Seriously. Follow them exactly, dont try to skip ahead. Take inventory of your pieces as you open the box. Only take the pieces out of the box as you need them. Do these things, and youll have a nice, sturdy, beautiful desk when youre done.
It took two people with two different spectrum disorders about two hours to create this masterpiece, mostly because the ADHD individual kept trying to jump ahead and the Aspie kept trying to reel him back in to following the instructions to the letter. The manufacturer was kind enough to provide two identical sets of directions with the assumption that someone would hog it if they only sent one, which was very thoughtful.
DONT TIGHTEN ANYTHING UNTIL THE INSTRUCTIONS TELL YOU TO. DONT USE THE SILVER SCREWS TO SECURE THE DESKTOP. Thats what the shorter black screws are for, and why some customers show pictures of their broken desktops where the screws went through. Either that, or they somehow missed the huge text in the booklet that cautions against using powertools.
Did I mention you should follow the directions exactly and not assume you know what youre doing?
Its helpful to tear the experience rating card into small strips and fold them to create shims to align the desktop pieces perfectly while the ADHD person takes a bathroom break.
And thats about all you need to know. Good luck.
FOLLOW. THE. DIRECTIONS.
Seriously. Follow them exactly, dont try to skip ahead. Take inventory of your pieces as you open the box. Only take the pieces out of the box as you need them. Do these things, and youll have a nice, sturdy, beautiful desk when youre done. It took two people with two different spectrum disorders about two hours to create this masterpiece, mostly because the ADHD individual kept trying to jump ahead and the Aspie kept trying to reel him back in to following the instructions to the letter. The manufacturer was kind enough to provide two identical sets of directions with the assumption that someone would hog it if they only sent one, which was very thoughtful. DONT TIGHTEN ANYTHING UNTIL THE INSTRUCTIONS TELL YOU TO. DONT USE THE SILVER SCREWS TO SECURE THE DESKTOP. Thats what the shorter black screws are for, and why some customers show pictures of their broken desktops where the screws went through. Either that, or they somehow missed the huge text in the booklet that cautions against using powertools. Did I mention you should follow the directions exactly and not assume you know what youre doing? Its helpful to tear the experience rating card into small strips and fold them to create shims to align the desktop pieces perfectly while the ADHD person takes a bathroom break. And thats about all you need to know. Good luck.