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For the handy people out there -- Need the name of a specific tool
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04/03/25 05:44 PM
04/03/25 05:44 PM
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Canada
hagatha
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One of my kitchen lights has burned out and I'm trying to take it apart but the last piece cannot be unscrewed with any kind of screwdriver.
What it needs is those little L-shaped doodads that are like tiny screwdrivers but they have a five-sided edge. You get them with furniture kits like IKEA. I cannot for the life of remember what they're called and I need to get one.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: For the handy people out there -- Need the name of a specific tool
[Re: hagatha]
#1343128
04/03/25 05:58 PM
04/03/25 05:58 PM
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Long Beach, Australia
flotsam
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Is it an Allen Key you need?
Quantity has a quality all of its own
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Re: For the handy people out there -- Need the name of a specific tool
[Re: hagatha]
#1343133
04/03/25 06:39 PM
04/03/25 06:39 PM
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Canada
hagatha
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That's it -- an Allen key! And it's six-sided, so a Hex Key.
Cheers!
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: For the handy people out there -- Need the name of a specific tool
[Re: hagatha]
#1343222
04/05/25 10:38 AM
04/05/25 10:38 AM
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Canada
hagatha
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It's infuriating that the light fixture needs one of those, when they could just as easily have used a regular screw.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: For the handy people out there -- Need the name of a specific tool
[Re: hagatha]
#1343223
04/05/25 10:47 AM
04/05/25 10:47 AM
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Joined: Jun 2005
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Near St. Louis, MO
Draclvr
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Near St. Louis, MO
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Fogfighter, I need to remember that word!! We keep a set of all sizes of Allen wrenches around just in case we run into one of those infuriating things! I agree...
Gardens put to bed. Time for more reading and gaming.
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