DIY disastersI just can't do power tools. They always fly out of control and end up embedded somewhere they shouldn't. I've no idea how I've still got all the appendages I was born with.
Add to that the fact that nothing ends up square, able to support weight or free of sticking-out sharp bits and you can see why I try to avoid DIY.
Tell us of your own DIY disasters.
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chthonic, Thu 3 Apr 2008, 17:19)
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Furniture from beyond the graveI was assembling an IKEA cupboard. It was on its side, and I had the base, the top and both sides in place. I decided to rotate it to an upright position before putting the back on it.
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Bleddy thing collapsed, with huge chunks torn from the chipboard where the bolts had been. I nearly burst into tears at the utter waste of time and money - the thing was completely beyond recovery. ... Or was it?
Fortified by strong Belgian beer, I realised that if I turned the side-pieces upside down, I'd be able to make use of some undamaged holes drilled into the structure. So, armed with this realisation, I went about reassembling the thing - this time in an apparently incorrect manner.
The cupboard is still standing, and you'd only know it was an IKEA zombie resurrected from the dead, if you looked in some very particular places. Otherwise, it's absolutely fine!
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