<![CDATA[Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund.]]>Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. Decided to embrace the times by ignoring experts, doing my own research on YouTube, and winging it with a mallet.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9817da21-66fe-4227-8eaf-973378f83e93/bought-an-ikea-bookcase-and-heeding-advice-regarding-weight-paid-for-assembly-only-for-a-screw-up-resulting-in-the-guy-expecting-tiny-drawers-and-refusing-the-bookcase-no-refund.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 07:01:54 GMTSat, 09 May 2026 03:50:41 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 12:29:56 GMT]]>@th @elizabethtasker I believe you misread that, the big wrench is only required for disassembly, not assembly. Two to Three hours depending on degree of disassembly. Two hours if you just need to fit it in car, Three hours to fit it back in the box.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CliffsEsport/statuses/116544621573465495https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CliffsEsport/statuses/116544621573465495Sat, 09 May 2026 12:29:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 12:24:27 GMT]]>@elizabethtasker I love that bookshelf we have several. Good work!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/3janeTA/statuses/116544599996872223https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/3janeTA/statuses/116544599996872223Sat, 09 May 2026 12:24:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 12:04:16 GMT]]>@Bumblefish fabulous!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/elizabethtasker/statuses/116544520621369070https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/elizabethtasker/statuses/116544520621369070Sat, 09 May 2026 12:04:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 11:47:17 GMT]]>@elizabethtasker just remembered this classic, meanwhile...

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/ap/users/116253184636110689/statuses/116544434278828497https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/ap/users/116253184636110689/statuses/116544434278828497Sat, 09 May 2026 11:42:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 11:03:21 GMT]]>@Bumblefish I am actually planning to get a drill, so this is useful 😂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/elizabethtasker/statuses/116544281054071935https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/elizabethtasker/statuses/116544281054071935Sat, 09 May 2026 11:03:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 10:59:57 GMT]]>@elizabethtasker お疲れ様でした。 Looks good.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/dibben/statuses/116544267735831204https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/dibben/statuses/116544267735831204Sat, 09 May 2026 10:59:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 10:52:22 GMT]]>@elizabethtasker My heart-felt sympathy! 💚 I added doors to a kallax years ago. It was a shiny surface one, and it was so hard to get the position of the holes right! Just a hard, slippery surface that liked to crack, with some saw dust underneath. And because that wasn't bad enough I decided to add child safety locks to the doors later! They need to be positioned with sub-millimeter accuracy. It was so frustrating! But when it's done it's so satisfying. Enjoy the movie!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wien.rocks/users/dasgrueneblatt/statuses/116544237904555650https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wien.rocks/users/dasgrueneblatt/statuses/116544237904555650Sat, 09 May 2026 10:52:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 10:46:04 GMT]]>@th @elizabethtasker

You need a REALLY BIG TOOL.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/elizabethtasker/statuses/116544182574628365https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/elizabethtasker/statuses/116544182574628365Sat, 09 May 2026 10:38:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 10:37:27 GMT]]>We have a cupboard! There’s a still a set of drawers (…the ones the IKEA dude came to assemble… oh the circle) but… I’m going to watch a movie.

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If something goes wrong installing the cupboard, remove it, get some wood filler, fill the holes, let it harden well, and try again.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/PhilSalkie/statuses/116543971197955247https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/PhilSalkie/statuses/116543971197955247Sat, 09 May 2026 09:44:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 09:36:46 GMT]]>@jon @th @elizabethtasker I mean... the 2-3h estimate does seem correct for that yeah

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/users/thibaultmol/statuses/116543940624636317https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/users/thibaultmol/statuses/116543940624636317Sat, 09 May 2026 09:36:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 09:35:19 GMT]]>There’s two broken-off dowels. Never mention this to me again.

For some god unknown reason, I decided a cupboard would be GREAT on one of the shelves. You apparently screw this directly into the wood (no pre-drilled holes) so it’s a one-shot terrifying situation.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/elizabethtasker/statuses/116543930742560713https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/elizabethtasker/statuses/116543930742560713Sat, 09 May 2026 09:34:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 09:28:01 GMT]]>@elizabethtasker I'm so sorry I'm not in your neighbourhood, I would truly love to help (I love assembling furniture, but it is a fact that often you need more than one person)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.pt/users/snowgaze/statuses/116543906242767653https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.pt/users/snowgaze/statuses/116543906242767653Sat, 09 May 2026 09:28:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 09:27:24 GMT]]>@th @elizabethtasker imagine how long you’d be twiddling that adjustment dial to get a person size wrench down to the correct gap for an M2 nut.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://activitypub.blankpad.net/@jon@blankpad.net/posts/575871415907088544/https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://activitypub.blankpad.net/@jon@blankpad.net/posts/575871415907088544/Sat, 09 May 2026 09:27:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 09:22:57 GMT]]>@th @elizabethtasker "That's not a wrench! This is a wrench."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/ericg/statuses/116543886309825291https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/ericg/statuses/116543886309825291Sat, 09 May 2026 09:22:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 09:03:47 GMT]]>@jmorris @elizabethtasker @th tiny drawers to be assembled by tiny IKEA worker

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/owent/statuses/116543810895981518https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/owent/statuses/116543810895981518Sat, 09 May 2026 09:03:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:45:05 GMT]]>@elizabethtasker I always figured IKEA was Meccano for adults.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hcommons.social/users/fgraver/statuses/116543737414373531https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hcommons.social/users/fgraver/statuses/116543737414373531Sat, 09 May 2026 08:45:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:53:35 GMT]]>I hate IKEA.

I hate dowels.

I hate the fact I’ve LOST MY DAMN PLIERS.

(Going… as expected. Also going for a walk.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/elizabethtasker/statuses/116543534900936541https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/elizabethtasker/statuses/116543534900936541Sat, 09 May 2026 07:53:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:49:38 GMT]]>@th @elizabethtasker either that or the very, very small person who was supposed to assemble it]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.kernel.org/objects/ed9145c6-115d-4799-8724-402563d87da0https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.kernel.org/objects/ed9145c6-115d-4799-8724-402563d87da0Sat, 09 May 2026 07:49:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 06:00:33 GMT]]>@th @elizabethtasker And what appears to be a shin injury, presumably from the giant wrench?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/cinebox/statuses/116543090455905984https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/cinebox/statuses/116543090455905984Sat, 09 May 2026 06:00:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bought an IKEA bookcase and, heeding advice regarding weight, paid for assembly… only for a screw up resulting in the guy expecting tiny drawers and refusing the bookcase 🤦🏼‍♀️ No refund. on Sat, 09 May 2026 05:55:52 GMT]]>@elizabethtasker I was unable to finish assembly of our bookcase since ikea didn't include the giant wrench.

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