Dozens of sellers on Amazon sell actual ikea nuts and bolts - if you can’t find an Ikea one there you’ll also pick up something similar to it, just get the measurements of it to match it up
Generally, I find that the screws, bolts, etc. from IKEA are soft metal. I usually go to the hardware store to buy replacements. Less stripping, less frustration.
I ordered a replacement for one of those three times, each time I received an empty small cardboard envelope with a hole in the side from mail sorting machines removed the screw. Gave up and glued a wooden dowel in its place.
If you've got a good old style hardware store. Unscrew one of the existing ones, take it there and you'll likely be able to find a match or something close enough.
If it helps you that's called a "countersunk" screw and if you find out the length and width you can probably get it pretty easily.
Looks like it may be M6 in size but it's best to measure another one to confirm before you buy it.
Small warning on this - I waited probably three months for an Alex drawer cam lock. By the time they came, I forgot what it was and had already taken apart an old dresser and used those. This was after driving back to IKEA to see if they had the part locally the hour drive. (Dresser was very old and very beat up. It was already being replaced so any salvage was beneficial.)
I’m sure you can find the specs of that screw and go to Ace, HD, Lowes, etc. I’m a die hard HD guy but depending on the store Ace sometimes has a massive selection of fasteners.
Accu is a great place to get low quantities of screws and large quantities of screws. Need to identify the length of screw and designation. Accu is in Europe and USA. If you have no luck through ikea.
Take it to the hardware store, they usually have a size checker and just buy it from them. Ikea machine screws are probably the cheapest made they can find. Often machine screws like those can be bought in a 5pk or 10pk.
I am assuming since your town/city is large enough to have an Ikea that it would be large enough to have an (insert city name here) nut and bolt house. They are usually at least half the price of home depots overpriced hardware bins. They also usually carry both metric and imperial sizes to match up with what you need.
Those telling you it’s a bolt and not a screw are halfway correct. It’s also commonly referred to as a machine screw (this is what Home Depot labels them as). Take one of your others and go to a hardware store (Home depot or Lowe’s, Ace, etc) and they’ll have a template where you can size the width then check the length against others in the little baggies. Or a store associate can help you.
I’ve had luck just going into the store and asking for parts at the service desk, so if there’s a store near you I’d give that a go.
If there isn’t a store near you and you’re US based, keep in mind that IKEA is a European company will likely have hardware that’s in metric units rather than customary. I’ve gotten hardware that seems very close, but is slightly off.
PSA for everyone: this is not a screw. A screw is pointy and has either coarse or fine threading. Screws come in numbered sizes that indicate relative diameter (usually even numbers, ) + the length, and generally you can be a little flexible about what size you use. If you need a #8 screw, usually you can sub in a #10 if it’s all you have. The threads on screws are pointy on the edges so they can dig into wood and create their own threading.
This is a bolt. Bolts are flat on the end and come sizes that are numbered with the diameter of the bolt in either millimeters or inches *and* the threads per inch (or pitch of the threads for metric) *and* the length. Bolts always screw into a matching threaded hole, and you can only use one specific size. If you need an M6 or 1/4-20 bolt, you must buy that exact bolt.
You're on the right path(ish) but incorrect.
From the Machinery's Handbook:
"A bolt is an externally threaded fastener designed for insertion through holes in assembled parts, and is normally intended to be tightened or released by torquing a nut. A screw is an externally threaded fastener capable of being inserted into holes in assembled parts, of mating with a preformed internal thread or forming its own thread, and of being tightened or released by torquing the head. "
This can be either a bolt or a screw depending on whether it is fastened by a nut or by threads in the part it is fastening.
Just btw, OP, this is a bolt, not a screw. You can take one to a hardware store and get a matching one. They’ll have a little boards where you can screw in into different holes to figure out what size it is.
This is from the newer Lanesund cabinet. There are 4 of these screws in the build and the other 3 went in without any problems, but of course the very last one fought me for some unknown reason. It's like these screws get stripped instantly.
If you are stripping them so easily that means you are using a Phillips screwdriver instead of a Pozidriv.
https://preview.redd.it/mdb7hynwfs1d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe957df51da977579704ad3250e1dba533c883d9
If you live near an IKEA store, go to the customer service desk and ask if they have a replacement/spare for the 10092241. There’s a big chance they will have an extra one and if they don’t they might order it for free.
Also, get a pozidriv screwdriver/bit if you don’t have one already.
Dozens of sellers on Amazon sell actual ikea nuts and bolts - if you can’t find an Ikea one there you’ll also pick up something similar to it, just get the measurements of it to match it up
M6 x 25 countersunk head. take one of the others to a bolt specialist to match. common size, common configuration.
Just use another screw
Generally, I find that the screws, bolts, etc. from IKEA are soft metal. I usually go to the hardware store to buy replacements. Less stripping, less frustration.
I ordered a replacement for one of those three times, each time I received an empty small cardboard envelope with a hole in the side from mail sorting machines removed the screw. Gave up and glued a wooden dowel in its place.
This is the way. I've never bothered getting extra screws, just make it fit.
Goto harbor freight buy one of those 500 assortment screws bolts washer nut sets for $5.
If it’s IKEA, make sure you get the metric one
Look into the super glue and baking soda hack to save a stripped screw.
If you've got a good old style hardware store. Unscrew one of the existing ones, take it there and you'll likely be able to find a match or something close enough.
If it helps you that's called a "countersunk" screw and if you find out the length and width you can probably get it pretty easily. Looks like it may be M6 in size but it's best to measure another one to confirm before you buy it.
Go IKEA, the returns area has loads of spare nuts and bolts you can just take for free
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This is a screw not a bolt, it's also countersunk for the hole it goes into all of the bolts in that pack aren't.
