bluesaint
500+ Head-Fier
As these are mass produced at a level that's affordable, it's less about the QC, its about the assembly tolerance. Specifically stress cracks that a few of you are experiencing is very likely the assembly worker tightened it beyond spec, or worse, there is no spec, and were just told to tighten. And given the wood probably isn't a high density wood, the pre-tension exerted by the assembly makes it very likely to crack. This will probably be applicable to other areas that are failing, where its a matter of assembly tolerances. So cheap parts + lack of tolerance= higher risk for failure.