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It's not that hard to buy wood, use a saw and a drill and build something. It is very cheap and potentially even a lot better than the original. Look at this:

It's not that hard to buy wood, use a saw and a drill and build something. It is very cheap and potentially even a lot better than the original. Look at this: http://www.ikeahackers.net/2017/09/hackers-help-luroy-slats-norddal-bed.html http://www.ikeahackers.net/2017/09/hackers-help-luroy-slats-... Somebody had two broken slats in a bed, and it's natural for them to look at "hacking it" by using some slats from another product of the same brand. All fine. But in the end the solution in the thread is a bit different: buy some pieces of wood and just saw them. The vendor of course probably would like them to throw away the whole product and buy a new one. Those slats look very thin. I've never experienced broken slats in a bed, so I'd be suspicious of the quality but who knows, maybe they were sturdy and the user did something wrong.

icebraining 9y ago
This is the equivalent of those posts that commented on the Dropbox announcement with "why don't people just setup an NFS/Samba drive"? Using a saw is not rocket science, but it's not plug-n-play either. Manual saws are a pain and electric ones are dangerous and still require training. Getting a saw and a drill is itself not free. And if you live in an apartment, you might not have any good place for using it.
- jasode 9y ago
  > "why don't people just setup an NFS/Samba drive"? I believe that's referencing this (in)famous comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
- Gravityloss 9y ago
  Hah, good point! I still think a much larger percentage of the general population, probably even HN readers can saw and drill than run a custom server or setup Samba. The complexity is low and the "discoverability" or what you call it is high, as you can see what you're doing and can try many times. Of course once you get to more complex stuff, making joints, finishing surfaces, it's another thing...

icebraining 9y ago

This is the equivalent of those posts that commented on the Dropbox announcement with "why don't people just setup an NFS/Samba drive"? Using a saw is not rocket science, but it's not plug-n-play either. Manual saws are a pain and electric ones are dangerous and still require training. Getting a saw and a drill is itself not free. And if you live in an apartment, you might not have any good place for using it.

jasode 9y ago
> "why don't people just setup an NFS/Samba drive"? I believe that's referencing this (in)famous comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
Gravityloss 9y ago
Hah, good point! I still think a much larger percentage of the general population, probably even HN readers can saw and drill than run a custom server or setup Samba. The complexity is low and the "discoverability" or what you call it is high, as you can see what you're doing and can try many times. Of course once you get to more complex stuff, making joints, finishing surfaces, it's another thing...