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Old 04-16-2022, 08:06 PM   #774
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Originally Posted by spike021 View Post
I bought and assembled an IKEA dining table.



The 2nd to last step was a pain in the ass. I probably spent 45 mins or so on it and still couldn't quite get it 100% (retaining square thing that goes between the four legs and over 8 bolts, which you then tighten through the middle, which is super cramped.



I double-checked with a level if not getting it 100% sat on the bolts would be ok, and the level said 0 deg. So I tightened everything up, flipped the table right-side up, and then checked if it was sturdy and then if the level continued to read 0 deg; both were good.



I dunno why IKEA stuff is always so unnecessarily challenging.
I had a friend who was a carpenter. I needed work at the time and he had these days of subcontracting where we would do mattress inspections (warranty stuff) and build (mostly Ikea) furniture for people. After a few weeks it was like building legos but yeah definitely some stuff is awkward. We did have 2 of us at least always together because we rode in the same van.

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