Current Events > I spent 4 hours putting together a coffee table and the last screws won't fit.

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C_Pain 11/15/23 10:05:24 AM #1:	REEEEEEEEEEE!! I'm gonna cry. It's a lift top coffee table and the screws for one side of the metal hinge are too small for the threaded insert somehow, despite being normal on the other side. --- How quaint. <cite>C_Pain posted [p:977226282] in I spent 4 ... [t:80620659]...</cite> <quote>REEEEEEEEEEE!!I'm gonna cry. It's a lift top coffee table and the screws for one side of the metal hinge are too small for the threaded insert somehow, despite being normal on the other side. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Turbam 11/15/23 10:05:56 AM #2:	Did you tighten all of the other screws already? If so, maybe try to loosen them a bit? --- ~snip (V)_(;,;)_(V) snip~ I'm just one man! Whoa! Well, I'm a one man band! https://imgur.com/p9Xvjvs <cite>Turbam posted [p:977226293] in I spent 4 ... [t:80620659]...</cite> <quote>Did you tighten all of the other screws already? If so, maybe try to loosen them a bit? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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C_Pain 11/15/23 10:10:04 AM #4:	Turbam posted... Did you tighten all of the other screws already? If so, maybe try to loosen them a bit? It's weird because the issue is the screws to hold the hinge in are TOO small. They just slide fully into the threaded insert and aren't able to be tightened like the other 3 sides. Those inserts were also preinstalled into the boards. --- How quaint. <cite>C_Pain posted [p:977226353] in I spent 4 ... [t:80620659]...</cite> <quote>Turbam posted... </cite><quote>Did you tighten all of the other screws already? If so, maybe try to loosen them a bit?</quote>It's weird because the issue is the screws to hold the hinge in are TOO small. They just slide fully into the threaded insert and aren't able to be tightened like the other 3 sides. Those inserts were also preinstalled into the boards. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
modena 11/15/23 10:10:35 AM #5:	Can you pop the one of the inserts out and take it to a hardware store? --- I'm surrounded <cite>modena posted [p:977226358] in I spent 4 ... [t:80620659]...</cite> <quote>Can you pop the one of the inserts out and take it to a hardware store? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ooooooranges 11/15/23 10:12:31 AM #6:	modena posted... Can you pop the one of the inserts out and take it to a hardware store? Do this. But also call, complain, and force them to give you some of your money back so you're basically getting a discount. --- http://images.tsn.ca/images/stories/2011/10/10/pujols_85507.jpg <cite>Ooooooranges posted [p:977226387] in I spent 4 ... [t:80620659]...</cite> <quote>modena posted... </cite><quote>Can you pop the one of the inserts out and take it to a hardware store?</quote>Do this. But also call, complain, and force them to give you some of your money back so you're basically getting a discount. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
C_Pain 11/15/23 10:14:57 AM #7:	modena posted... Can you pop the one of the inserts out and take it to a hardware store? I could try after I get home from work but I think they are bored into the wood so I would destroy the panel if I tried to get them out. A friend suggested using thread seal tape to wrap around the screw. --- How quaint. <cite>C_Pain posted [p:977226426] in I spent 4 ... [t:80620659]...</cite> <quote>modena posted... </cite><quote>Can you pop the one of the inserts out and take it to a hardware store?</quote>I could try after I get home from work but I think they are bored into the wood so I would destroy the panel if I tried to get them out. A friend suggested using thread seal tape to wrap around the screw. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
modena 11/15/23 10:27:01 AM #8:	C_Pain posted... I could try after I get home from work but I think they are bored into the wood so I would destroy the panel if I tried to get them out. A friend suggested using thread seal tape to wrap around the screw. Thread tape could work,but as cheap as it is I would take the screw to a hardware store too. Match the thread type and buy like the next few sizes up. --- I'm surrounded <cite>modena posted [p:977226610] in I spent 4 ... [t:80620659]...</cite> <quote>C_Pain posted... </cite><quote>I could try after I get home from work but I think they are bored into the wood so I would destroy the panel if I tried to get them out. A friend suggested using thread seal tape to wrap around the screw.