The Sauder Twist

It looks like a screw
And you turn it like one
And when you do
Your furniture’s more done

But it’s not a screw
Not even a bolt or nut
It’s a weird little fastener
In your furniture’s gut

I call that little turn
That twist of the not-a-screw
The Sauder Twist
It’s what you gotta do

The furniture giant
Puts this thing in all they make
It works pretty good
For every assembly’s sake

So if you have something new
Make sure you build it right
Do the Sauder Twist
Even if it takes all night!

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I spent most of yesterday building my new desk.  It’s Sauder, and I have long appreciated the weird little fasteners they use.  I don’t know if they’re really in everything they make, but I know their desks have them at least.  They are better in my new desk than in previous things I have put together.  The design is different and the principle has changed, but the way they work has not:  Give it a quarter to half turn and you have securely fashioned two pieces.

Meanwhile, the multi-monitor stand I got did not work.  Sadly, I ordered the wrong thing.  The one I got is designed for 19″ monitors and I have 24″ ones.  I will be contacting the company I bought it from through Amazon as they sell what I do need for about sixty dollars more than what I paid.  The only difference appears to be in the arms; I am hoping I can package them up and exchange only them for a fee.

I have one more piece to put together for my desk.  I am sore all over from deconstructing my old desk and constructing my new one, but this one piece–the cabinet  door–is unfinished due to a design flaw.  There are two hinge piece things which need to be attached to one side.  They come with two screws each.  The business ends of these screws are flat and wider than the holes they are supposed to go into, making it difficult at best to get them to work.  I will make it happen, but it will take more elbow grease.  Sigh.

Anyway, that’s all I have for this week.  See you Monday.