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djq_ t1_iybozzk wrote

On the Ikea website, you can find the manual for most of the products they carry, and quite some they do not carry anymore. The special tool is a very common Allen key you can pick up at any hardware store. If you have a larger Phillips head screwdriver, a flat-head screwdriver, and a set of Allen keys you can take pretty much all Ikea furniture apart.

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a_literal_throwaway OP t1_iybr1lj wrote

So I can get this weird pentagon shaped thing (I always thought “Allen keys” were the star shaped ones but I’m also an idiot, so….) at like Lowe’s? I’m on kind of a time crunch so even if I could find and order the correct tool from ikea, it wouldn’t be here in time.

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69Dankdaddy69 t1_iybrued wrote

Hexagonal star shaped bits are torx bits. If they have a little point in the center of the hole, thats torx tamperproof.

I have a torx kit for both, but i try to avoid anything that uses torx, its usually some overengineered german monstrosity.

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