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DIY & Home Improvement

OAITW r.2.0

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1. Back 20 years ago or so....

Reply to BWdem4life (Original post)

Mon Sep 12, 2022, 09:47 PM

Sep 2022

I had an entrance door with rack adjustments. Brass screws into wood. Over time, adustments failed. So I bored our the holes and put brass threaded inserts in the door and never had a problem with adjusting the rack after that. Cost $.70 total. Why didn't Anderson put this in, in the 1st place?

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Made in Taiwan ... Repaired in U.S. [View all] BWdem4life Sep 2022 OP

Back 20 years ago or so.... OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #1

Alas! Because the bean counters figured that that 70 cents was a significant cost in the manufacturi keithbvadu2 Sep 2022 #2

Short term profit (extra $.70 per unit!) OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #3

Its even worse today... Historic NY Sep 2022 #4

good job democratic2021 Oct 2022 #5