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Is the price o.k. though?

jaclaz 5y ago
I think we'll have to reach a common definition for "ok", I may be (actually I am) cheap but 115 UK pounds for a small wooden box? https://www.johnlewis.com/lego-4020-wooden-2x2-desk-drawer/p5795941 https://www.johnlewis.com/lego-4020-wooden-2x2-desk-drawer/p... I understand that is a steal if compared to the 90 UK pounds for 3 (three) wooden pegs: https://www.johnlewis.com/lego-4016-wooden-1x1-wall-hanger-studs-set-of-3/soap-treated-oak/p5795952 https://www.johnlewis.com/lego-4016-wooden-1x1-wall-hanger-s... The only adjective that comes to my mind is "outrageous".
- weego 5y ago
  And it's butt jointed. There's no engineering excellence unlike the lego pieces themselves. It's really not hard to do better even just with cncing dovetails. Outrageous indeed.
- Symbiote 5y ago
  It's solid oak. Just the material would retail for around £20-30. The price is outrageous compared to something from Jysk (Danish version of Ikea), and I wouldn't buy it, but it is within the general price range of Danish designer furniture. Example, £200 for a 150cm oak shelf: https://www.bolia.com/da-dk/produkter/04-008-11_15934774/ https://www.bolia.com/da-dk/produkter/04-008-11_15934774/
  - jaclaz 5y ago
    >It's solid oak. Just the material would retail for around £20-30. I would not be that sure, the description talks of "solid oak & veneer", but given that it is all solid oak (the drawer is most probably veneer), it is anyway an industrial product. Dimensions: H11.3 x W15.8 x D15.8cm Using approximate measures an 1.5 cm for thickness to consider waste, I get: Back+back of drawer+front of drawer=3x0.12x0.16x0.015=0.000864 Bottom+Top+bottom of drawer=3x0.16x0.16x0.015=0.001152 sides+sides of drawer=4x0.16x0.12x0.015=0.001152 wooden pegs=4xPix0.02x0.02x0.03=0.000151 total 0.003319 m3, let's add some 20% more, 0,004 20/0.004=5,000pounds/m3 30/0.004=7,500 pounds/m3 I think a very fine european oak should sell retail for 2,000 pounds/m3 or less.
hvgk 5y ago
Definitely not.

I think we'll have to reach a common definition for "ok", I may be (actually I am) cheap but 115 UK pounds for a small wooden box? https://www.johnlewis.com/lego-4020-wooden-2x2-desk-drawer/p5795941 https://www.johnlewis.com/lego-4020-wooden-2x2-desk-drawer/p... I understand that is a steal if compared to the 90 UK pounds for 3 (three) wooden pegs: https://www.johnlewis.com/lego-4016-wooden-1x1-wall-hanger-studs-set-of-3/soap-treated-oak/p5795952 https://www.johnlewis.com/lego-4016-wooden-1x1-wall-hanger-s... The only adjective that comes to my mind is "outrageous".

weego 5y ago
And it's butt jointed. There's no engineering excellence unlike the lego pieces themselves. It's really not hard to do better even just with cncing dovetails. Outrageous indeed.
Symbiote 5y ago
It's solid oak. Just the material would retail for around £20-30. The price is outrageous compared to something from Jysk (Danish version of Ikea), and I wouldn't buy it, but it is within the general price range of Danish designer furniture. Example, £200 for a 150cm oak shelf: https://www.bolia.com/da-dk/produkter/04-008-11_15934774/ https://www.bolia.com/da-dk/produkter/04-008-11_15934774/
- jaclaz 5y ago
  >It's solid oak. Just the material would retail for around £20-30. I would not be that sure, the description talks of "solid oak & veneer", but given that it is all solid oak (the drawer is most probably veneer), it is anyway an industrial product. Dimensions: H11.3 x W15.8 x D15.8cm Using approximate measures an 1.5 cm for thickness to consider waste, I get: Back+back of drawer+front of drawer=3x0.12x0.16x0.015=0.000864 Bottom+Top+bottom of drawer=3x0.16x0.16x0.015=0.001152 sides+sides of drawer=4x0.16x0.12x0.015=0.001152 wooden pegs=4xPix0.02x0.02x0.03=0.000151 total 0.003319 m3, let's add some 20% more, 0,004 20/0.004=5,000pounds/m3 30/0.004=7,500 pounds/m3 I think a very fine european oak should sell retail for 2,000 pounds/m3 or less.

hvgk 5y ago

Definitely not.