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Vinyl strip for chipboard shelf edge
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Again, I've put together loads of IKEA furniture over the years. They are mostly designed to be as easy to dismantle as they are to put together. They usually use a combination of wooden dowel (never glued) and metal dowels with cams.0
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Hi,edinburgher wrote: »I have managed to build an Ikea bookcase with half of the shelves back to front, chipboard edge showing

just curious, how come you didn't notice it after the first one?0 -
I always have to build things twice - it's not until you've got to the end that you can see what you were supposed to do.0
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