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Buying cheap furniture really is a false economy and though money is often tight we urge you to look past the price and consider what it is that you are buying.
When a local Head Teacher purchased a tray storage unit from a competitor's slick clearance magazine I asked what had influenced her decision. She indicated that it was because it was cheap. After comparing the price, it appeared that the unit was £12 cheaper than our own at that time.
Two weeks after its flat-pack arrival and construction by the school caretaker I studied the tray storage unit and was shocked to discover that it was made using cheap, faced 18mm chipboard (MFC). The material might look comparable to MDF but it does not have the strength characteristics per sheet and caused the surfaces to bow and buckle under the smallest of weights. The joints had been formed by butting-up the pieces of MFC and driving a screw through to hold the unit together.
Despite this unit requiring daily use in school I could not see how this item of furniture could provide the necessary daily use within the classroom safely and consistently for any period of time. In an attempt to stop the base of the unit from touching the floor under the weight of full trays a third wheel had been included in the centre of the unit. At the time of my visit the tray storage unit skewed with the lightest of touches as it had no additional support structure and gained nothing from the 2mm flimsy back section that may even have been a piece of faced cardboard!
We are proud of the design, strength, and durability of Ambic furniture and encourage you to put our products to the test. By purchasing our furniture we can prove to you why our unique products provide your school with the best value for money: allowing you to spend money allocated to replacement furniture on alternate projects.
Features of Ambic Furniture:
- 18mm fine quality medium density fibreboard (MDF) is strong, rigid, and durable.
- Density of MDF is perfect for precision-engineered, CNC (computer numerically controlled) manipulation. Provides very fine and accurate shaped cuts, rebates and drilling work.
- All joints are drilled to receive wooden dowel studs which offer ‘locational' strength.
- Cam studs are screwed into joint surfaces to precisely align with cam receptors.
- All joint are rebated which minimises movement and provides a ‘tight' joint.
- Durability and strength is controlled by employment of our own team of proud, experienced craftsmen.
- Fitted with four twin-wheel swivel castors (front two are lockable) for smooth mobility.
- Edges are profiled, sealed and gloss-lacquered for a durable, impact-resistant finish.
- All furniture supplied fully constructed and ready for use.
- Twin rails secured to underside of top surface add strength and minimise furniture ‘twist'.
- Dowelled and glued wooden cleats provide smooth tray movement.
- Metal cam receptors sunk within MDF allow joint ‘locking' whilst providing a flush surface finish.
- Vertical dividers are glued, cammed and dowelled providing further rigidity to the unit.
- Dry-clear wood glue strengthens each joint so movement cannot occur.
- Rebated and glued 18mm backs, provided as standard, enhance unit strength.
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