Furniture Cam Lock and Nut

[@queenekaya]

You've literally saved my life thank you so much!!!! Single mother trying to put up furniture with a baby is NOT easy lol!

[@lt4161]

Keep your eyes on the prize loved one. #Keep going.

[@mistadobalina1093]

@@lt4161 eh?

[@genikathompson5432]

Girl You & me both 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@AuntyAwesome]

Literally me but with a demanding toddler 😅

[@mistadobalina1093]

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[@unsocialbutterfly5760]

You posted this ten years ago and it’s still helping people! I just needed to know what the heck I was doing with these things while assembling a shelving system. Thank you so much!

[@JamesDizon]

7 years later this video is still helping...

[@Choosyberry]

I cannot overstate how important this video is! Ikea sets you up with the larger instructions and leaves the smaller details for people to magically figure out themselves.

[@tonyabattistoni3560]

I seriously was ready to chuck my furniture kit out because of the these screws. I cannot thank you enough for saving sanity and my coffee table. I was able to put the thing together without inventing new swear words. Thank you!

[@sarahr.2875]

As the old saying goes ' this would make a preacher cuss' . That's what I thought about a Tangkula cabinet from Amazon until watching this video explaining cam lock/nut/screw. Now, I'm well on my way assembling the cabinet and not asking my son to figure it out.

[@kiyasthriftycrafts]

THANK YOU! I'm putting a desk together and this had me stumped!

[@ariefdharma1458]

Bruhvv me too!

[@allucents]

YO SAME

[@allucents]

Arief Dharma me too

[@getema1]

Same 🤣

[@ytnreem1762]

Same I got a sauder desk and it’s hard

[@TheShellymay]

Thank you so much. I was so confused when I saw those little guys and no instructions.

[@jenniferh6813]

+Shelly May Same here. (I hate instruction sheets without words!) HowToWith GEO, I am very grateful to you for making this video.

[@JBudOner]

Thank you!! These things are so poorly documented in the manual

[@renae1866]

My manual literally just said "screw in as per diagram below" The diagram was small and blurry. The picture of the screws were about the size of ants. Not exactly helpful

[@marckone4277]

For real🤦🏿‍♂️ thks u

[@AlexWilson-mn1ud]

@@renae1866 mine doesn’t even show how to put them in

[@toniroseamansec6997]

i totally agree with you..

[@ashleyboykin7777]

Thank you so much! Trying to put a bookshelf together and the instructions were horrible even with the pictures....had me sticking the screw side in the cam lock and parts weren’t sticking. This helped a ton! Thanks again.

[@bustanaunts]

This was a life saver! I have been working on these part of my dresser for an hour. Took a few seconds after seeing how they work.

[@sarahr.2875]

THANK YOU so much, demonstrating how the cam lock/screw work. Tangkula floor cabinet purchased from Amazon & thinking I may have bought something too complicated to assemble, you saved the day. Now, a senior lady on her way putting this cabinet together. Thanks!

[@velodus]

This is why it's good to watch tutorials first, I genuinely never noticed that there are arrows on that part before. A huge help, thanks!

[@felixculpa9303]

Thank you for this !! I was building a chest of drawers for my Grandmother and couldn’t for the life in me figure this out. Very grateful to you!

[@taahirahakim-el5375]

Thanks so much sir! For mfr to have the customer assemble and then offer no instruction adds insult to injury. I am so grateful for your simple video! Company coming!! You saved my life!!!!! Thanks again and again and again.... and again!!!

[@TheLemony35]

omg you have literally just saved my life im building a cabin bed and I have to attach 2 slats together either side of the bed with these screws and I literally didn't know how on earth to do it thankyou so much.

[@skylar8017]

thank you for this! i grew up without a dad nor father figure so i have no knowledge over these kinds of things and I'm too shy to ask anyone and i wanted to build my desk myself. this really helped me!

[@sooyoungcheon7283]

I've checked this video after struggling with these cam stuff over 30 mins. I was rolling these bits again and again.... Thank you so much. Really helpful!

[@ilonaserafin8606]

That was so helpful! I was assembling a storage chest and I couldn't figure out for the life of me how these funny looking screws worked. Thank you, kind Sir.

[@therecoverytherapist]

Yes!!! Also a single mom trying to assemble a desk for work and could not figure out what to do with these things! This video was EXACTLY what I needed and saved me so much frustration. Awesome . Thank you!