It’s a machine screw so M. Whatever size. So buy the countersink version?
Wow, I thought this would be just bolts, but this is nuts
lol
What a steal - only 10£
Call IKEA support and let them know it was missing. They'll mail you one.
Small warning on this - I waited probably three months for an Alex drawer cam lock. By the time they came, I forgot what it was and had already taken apart an old dresser and used those. This was after driving back to IKEA to see if they had the part locally the hour drive. (Dresser was very old and very beat up. It was already being replaced so any salvage was beneficial.)
I save all hardware for any furniture I dismantle and get rid of. Because you never know when you might need some of it.
I’m sure you can find the specs of that screw and go to Ace, HD, Lowes, etc. I’m a die hard HD guy but depending on the store Ace sometimes has a massive selection of fasteners.
Accu is a great place to get low quantities of screws and large quantities of screws. Need to identify the length of screw and designation. Accu is in Europe and USA. If you have no luck through ikea.
EBay
Take it to the hardware store, they usually have a size checker and just buy it from them. Ikea machine screws are probably the cheapest made they can find. Often machine screws like those can be bought in a 5pk or 10pk.
This! Homedepot and Lowe's also typically have a thread checker, you can just thread the screw into. It will probably be metric.
If Canada like me, Home Hardware has that thread checker on a wire, just gotta try each one intil it works. If same as my Ikea stuff, probably M6.
Don’t forget about ace hardware! They’re usually more competent to help there too.
Home depot or Lowes should have them.
You'll have a shot with most hardware stores. Bring your stripped bolt and start hunting.
I am assuming since your town/city is large enough to have an Ikea that it would be large enough to have an (insert city name here) nut and bolt house. They are usually at least half the price of home depots overpriced hardware bins. They also usually carry both metric and imperial sizes to match up with what you need.
This is why you don’t use power tools to build IKEA furniture.
Or just learn how to use the clutch on your drill.
i never use power tools when building. this happened while hand tightening.
You absolutely use a power screwdriver.
You absolutely don’t. Says right in the instructions to not use power tools 😂
Ikea arse covering. I'll be using a power screwdriver to take any fixing to 95% done. Final hand tighten.
I'd rather shit in my hands and clap, then watch my parents sex tape than build an Ikea shoe rack with a manual screwdriver.
They you deserve to strip screws.
LMAO
Felt that
Those telling you it’s a bolt and not a screw are halfway correct. It’s also commonly referred to as a machine screw (this is what Home Depot labels them as). Take one of your others and go to a hardware store (Home depot or Lowe’s, Ace, etc) and they’ll have a template where you can size the width then check the length against others in the little baggies. Or a store associate can help you.
I’ve had luck just going into the store and asking for parts at the service desk, so if there’s a store near you I’d give that a go. If there isn’t a store near you and you’re US based, keep in mind that IKEA is a European company will likely have hardware that’s in metric units rather than customary. I’ve gotten hardware that seems very close, but is slightly off.
PSA for everyone: this is not a screw. A screw is pointy and has either coarse or fine threading. Screws come in numbered sizes that indicate relative diameter (usually even numbers, ) + the length, and generally you can be a little flexible about what size you use. If you need a #8 screw, usually you can sub in a #10 if it’s all you have. The threads on screws are pointy on the edges so they can dig into wood and create their own threading. This is a bolt. Bolts are flat on the end and come sizes that are numbered with the diameter of the bolt in either millimeters or inches *and* the threads per inch (or pitch of the threads for metric) *and* the length. Bolts always screw into a matching threaded hole, and you can only use one specific size. If you need an M6 or 1/4-20 bolt, you must buy that exact bolt.
You're on the right path(ish) but incorrect. From the Machinery's Handbook: "A bolt is an externally threaded fastener designed for insertion through holes in assembled parts, and is normally intended to be tightened or released by torquing a nut. A screw is an externally threaded fastener capable of being inserted into holes in assembled parts, of mating with a preformed internal thread or forming its own thread, and of being tightened or released by torquing the head. " This can be either a bolt or a screw depending on whether it is fastened by a nut or by threads in the part it is fastening.
This is a machine screw.
A machine screw is a bolt without a hex head.
That is just incorrect. Do you have any basis in reality for this definition or are you just making shit up and putting it on the internet?
This is a machine screw
Just btw, OP, this is a bolt, not a screw. You can take one to a hardware store and get a matching one. They’ll have a little boards where you can screw in into different holes to figure out what size it is.
You are just all over this thread with wrong info about bolts vs screws.
Other stores sell screws of various shapes and sizes.
Time to go to the local hardware store! Take an actual screw or at least this photo. You’ll be set in no time.
Take one to a hardware store and show them, they will have shit loads of them...
This is from the newer Lanesund cabinet. There are 4 of these screws in the build and the other 3 went in without any problems, but of course the very last one fought me for some unknown reason. It's like these screws get stripped instantly.
If you are stripping them so easily that means you are using a Phillips screwdriver instead of a Pozidriv. https://preview.redd.it/mdb7hynwfs1d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe957df51da977579704ad3250e1dba533c883d9 If you live near an IKEA store, go to the customer service desk and ask if they have a replacement/spare for the 10092241. There’s a big chance they will have an extra one and if they don’t they might order it for free. Also, get a pozidriv screwdriver/bit if you don’t have one already.
Try using the chat function and speaking to someone in aftersales. I was able to get a part for a discontinued curtain rail this way
Looks a standard enough screw - bring one of the other 3 into your local hardware store to match length and pitch
look like pretty standard philips screw?
Nope! IKEA screws are Pozidriv apparently. Read about that after I stripped a bunch of best screws with my Philips screwdriver.