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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by dkdbejwi383 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @07:44AM (#25927523)
> You can just go to any IKEA and buy a replacement part?

Assuming there is a store nearby and even that the company is still in business. It's vendor lock-in.

Meanwhile, my solid wood sideboard could be repaired by any competent cabinet maker, without needing specialist hinges or plastic brackets. Not that it is liable to fall apart as easily as particleboard & veneer.

Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by dubcanada on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @08:04AM (#25927696)
Sorry, what?

IKEA can be repaired by any competent cabinet maker. IKEA doesn't use anything fancy and weird, all their stuff is standard or a slightly variation of standard and could easily be replaced by a standard one. In fact most of the IKEA stuff is so popular it has become standard.

IKEA sells both particleboard & veneer for their cheap/budget friendly stuff and hard pine/other wood for more expensive stuff.

You can't have cheap and solid wood, it's just too expensive.

Go down to the local wood shop and buy all the wood you need to make a sideboard and tell me how much it will cost. Certainly will be leagues higher then buying a particleboard & veneer version of the same thing.

Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by captainredbeard on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @03:05PM (#25933207)
> and hard pine/other wood for more expensive

Pine is a softwood.

Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by thatguy0900 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @08:30AM (#25927980)
What would prevent your competent cabinet maker from attaching a new hinge and door to an ikea product?
Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by xxs on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @09:25AM (#25928601)
Goodness, I am a software developer, I don't have a woodworking shop but I'd be able to repair pretty much anything Ikea - epoxy, pva, some sawdust for filler (or woodfiller), buy particle boards with same/similar color melamine online.

Any novice woodworker/joiner should be able to fix IKEA w/o any parts from IKEA even.