[@aprildy2542]

Thank you!! I've been trying to assemble a wardrobe cabinet and was stumped when I saw these funny looking things! Manual didn't explain how to use them, good thing I saw your video.

[@susanyoung9020]

Thank you so very much for your explanation, the product manuals are always so vague. I am putting a shelving system together to show my husband that I CAN do this. You have just showed me how to master this!

[@jenniferlucado1879]

Thanks for posting this! Really a lifesafer. I could not figure out what the point was and my pieces were not sticking together. After this, everything totally secured in the matter of seconds :)

[@dagansgamingbox6604]

I was going crazy. Child of a contractor and I never ONCE saw one of these things! Just bought a DIY entertainment center and it came with a quantity of 50. You're a lifesaver. 😂

[@misererenobis8900]

Thank you!! I've just spent the last 30 minutes trying to figure out how these cam locks work whilst assembling my TV stand, I think you've just saved me from insanity!

[@spookyspiice]

I was trying to assemble a desk, and the way the instruction manual explained the cam lock system may as well have been in a foreign language for how confusing it was. This video saved my butt, thank you!

[@schelenabraxton9685]

Your voice is soothing and the way you explained and showed us was amazing and you helped me a great and stopped my frustration completely, I feel so happy because of you. Thank you!!!😘

[@gayebrown5912]

Putting together a piece of kitset furniture, woefully inadequate instructions ... and never have I seen these little contraptions before. Panic! After finding this video, this has turned out to be the easiest part of my entire construction. Thank you!!!!!

[@KolorMeyellow]

I’ve been trying to put up a desk for the last 3 days. I’m so stressed😭😭😢

[@courtneymyles8951]

Hello do you have the trestle desk...

[@DanielSan-ch7dr]

Should try figure out how to install your own cam locks in custom furniture it's even harder and zero instructions on even what drill size you need. Cams cost 4 bucks for 8 but the install kit is about $35

[@mariannecarandang7407]

thanks for this video! I needed help getting drawers installed and you were my lifesaver

[@alib1149]

Thank you. I was given the wrong diagram and no instruction for a French vanity table from Aldi. It's now all put together so much appreciated. :)

[@gardenbun]

I was ready to throw this across the room before I found your video. I have put together dozens of items, including a working fireplace and a Pilates machine, and none have stumped me like these cam locks. I didn't even know what they were named and nothing on the instructional sheet gave any clues! Thank you so very very very much!

[@renae1866]

THANK YOU!! over the years I've put together many flat pack furniture pieces and these screws are totally new to me. I couldn't figure them out.

[@naizguy21]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. Been trying to figure out how to use this for almost 3 hours.

[@14nitta]

Thank you for posting this. It really help me out for putting together a table that had no explanation on how to use them.

[@mlw1025]

Why I decided to assemble a console table on one of the hottest days of the year demonstrates my stupidity. Surpassed only by my ignorance of cam screws & nuts. Your tutorial was a gift from above, thank you so very much! Not even sure how I found it but your video is brilliant!

[@LaughtersMelody]

Thank you so much! I hadn't worked with cam nuts before, and I wound up with a cheap dresser that had it backwards in the instructions. They very clearly showed putting the nuts in first, then trying to hook everything together in a later step. Big parts of the body of the dresser used those cam nuts, so I was stuck and very frustrated...and then, thankfully, found your video. Suddenly, after doing things in the opposite order from what the instructions showed, it went together like it was supposed to. Thank you again!

[@AJ-mw9gn]

You're a LEGEND. I had only come across these for the first time today and I couldn't for the life of me work them out. Thank you.

[@nancythezigster2942]

Very helpful. I hadn't realized there was a little arrow on the cam lock that tells which way it goes in, hence, my reason for being here. Thank you so much.

[@boogiewoogietoysetcstore4526]

After hours getting confused how to attached 2 parts of shelf together with this weird screw... YOU SAFE MY LIFE! THANK​ YOU.

[@fiona2538]

So thankful I found your video! Brought a 6 cube storage shelf and had no idea what they were!

[@thecatsmum63]

Here I am in 2024 in the UK watching this with relief and saying thank you! I may actually have a TV unit after this! 😂

[@elwanatasha]

My friend and I have been struggling for almost an hour. This video is heaven sent. Thank you! 😭👌🏼

[@NB-ky5ol]

I am a nurse and I’d rather clean up poop than build furniture but here I am, putting together all sorts of stuff thanks to you!

