tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post6928097582148775550..comments2023-11-29T02:29:00.977-06:00Comments on JIM HEFFERNAN'S BLOG: IKEA assembly cure: Lock dowelsJim Heffernanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388986747065569089noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-70391552724650685512011-03-23T08:39:17.681-05:002011-03-23T08:39:17.681-05:00From my previous custom ikea expedit post here -- ...From my previous custom ikea expedit post here -- Here's an example of what someone else did (I did the left and right side) this person did the center.<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/lestercallanta/4446241738/#/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-55877013709392376812011-03-23T08:35:43.577-05:002011-03-23T08:35:43.577-05:00The idea is nice, but sometimes you need to dissem...The idea is nice, but sometimes you need to dissemble the furniture. Also, with the wood dowels, you can use a dremel or proxxon rotary saw and cut the dowel and create custom ikea furniture like i did with the expedit (needed to put in my Denon receiver, but the shelves are only 15" width -- using the longer shelf and getting rid of the top smaller divider shelf, i was able to create one long 30" shelf. The dowel they gave was too long initially for this custom job (the dowel would intersect through the bottom 15" vertical smaller shelf and 30" longer horizontal shelf and then the top smaller vertical 15" shelf. By trimming down the dowel, I was able to remove the top vertical shelf and half a 30" shelf.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com