thread: Anything you can use instead of a allen key?

  1. #1
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    Nov 2009
    In Paradise
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    Anything you can use instead of a allen key?

    I need an allen key to tighten up my change table

    Im impatient though, and was wondering if you can use anything else? any other tool that would do it?

  2. #2
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    Nov 2009
    Between concrete walls
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    Not really.. you'd risk stripping the head and then be unable to use an allen key in it later on

  3. #3
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    Sep 2008
    Adelaide
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    I have a MILLION allen keys (IKEA junkie here)

    What size do you need, I can send you one if you've lost it

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    Apr 2008
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    Pretty sure you can get allen keys at coles/bi lo stores. I have seen them in the aislewith all the hanging hooks, no gaps,etc.

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    Nov 2010
    Perth, WA
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    That or bunnings has them. You can pick up a ring with a range of sizes quite cheaply, which is useful to have in the house because nearly *all* furniture has bolts that need them now.

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    Nov 2009
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    thanks ladies i will get some new Allen keys today , I managed to tighten it enough with a metal hair clip

    So I could atleast move it around stable, and put a few things on it