[@VictoriaMassimoveem125]

Seriously thank you! You were WAY more helpful than my booklet instructions! Seriously, thanks so so much!

[@TRENSTAR007]

Helped me out big time. Was more of a help for this part than someone else’s whole video on the product I was building!

[@PrettyFly4aWi-Fi]

Thanks so much, I couldn't remember how i put some units together, lol, thought i'd have to break them apart, you saved this pensioner a lot money replacing them. WooHoo. pizza & beers on me :)

[@bernadettepennington2348]

Thank you, I am a octogenarian single woman putting a desk together. Without this site I would have given up! Many thanks.

[@kimrahminuty184]

Bro 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 thank you. I was lost on how to get this to work for my daughters vanity table ! Top tier

[@venomousllama3797]

Thank you man, still helping people 8 years later

[@nadddddddddddd_28]

Your video save all our work my love, even after more than 10 years ❤️❤️❤️ hope your pillow always cold on each side and traffic lights always turn green on your side❤️❤️❤️

[@michellenicolesimpson5168]

Thank you, I did not screw in the screw first, that was it. it kept falling out. Now it works. Wow! that one simple guide made the whole difference!

[@goofycatt]

Thank you so much for this video. I have been struggling for the past 30 minutes trying to figure these out. Well done.

[@piinkorchid]

Wow, thank you for this, as many others have already said. I'm trying to build my daughter's changing table & had NO idea how to use these things. This was a great help!

[@scroogeroy]

Brilliant! Have despaired trying to get these finished. I didn't realise that the cam went in after not before the bolt Am now a DIY god!

[@joycejai2743]

i got a bookshelf i sat here for 2 hrs trying to figure it out. instructions dont tell u 1/2 of this!!!! thank u for this video, i'm gonna try it tomorrow!!! im so excited, i was gonna have to wait for my neighbor to put together!!

[@RuToob]

This was the last piece I needed to finish my kitchen island and I could not figure out these damn pieces!!! Thank you!

[@alicia.discovers]

Than you! This video was a big help for me, someone who never seen a cam lock screw and nut before, let alone used either.

[@nailyak1409]

Thank you very much for your help! The instructions to the table have miniscule pictures and now, thanks to you, I know how to put the cam nuts in.

[@julesmendoza7283]

Thank you!!! Before watching this I had no idea what a cam lock was 😅 I was able to successfully assemble my ladder shelf

[@atexnik]

Remember, there is no need to remove the nut (or fastener, or eccentric, if you wish) out of the hole, once it is installed. All you need is to unlock all the nuts (look for the "-" sign or an arrow), to free up the inside screw head, and then simply pull out the plate. So, once again, you don't need to take out the nut. Just unlock it completely (about one full turn anti-clockwise). If you need further info, look for the Minifix diagrams (this is how cam lock and nut is called in Europe).

[@nikkiemaricelpascual7851]

Best video ever!!! Thank you so much!!!!! ❤❤❤❤ already done assembling my daughter's study table. Thanks

[@doris7013]

This was very helpful as I was putting together a coffee table but I was stumbling at these cams. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@peachesandroses4852]

I’ve been trying for 2 hours to figure this thing out.😂 I came here to say thank you so much .

[@heatherPAINE1]

I couldn’t have completed my bookshelf without this video, big thanks to you :)

[@joannecarolyn5018]

Thanks so much!! I bought a DIY TV console and no idea what these components were 🤕😭 You've saved me!! 😊😊😊

[@lesbowo7522]

I looked up kmart bookshelf assembly and this popped up second... its exactly what i needed, thank you!

[@laurapole6488]

Thank you so much. I bought bookshelf and there where no instruction. You just saved my day :)

[@ssg75201]

Would never have been able to assemble my furniture without your video

[@maianhnguyen7842]

Thank you so much, your video still saved me till this day! Those two things almost drove me insane!!!

[@aedale1]

Thank you so much, had my TV stand up in an hour after watching this,.

[@sugarplumfairy420]

So I bought a beautiful fireplace mantel only to find out it was flat pack. Annoying as it's huge but no problem I thought, I've done this before and I think I'm a reasonably intelligent enough person to be able to do this one also. Well bugger me, this piece of work was something else! I'm in Australia and I've never seen a cam lock and screw before so that was all new to me, I'm not gonna lie many tears were shed and a fair few cuss words may have also slipped out trying to figure it all out. So I finally got it all together, looked sensational, turned it upright and it all fell apart...was so devastating. Thank you so much for this video, now I realise that I was supposed to lock those cam things in place, maybe the darn instructions could be depicted using real life photos instead of cartoons!!

