[ethbro]

> An important corollary in this doctrine is that IKEA should go all-out Unbraco or Torx on their screws; wretched be those who advocate Philips heads in any application!

Aren't most main fasteners in IKEA furniture shear-loaded though? The last assembly I can remember doing was exclusively the post & socket type connectors in pre-drilled holes.

And if you're not actually torquing a fastener then Philips+ seems a bit overkill.

[semi-extrinsic]

IIRC most of the Philips stuff I've encountered (and cursed) on IKEA furniture were for attaching small things; the main fasteners are usually good (unbrako).

[Moru]

I read somewhere that IKEA is slowly moving to snap-fastening solutions but I haven't seen any of them yet.