Rant: bought a $40 IKEA bookshelf and a $12 can of wood filler, the filler held up better than the shelf

Reese Patel · 2026-10-07T14:30:02.493776+00:00

Spent three hours last Saturday trying to get those little cam locks to bite on the particle board and they just crushed the edges, while the filler patched every mistake in ten minutes flat, so now I'm wondering if anyone else has just given up on flat pack furniture and started building their own out of actual wood.

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