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.

[tops@im-in.space]

@elizabethtasker haha, I always thought those instructions meant it was more fun if you assembled the item with a friend, not that you shouldn't do it on your own.

[elizabethtasker@mastodon.online]

@tops

[mangotable@famichiki.jp]

@elizabethtasker cool wall texture

[th@social.v.st]

@elizabethtasker I was unable to finish assembly of our bookcase since ikea didn't include the giant wrench.

[cinebox@masto.hackers.town]

@th @elizabethtasker And what appears to be a shin injury, presumably from the giant wrench?

[jmorris@social.kernel.org]

@th @elizabethtasker either that or the very, very small person who was supposed to assemble it

[elizabethtasker@mastodon.online]

I hate IKEA.

I hate dowels.

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

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

[fgraver@hcommons.social]

@elizabethtasker I always figured IKEA was Meccano for adults.

[owent@mastodon.social]

@jmorris @elizabethtasker @th tiny drawers to be assembled by tiny IKEA worker

[ericg@beige.party]

@th @elizabethtasker "That's not a wrench! This is a wrench."

[jon@activitypub.blankpad.net]

@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.

[snowgaze@masto.pt]

@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)

[elizabethtasker@mastodon.online]

@snowgaze thank you for the thought

[elizabethtasker@mastodon.online]

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.

[thibaultmol@en.osm.town]

@jon @th @elizabethtasker I mean... the 2-3h estimate does seem correct for that yeah

[philsalkie@mindly.social]

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

[elizabethtasker@mastodon.online]

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.

[elizabethtasker@mastodon.online]

@Bumblefish eh, I lack a drill. I just screwed hard.

[the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org]

@th @elizabethtasker

You need a REALLY BIG TOOL.

[dasgrueneblatt@wien.rocks]

@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!