IKEA to introduce furniture that snaps together in minutes without requiring tools 

If you look at other companies from Sweden, they're reputation for "no tool assembly" products is even better. Less waste, less requirements, and the portability factor is everything. Not to mention, they focus solely on the "no tool" aspect, so they're products are even more sturdy. It's a niche area, but it's like McDonald's evolving the food industry; ikea gotta get in or get left behind before these other companies hit international distribution.

Probably because its pretty boring. You just repeat the movement shown in 0:53 for every of the four legs. Assembly complete?

Robert Horvath Funny you mention that. We had the same issue with our Lissabo table.

Doesn't it literally say that you are recomended to tighten the screws few weeks after assembling?

Yeah, it needs through dowels for each leg.

Exactly my thought! Clever bit of marketing not to show that extra assemby bit. At least I assume they thought of that...

I think you need a wedge dowel.

+petibatyo You're right.

Google mortise and tenon construction. Whole castles were constructed without nails and screws. This is centuries old technology re-imagined.

The unusual thing about the approach used by IKEA here seems to be the requirement that it is easy to assemble and disassemble without tools. I am not an expert on woodworking by any stretch, though I do know that while Japanese woodworkers did reach a particularly high level of advancement in the use of wooden joints, it is not unknown from other places in the world. Do you have any reason to believe this specific design of dowel was used in Japanese woodworking?

TONAH The thing is, some companies have strong policies when it comes to innovation, usually new stuff becomes property of the company if it was developed during your work hours and specially if they are paying him to innovate and create new products and processes.

yeah, if he made it on Ikea's dime then it's ikea idea, no doubt about that. Maybe the lessons of this project goes into his next idea for his own company or start up. Thankful to live in a time that individual focused effort with limited backing or investment can be greatly rewarded . The time of making conglomerate companies richer while individuals reap nothing is a thing of the past. Granted mass marketing does help, but with clever techniques and a GOOD product, you can do a LOT with a few thousands of dollars.

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Até o nome é plagiado dos tugas, se repararem só deslocaram o a, Lisabo -> Lisboa

Lol, implying the West doesn't have original techniques for using mortise and tenons in wood working.

manu ochenta Idk tell us

whatever, it's either northern europeans or east asians who create everything, everyone else is a leech

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Why not using wood screws for (more or less) wood pieces?

no duct tape?

Furniture that needs to be held together by screws is low quality. The best furniture does not use metal hardware.

sooo... that would make up the majority of furniture in the world... ok, got it.

Yes. The majority of furniture is low quality. Just as with most other industries. Using metal to hold wood together is never the best method because wood is "alive" after it's been cut. The moisture content in the air causes wood to shrink and grow, which will eventually render the nails and screws useless. But if the joints that hold the furniture together are wood themselves, then the whole piece is allowed to shrink and grow as one, guaranteeing usability for generations.

tell that to my 30 yr old bed and 20 yr old dresser... lol

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