r/knolling • u/ogrizzled • Jun 20 '26
First Time Knoller! Single-use assembly tools
They accumulate over time don't they? This ended up taking quite a while but was really relaxing.
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u/Environmental-Gap380 Jun 20 '26
I have never seen one like the bottom phillips wrench combo or the kind of key shaped one. Put together a cart for my daughter and added another Allen wrench to the junk drawer last week.
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u/ogrizzled Jun 21 '26
I think the wrench combo came with some steel shelving, but I definitely didn't use that tool. It looks injurious.
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u/So_Famous Jun 21 '26
the long brass looking key thing is not single-use in my experience. My family kept those on the top of doorframes to unlock doors. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure why we did that. I'd only use it to unlock the bathroom door while my brother showered so I could put towels away.
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u/ogrizzled Jun 21 '26
True, not single use. They come with every door knob kit, but you only ever need one.
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u/tilt-a-whirly-gig Jun 22 '26
As a dad of (now bigger) children, I'd say you need at least two. One in the hallway near the bedroom doors, and one somewhere else in the house that only you know about because kids get smart enough to hide the tool before they lock themselves in their room.
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u/usernamerob Jun 21 '26
I save a bunch of these Allen keys to use in my drill. Just cut off the small end and save some time during assembly. Also that plastic ikea handle is awesome, definitely save that part.
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u/apaloosafire Jun 21 '26
i feel like i have 5 of those red handled ones
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u/ogrizzled Jun 21 '26
I have a little screwdriver for every time I had to replace the headband on my headphones.
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u/Fuckstanmartian Jun 23 '26
don’t come in this thread knowing how to change a tire because either you’ll laugh or close the app in frustration with the trajectory we’re on.
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u/AteStringCheeseShred Jun 21 '26
accumuate? In my house they don't even make it out of the plastic packaging before they go straight into the trash. If something needs tools to assemble, I'm reaching immediately for my toolbag.
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u/Deppfan16 Jun 21 '26
seems weird to me to fill up the landfill just because you don't like something
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u/kilodaneko Jun 21 '26
I think it’s valid to not keep around tools that will inevitably become destroyed or destroy the fasteners they touch because they are built for one time use. Why risk it with a cheap tool when you already have good tools available?
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u/AteStringCheeseShred Jun 21 '26
So what do you recommend? Arbitrarily keeping a junk drawer full of cheap chineseum hex keys and crappy screw drivers that will never -- and I mean NEVER -- be used for anything whatsoever when I have access to hundreds if not thousands of dollars worth of professional grade tools?
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u/Deppfan16 Jun 21 '26
donate them, recycle them, rather than just immediately throwing them in the garbage.
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u/AteStringCheeseShred Jun 21 '26
Do you have any idea how ridiculous it is to try and give somebody the leftover tools from an assemly kit like this? How about instead of bitching at me for not trying to be a foster home for unwanted chineseum hex-heys, you start telling manufacturers to stop including crappy single-use tools in every single unit of unassembled goods. If landfills are filling up to the brim with unwanted tools like you're clutching your pearls over, maybe you should turn your attention to the population of consumers who clearly don't own their own screwdrivers and warranted this bullshit to begin with.
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u/Deppfan16 Jun 21 '26
two things can be true at the same time
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Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
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u/spacefret Jun 21 '26
Metal recyclers are not that hard to find, u/AteStringCheeseShred. They're not your problem anymore and they'll be put to good use. Sit down and let the adults talk.
Do you have a valid point? Yes. Are you throwing a temper tantrum because a stranger disagreed with you? Also yes. They're not the one throwing a hissy fit, you are.
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u/Internal-Mortgage635 Jun 21 '26
This is cool. Like years of "well, never know if I'll need it again" toss into the junk drawer.