[@dynamita83]

Thank You soooo much. I was about to lose my mind. I was putting the nut in the hole first and then the screw part wouldn't allow the boards to come together seamlessly. No amount of hammering with my mallet would work. I had given up until I found your video. I'm gonna take everything out and then put the screw in the hole first and then place the nut in

[@mirnaacabrera]

My sister and I just watched this cause we were struggling to put my tv stand together. Glad I found this video 😅 We have a similar thing.

[@ScarletKnight-mq5cz]

Thank you sir. You helped me build a vanity for my family. Many blessings!

[@mikeb.labianca7023]

THANKS!! I needed the refresher on these as the bookcase assembly instructions didn't fully explain how these worked.

[@sherryelebeauty]

My life savor 11 years later! Thank you

[@tannerman46]

Thank you!! I was so confused as to how this screw was supposed to connect two pieces of wood together. Shame my instructions had me install the wood so those holes are on the wrong side, requiring a significant rebuild. I honestly don't think I would have been able to complete this build without you, so thanks!!

[@fastmoneyflow]

Thank god for you tube. I couldn't figure out how this worked. I made the mistake of putting the lock part in first. I just looked up the damn screws on you tube and seen your video. Took me 30 min to get the lock part out. Finally i see how it works. What ever happened to the day things got delivered in one piece.

[@SatriyoAchmad]

finally, after a year finding out how this thing work... well done sir!

[@BartholomewC123]

Thank you for taking the time to film, edit, and upload this! Very very helpful!

[@deedeelove5264]

So awesome!! Thank you SO much for this video. You saved the day for my all nighter Pantry assembling project. You're the best.

[@laurapeichel1048]

Thanks so much for putting this up. I'm usually really good at building things out of the box. These connectors totally confused me. It didn't help that the directions were just pictures! No words lol

[@alfredarogers5197]

Thank you so much Geo. Your directions and very easy to follow.

[@HowToWithGEO]

Thanks you!

[@juviebridge78]

Thank you. You have no idea how grateful I am to you. I have been staring at my desk for hours trying to figure out how this worked. Thank you so very fucking much!!!

[@weasleychicks93]

Wooooo thank you for this video!! I'm building a bookshelf and it's been pretty easy up until this point, I couldn't figure the lock and nut out 😂😂

[@Typical90child]

You saved us such a headache lol. Thank you so much

[@tyroneperry5008]

Thanks. I just started working at a furniture store. This was really helpful.

[@deydance]

GEO, you didn't show us how to diy, but rather you saved our sanity. Thank you!

[@curtcurrie7991]

You’ve just saved me big time mate , head was gone 🤣🤣, thank you!!

[@isaiahutley3475]

Curt Currie same brother

[@johnevered9640]

hell yeah my instructions made it look like I had to put these in the literal wrong way, I would not have a desk without this video

[@frymark32]

1 million thank yous. I couldn't figure out how that worked and you solved the issue with this video in under 4 mins :))))

[@aaf19011]

holy crap. you have no idea how much this helped me. I could not figure this damn thing out. THANK YOU!!

[@WestCoastLusitanos]

Thank you so much for making this video! I'd never used a Cam Lock before and your video helped me finish my cabinet project!

[@ritab5153]

this video will be relevant as long as IKEA and the other big box stores exist....in other words, FOR-EVERRRRR! Thank you!

[@laurieyankowitz2353]

This was extremely helpful - thanks for making this available.

[@pushpithavindyani4144]

This is very useful as I was looking for how this works. Well explained and thank you.

[@olaffernandes4763]

This is why I love KZbin... Thank you so much for this video.

[@hm5758]

I played house flipper 2 and couldn't figure out for the life of me why I had to turn a screw that doesn't go in or hold anything down only after I put the wood onto something else, you saved my cat!

[@alifd4525]

Thank you Engr. Howard Wolowitz. Kidding but you sound so much like him. Can't unhear it.

[@alwindapriska1786]

Thank you so much, I can finish assambling my new desk cz of this part of your video ❤❤

[@tamaragates290]

Thank You, I was trying to put the nut in and it kept falling out. Thanks for showing me you don't use them until you place the other board that connects the 2 together. And for the tid bit about over torching the cam bolt. I always try to tighten up things as a male would. LOL! Thanks again.