finish and swaff on machined compressed sawdust can
make all the difference.