Christmas Tree Stand For Artificial Trees, 19.7 Inches Metal Christmas Tree Base Stand With Screw, Folding Artificial Christmas Tree Stand Replacement For 4-10 Ft Xmas Trees(Green)

This stand is made to very poor standards. The metal and construction of the stand support structure is OK, but the holes for the bolts are too small/have not been prepared for the bolts which are provided with the stand.There are only 4 parts to this stand. The frame of the stand is already connected and you just fold it out into a cross shape and insert the 3 provided bolts. Simple right?Over the course of 2 days, I attempted to get the bolts into the holes. I gave up quite quickly on day one because my fingers were hurting so much trying to get the bolts in. On day two I managed to get two of the bolts all the way in, but the third only about half way. Initially they would hardly go in at all, and I only got them is far as I did by putting on gardening gloves so I could exert sufficient force to overcome the resistance and I also used liberal amounts of WD40.I know some readers may be thinking, the inner and outer holes weren’t lined up properly and that is probably why I had such a hard time. Nope, they were in alignment and besides which the inner holes are far larger than the outer ones so it is almost impossible to create extra resistance by not lining them up properly – even if you wanted to make it hard for yourselfThe holes which the bolts go into, at least on my stand, were obviously not prepared for the bolts which were provided. The customer is expected to turn the bolts back and forth until they force a thread into the metal and allow the bolts to go through properly? For anyone that has used a tap and die, that is basically how you get these bolts into their holes. Back and forth, back and forth, you are basically cutting your path into the metal stand with your boltsAs a stand it is OK, but good luck putting it together. I almost gave up completely and if you haven’t got strong hands, you probably have no other choice. The ends of my fingers are still hurting as I’m typing this