furniture & moving rob on 28 Jun 2009 07:24 am
Substitute Tool for IKEA Malm Bed Frame and Desk
IKEA Malm Bed Frame Tool Hex Wrench
I’m in the process of moving to Cambridge, MA and was in dire need of a special tool used to take apart IKEA furniture, in particular the Malm style IKEA bed frame.
My brother, the IKEA furniture assembly master specifically said, “Do not lose this tool, we will need it when you want to move again.” Alas, I think it got packed somewhere. So we needed a replacement or substitute.
The first trick was finding what the tool was called, because it is not a standard hand tool. It apparently this Z-shaped tool does not have a name, but instead a number, which is 113453.
There isn’t much info on the web about the tool, original IKEA tool, but something that is repeated is that 113453 is shaped specifically to make assembly of IKEA furniture and thus no alternative or substitute tool works as well.
Alternative to IKEA’s 113453 Z-Shaped Wrench
The good news is that the 113453 IKEA wrench used to assemble and disassemble the Malm Bed frame is actually a 13mm wrench. That’s right, the tool is a metric 13 milimeter wrench. You can go down to your local hardware store and pick up just this wrench and use it to take apart IKEA stuff.
That’s about it. Sometimes having the right tool (or substitute) is all you need to get the job done.
Hopefully this post saved you some time and money. Feel free to post a reply if it did!
on 01 Jul 2009 at 1:34 pm 1.vanessa said …
So glad someone thought of posting this! Saved me a big headache!!! Thank you!
on 29 Jul 2009 at 2:46 pm 2.V said …
It worked! Thank you so much for posting this.
on 13 Aug 2009 at 3:45 pm 3.D said …
Wow, this one simple article just saved me LOADS of time…thank you!
on 01 Sep 2009 at 2:40 pm 4.Robert said …
Did you by chance have to take apart the IKEA Bertil Chairs (if you have them)? I’m trying to take mine across the country and the diagrams on the IKEA website don’t match my chair !(@*#. Thanks.
on 28 Oct 2009 at 12:09 pm 5.fmed said …
Haha.
I’ve learned from my past errors to DUCT TAPE the Ikea tool somewhere right on the offending piece of furniture. It will there forever (or until you move).
Glad you found a solution.
on 18 Nov 2009 at 5:43 am 6.Ryan said …
Awesome!
This just saved me buying a whole set of spanners as I didn’t know the size of bolt.
Livesaver!
on 28 Dec 2009 at 9:11 pm 7.Jeremy said …
Hey dude,
Thanks so much for this post. I reluctantly googled ‘Ikea 113453′ in desperation and your site came right up. Now I am sorted.
United in Ikea-furniture-frustation…
Jeremy
Melbourne, Australia
on 08 Jan 2010 at 3:08 pm 8.Alysha said …
Thank you!! What a lifesaver!