View quality construction Examples?

[Jaywalker]

Duane,

You recently posted an example of the things one could expect when paying at certain price points, i.e.:

Solid Maple > High Grade Plywood > Low Grade Plywood > Heavy duty Congregated (cardboard)
Double Doweled Screwed & Glued > Screwed and Glued > Screws only > Stapled
8-Way Hand-tied Springs > 8-Way Looped springs > No Sag springs > Foam only
Legs integrated into the frame > Legs screwed onto frame > Legs set into nutserts
Dupont Qualux Foam > Standard upholstery grade foam > Utility poly foam
Steel Reinforced Drum Webbing > Standard upholstery webbing > cheap cotton webbing bands
Full Top Grain leather > Top Grain Leather > Leather Splits > Bonded Leather

Even searching searching the web for them, I was unable to locate examples of "8-way looped springs," leading me to wonder if the example I did find of "8-Way Hand-tied Springs" might have been mislabeled and was a cheaper process.

Would you have any pics of the difference, or perhaps sites with pics?

Thanks.

[drcollie]

Take a spring and then have (8) strings coming off it going to other springs. Tie them all together. That's eight way hand-tied. When you do it properly you stop and knot at each of those (8) points at each spring, and that takes time. When you loop it, you are still taking the strings to the spring on 8 points, but skipping the knot step - its much faster. The problem occurs if a string ever breaks. On a looped system, it will come apart like Dominos fall down. On a hand-tied system, only the one string breaks and the other (7) hold it tight because of the knots. Go to the H&M video here and start watching at 3:30....

http://www.hancockandmoore.com/video.asp

[Jaywalker]

Thanks, Duane. It looks like a simple overhand knot, but I can see it takes a lot of extra steps.