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Shawnee123 · 03-12-2009, 09:09 AM

This is for all the younger dwellars, as they set out to find their own places and, if you're anything like I was, start out with cheap furniture from Odd Lots or K-mart that requires massive assembly. YMMV, I love putting stuff together:

1) Take everything out of the box.
2) Find the directions. Look at them. Love them. Embrace them.
3) Sort out all the pieces. If you have 2 Screw Cs, make sure you are supposed to have two and not four.
4) Lay all sorted pieces out in generally the same order you will be needing them.
5) Follow Step 1 of directions
6) Follow Step 2 of directions
7) Continue in this manner until finished.
8) If you've read the directions, you will know you don't completely tighten any screws or nuts until the end. Do this now.
9) If you've followed the directions religiously, you will have a particle board coffee table Ethan Allen himself would be proud of.
Oh, and I guess the prologue to Step 1 would be "buy screwdriver."

03-12-2009, 09:09 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	This is for all the younger dwellars, as they set out to find their own places and, if you're anything like I was, start out with cheap furniture from Odd Lots or K-mart that requires massive assembly. YMMV, I love putting stuff together: 1) Take everything out of the box. 2) Find the directions. Look at them. Love them. Embrace them. 3) Sort out all the pieces. If you have 2 Screw Cs, make sure you are supposed to have two and not four. 4) Lay all sorted pieces out in generally the same order you will be needing them. 5) Follow Step 1 of directions 6) Follow Step 2 of directions 7) Continue in this manner until finished. 8) If you've read the directions, you will know you don't completely tighten any screws or nuts until the end. Do this now. 9) If you've followed the directions religiously, you will have a particle board coffee table Ethan Allen himself would be proud of. Oh, and I guess the prologue to Step 1 would be "buy screwdriver." __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby Last edited by Shawnee123; 03-12-2009 at 09:26 AM.