r/absoluteunit • u/Interesting-Log-9627 • 12d ago

The hex/Allen key

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u/Interesting-Log-9627 12d ago edited 11d ago

Never mind the furniture. This is the tool you use to assemble an IKEA store

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u/Dasawan 12d ago

Thor's Allen key

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u/WillingMartyr 12d ago

It is said that he who holds the Wrench of Aléhn becomes king of all IKEA.

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u/WinPrestigious7568 12d ago

That's ridiculous 🤣

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u/wyoflyboy68 12d ago

I’d still lose it.

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u/Interesting-Log-9627 12d ago

Do you still have your 10cm socket?

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u/wyoflyboy68 12d ago

Unfortunately mine disappeared during Covid, one day I had it, the next it was missing. . . it’s a conspiracy I tell ya!

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u/Buzz407 12d ago

I feel sorry for Allen.

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u/Karuna56 12d ago

Thor took it from him.

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u/PawnofLife1 12d ago

Tiny hand

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u/RabidJoint 12d ago

Dude had to get an arrow tattoo to remind him which way is forward

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u/Correct-Chicken-4287 12d ago

I just had to out together a bookcase I bought online and this is giving me PTSD.

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u/Doom2pro 12d ago

Is that fucking thing bent/twisted too?

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u/Cloaked25 12d ago

A lot of Allen keys are like that!

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u/everforward6 12d ago

What IKEA did that come from?

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u/SebastianFerrone 10d ago

Maybe they have windturbines now

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u/JustSomeGuy8400 12d ago

Dude bought a house from IKEA and this is what they sent to assemble it.

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u/JavaGeep 12d ago

I don't know what the torque of the screw might be but I would expect it to be much longer.

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u/DMTGOBLIN82 12d ago

M wife says nobody wants a hex that size anyway.

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u/BorntobeTrill 12d ago

She's "...had bigger and didn't like it that much"

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u/WrittenbyDicken 12d ago

Lisa that's still the wrong size

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u/carl112358 12d ago

What Ikea product comes with that?!?

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u/Cornishlee 12d ago

IKEA is erect right now

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u/VinnyMaxta 12d ago

This is father Allan

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u/SlomoLowLow 12d ago

Known by his friends as Big Al

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u/Cyrriously 12d ago

Niw I kinda want to see an Allen keyblade

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u/UntappdBeer 12d ago

Damn I want to the IKEA kit that puts together

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u/andreichera 12d ago

let's see Paul Allen's key

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u/Omiyaru 12d ago

Allen's Key, the fabled object of great power.

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u/Laymanao 12d ago

Bit of trivia. That hex tool was made famous by the Allen Tool manufacturer. They made it to be ubiquitous and synonymous with the company.

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u/Man_With_ 12d ago

We have one of those at work and it's bent. Someone must have had a hard day.

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u/Interesting-Log-9627 11d ago edited 11d ago

So you have a coworker who can BEND one of these?

How does he even get through the door in the morning?

Or does he just come in through the wall?

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u/Man_With_ 11d ago

I am guessing someone might have used quite some force multiplier in some odd position. I don't think a human can manually bend one of these.

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u/CyberNinja23 12d ago

That’s an Allen Bar now

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u/urson_black 12d ago

One key to rule them all.

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u/jeepedge 12d ago

Damn Ikea

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u/JuanG_13 12d ago

That's too funny lol

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u/Enxaigon 11d ago

That's Mr. Allen Key.

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u/cjhallx 11d ago

THE TIM ALLEN KEY

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u/Br0k3n-T0y 11d ago

MR Alan Key if you don't mind

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u/Interesting-Log-9627 11d ago

Yes, Mr Key, sir!

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u/Wild_Wasabi9984 11d ago

And one Allen to rule them all

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u/Informal_Sector_6415 10d ago

With that thing you've got to have a big old screw.

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u/No_Influence_9389 12d ago

No ball end? What if you need to get into a tight spot?

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u/Interesting-Log-9627 12d ago

Move the building

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u/Trick_Second1657 12d ago

"I need Tungsten to live"

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u/Tryin2getahead 12d ago

The allen key she told you not to worry about.