19-01-2003 04:15									#91
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident a cordless drill . But this is a necessary one to have.

Except for Bill Clinton, who did not even recognize what one was.

	19-01-2003 04:40									#92
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Just assembled a second bookcase myself, and the back wall ended up backwards. Needless to say, I was too lazy to actually fix it, so now I have a perfectly functional albeit butt ugly bookcase.

	19-01-2003 05:48									#93
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quote: Allen wrenches == Allen keys.

No ****, Sherlock.

	19-01-2003 05:53									#94
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quote: Originally posted by Asher Allen wrenches == Allen keys. Phillips screws < Robertson screws.

Mathematically does that not mean that wrenches are the same as keys?

	19-01-2003 08:55									#95
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quote: Originally posted by GP square on the outside or a square groove? Does the screwed-in screw rest flush? I'd still like to see some good pictures or a diagram.

	19-01-2003 09:11									#96
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I bought a big desk on rolling castors.

Assembly was no problem.

Big problem was me putting a several hundred pound TV on top. Nothing for several days.

But ever so slowly I noticed* that the castors had been bending under the weight and that they weren't rolling, they were squashed into egg shapes.

The challenge:
How to get them out with out mangling the nice imitation cherry finish.

How to put in stronger, heavy duty steel castors instead of these plastic ones.

I've taken out stripped screws before, but not castors. There doesn't seem to be anything to grip.

*I push the thing around and it was so heavy I didn't notice it wasn't actually rolling.

	19-01-2003 09:23									#97
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Get a car jack and a hammer. Guard the wood finish with a thin piece of wood. Jack up the desk and knock the castors off.

	19-01-2003 09:32									#98
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Car jack?

It's only about as heavy as a refridgerator, two people can lift it (very very carefully).

	19-01-2003 09:35									#99
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The car jack will keep it there, though...

	19-01-2003 10:01									#100
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quote: Originally posted by Frogger

Tool nazi.

	19-01-2003 10:08									#101
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Is the head like a square bolt that you'd put a socket on? Or is it like a square impression, that you'd out a square allen wrench into?

	19-01-2003 10:10									#102
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quote: Tool nazi.

No, just classic GP.

	19-01-2003 10:11									#103
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I just turned it upside down and put it on blanket.

Now I'm going to forget it about for a while.

	19-01-2003 10:12									#104
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If the extra bits in my bit set are what I think they are, it's the latter.

	19-01-2003 10:13									#105
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	19-01-2003 10:30									#106
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quote: Originally posted by The Mad Monk If the extra bits in my bit set are what I think they are, it's the latter.

"Extra bits".

Phillips head just doeesn't cut it. You can strip it with barely any force at all.

	19-01-2003 10:30									#107
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Damn. My own thread has degenerated into a bunch of posts that I don't come close to understanding

	19-01-2003 10:41									#108
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quote: Originally posted by David Floyd Damn. My own thread has degenerated into a bunch of posts that I don't come close to understanding

Now you know how Sava feels.

	20-01-2003 21:56									#110
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quote: Originally posted by Frogger "Extra bits". Phillips head just doeesn't cut it. You can strip it with barely any force at all.

-- Last night I added a crib and a change table to the "things I built that David Floyd can't" . Then I realized I should not have done it out in the bonus room watching football as the crib was exactly 1/4 inch wider than the doorframe -- so I had to dissassemble the thing partway to get it in .

. . . Where was I ?. . . . Oh yeah . . . both items had Phillips head screws which I HATE. They strip way way too easy. Just another example of American business clinging to an inferior system

	20-01-2003 22:36									#111
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GP

go to McFeelys.com for everything you ever wanted to know about square drive screws.

	20-01-2003 22:40									#112
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It would have easer to just remove the door stop (the strip of wood on the latch side of the door) its only held in place with a few small nails and goes back on without a hammer even.

	20-01-2003 22:47									#113
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quote: Originally posted by Flubber -- Last night I added a crib and a change table to the "things I built that David Floyd can't" . Then I realized I should not have done it out in the bonus room watching football as the crib was exactly 1/4 inch wider than the doorframe -- so I had to dissassemble the thing partway to get it in .

Ahhhh. Memories.

My cousin bought this mobile home and decided to redo the bathroom. He wanted to put in a corner bath. He also wanted to make the bathroom a lot bigger since he did not need the extra bedroom.
So we tore down the wall, built a new one, rewired the bathroom for new lighting and moved the washer/dryer out to the new smaller room with all the plumbing etc...

I had seen the bathtub in the store and kept asking him if it would fit through the front door and he kept saying that he had a plan. I kept telling him he wouldn't be able to get it into the house: i had measured it and it just didn't fit through the front door.

So the tub finally arrives. He had indeed figured out a way to get it in. It just fit through the living room window after we took all the windows off. He had a good laugh at my expense ... untill he figured out that we couldn't turn the corner in the hallway to get it in the bathroom.
We had to tear down the new wall.

	20-01-2003 22:53									#114
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quote: Originally posted by Promethus GP go to McFeelys.com for everything you ever wanted to know about square drive screws.

Done.

	21-01-2003 05:28									#115
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Shelves really can be a pain to put together. Why don't you ask your mommy to do it?

	21-01-2003 05:56									#116
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quote: Originally posted by Promethus Flubber It would have easer to just remove the door stop (the strip of wood on the latch side of the door) its only held in place with a few small nails and goes back on without a hammer even.

I actually knew about that but my 1/4 inch too big was to the door frame itself not the doorstops-- ( believe me I have often taken down doors and those little door stops either side). Taking the doorstops off I would still only get it through by removing some of the door frame itself . . or by forcing things through with damage to crib and frame

Taking the crib part way apart was easy anyway-- I just took out the slide rail and the bottom and then loosened a couple of screws so I could angle things a little--- About 2 minutes to do and no more than 7 or 8 to put back together