</quote>Thread tape could work,but as cheap as it is I would take the screw to a hardware store too. Match the thread type and buy like the next few sizes up. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Thermador446 11/15/23 10:38:55 AM #9:	Just screw harder --- "While you were wasting your time castrating a priceless antique, I was systematically feeding babies to hungry mutated puppies!" -The Monarch <cite>Thermador446 posted [p:977226793] in I spent 4 ... [t:80620659]...</cite> <quote>Just screw harder </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SSJKirby 11/15/23 10:40:56 AM #10:	Take out one screw that fits and put it on the other side --- Not changing this signature until Beyond Good and Evil 2 is in my hand. August 25th, 2010. <cite>SSJKirby posted [p:977226826] in I spent 4 ... [t:80620659]...</cite> <quote>Take out one screw that fits and put it on the other side </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ai123 11/15/23 10:46:47 AM #11:	Are you sure you used all the right screws in all the right places? This kind of thing has happened to me before, thanks to my lack of ability to notice the difference between two almost, but not quite, identical screws. --- Nothing works/Everything's expensive/And opaque/And privatised/My shoe organising thing arrived/Thank God <cite>ai123 posted [p:977226912] in I spent 4 ... [t:80620659]...</cite> <quote>Are you sure you used all the right screws in all the right places?This kind of thing has happened to me before, thanks to my lack of ability to notice the difference between two almost, but not quite, identical screws. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Foppe 11/15/23 10:55:02 AM #12:	I can feel the pain. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC <cite>Foppe posted [p:977227041] in I spent 4 ... [t:80620659]...</cite> <quote>I can feel the pain. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FolkenRawr 11/15/23 10:59:33 AM #13:	ai123 posted... Are you sure you used all the right screws in all the right places? This kind of thing has happened to me before, thanks to my lack of ability to notice the difference between two almost, but not quite, identical screws. Not to be snarky, but if it takes 4hours to put together one coffee table, this/general user error is the most likely cause. Either way, just take one of the screws from the other end to a hardware store and buy a new one for less than a buck. Or beat your head against the wall and slowly disassemble until you find the mistake. --- Cookin like a chef, I'm a 5 Star Michelin <cite>FolkenRawr posted [p:977227105] in I spent 4 ... [t:80620659]...</cite> <quote>ai123 posted... </cite><quote>Are you sure you used all the right screws in all the right places?This kind of thing has happened to me before, thanks to my lack of ability to notice the difference between two almost, but not quite, identical screws.</quote>Not to be snarky, but if it takes 4hours to put together one coffee table, this/general user error is the most likely cause. Either way, just take one of the screws from the other end to a hardware store and buy a new one for less than a buck. Or beat your head against the wall and slowly disassemble until you find the mistake. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
C_Pain 11/15/23 11:04:21 AM #14:	ai123 posted... Are you sure you used all the right screws in all the right places? This kind of thing has happened to me before, thanks to my lack of ability to notice the difference between two almost, but not quite, identical screws. Yes. I tried using a screw from the other side that would tighten and on this side it just slides in. --- How quaint. <cite>C_Pain posted [p:977227178] in I spent 4 ... [t:80620659]...</cite> <quote>ai123 posted... </cite><quote>Are you sure you used all the right screws in all the right places?This kind of thing has happened to me before, thanks to my lack of ability to notice the difference between two almost, but not quite, identical screws.</quote>Yes. I tried using a screw from the other side that would tighten and on this side it just slides in. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
royic 11/15/23 11:13:40 AM #15:	Fill up the hole with wood glue, wait for it to dry, make your own better screw receptacle. --- binga <cite>royic posted [p:977227325] in I spent 4 ... [t:80620659]...</cite> <quote>Fill up the hole with wood glue, wait for it to dry, make your own better screw receptacle. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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