[Misc] Rectifying daft IKEA assembly balls-upso

[Poojah]

Quick precursor - I am, as my wife regularly tells me, “a fúcking useless man”. Certainly, if we’re happy to resort to the kind of classic gender stereotyping that blokes are good with drills and hammers and such like then that much is true. I am not good with drills and hammers. Or screwdrivers. Or anything involving my hands (well, maybe one thing).

Anyway, today I purchased an IKEA cabinet for my new home gym and so tonight I decided to try and build the thing over, ironically, a couple of Magic Rock Fantasma’s.

To say that it was all going well is a slight oversimplification of the events that took place, however I did at least think I was almost there. That was until I attempted to attach the door and I realised that I had screwed the magnetic clicky door closy thing (not sure if technical term) to the wrong side.

Trouble is, the magnetic clicky door closy thing is actually two things - I screwed the bit that holds the magnetic part to the side of the cabinet and then popped the magnetic bit into the holder where it fixed in place. As such, I can’t work out a way to unscrew it. Pics below, but any ideas how I can get the bloody thing off so I can attach it to the other side.

Given the pathetic nature of my post and the potential for sarcastic pisstakery, I will donate £20 to the charity of choice of anyone who is genuinely able to help me rectify my most basic of cock-ups. Thanks!





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Edit: not only can I not build furniture, it seems I’m also unable to get thread titles right.

 

[Acker79]

Does this help?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ELDQbbbIM

 

[Bry Nylon]

A job that was going so well for the first four and a half minutes...

 

[Comrade Sam]

Have you tried pushing the magnet out with a narrow screwdriver?
Looks like you've put the magnet in the wrong side.

 

[Easy 10]

Have you tried turning it off and on again ?

 

[bhafc99]

Buy a giant magnet, like the size of a child, so the stuck bit comes flying out your cabinet and pings onto the giant magnet with a resounding clunk.

At least that’s what they do in a cartoon.

 

[Robinjakarta]

Have you tried calling [MENTION=451]BensGrandad[/MENTION]?

 

[Barnet Seagull]

You screwed only one magnetic bit in place? That implies the other is only in place with magnetic force?
Can you not just separate the two parts?



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[zefarelly]

You must have placed then slid the magnet piece for it to click into place ? There fore reverse said procedure and it should come loose so you can remove it?

 

[Guinness Boy]

I have no idea, I'm just glad there's another one of me. I am to DIY what Gemma Collins is to astrophysics.

Luckily Mrs GB is quite handy. I'm sure that "woke" society is moving away from traditional gender roles somewhere but people do seem to be consistently baffled that I'll be cooking the big meals and hoovering everywhere and she'll be tinkering with the car or fixing the shower. What's worse is that I'm very good mates with an ex-Naval engineer who can fix things just by looking at them and has passed on his skillz to his kids, so that his son, when aged just 13, replaced his own iPhone screen. There's nothing like that to make you feel a bit useless.

But knowing my own limitations, what I'd do is take that £20 and contact a local "hire a husband" type. I'm sure there's a few who specialise in flat pack assembly.

 

[el punal]

As you went to Ikea did you try their Swedish meat balls-upso. Apparently you don’t need a drill, screwdriver or spanner to complete the job!

 

[BN9 BHA]

Edit: not only can I not build furniture, it seems I’m also unable to get thread titles right.

And posting photos

Are the photos of the unit sideways and look like they have been taken in a nightclub?

 

[Is it PotG?]

 

[darkwolf666]

And posting photos

Are the photos of the unit sideways and look like they have been taken in a nightclub?

I like the fact that on NSC there is always someone willing to type what I’m thinking, which is good as it means my point of view is out there, without me being viewed as the bad guy!

Thank you!

 

[Dave the OAP]

Have you tried calling [MENTION=451]BensGrandad[/MENTION]?

A tad crass

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

If the magnet is on the wrong side [of the unit] - disassemble and then reassemble with it on the correct side - simples ....

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

Maybe give this guy a call?

 

[Brok]

Maybe the magnet thing is on the right side, and you are putting the door on the wrong side?

 

[BN9 BHA]

Anyway, today I purchased an IKEA cabinet for my new home gym and so tonight I decided to try and build the thing over, ironically, a couple of Magic Rock Fantasma’s.

I think we need to know what is going in the unit that’s for a home gym, not sure I would put weights into a unit from IKEA that you have ‘assembled’

Seriously if the unit isn’t going in a designer kitchen I would bin the idea of a magnetic soft door closing thingy and just buy a normal kitchen door handle/knob…..these screw to the outside of the door

 

[schmunk]

If the magnet is on the wrong side [of the unit] - disassemble and then reassemble with it on the correct side - simples ....

Knowing most IKEA stuff I've built, this is probably the easiest answer - simply swap the 'top' and 'bottom' pieces over and **hey presto** you have the catch on the other side.