Harveys furniture - diy construction

Hi all,
I've been talking recently about emptying out my lounge unit to replace with one from Ikea, so all my stuff can go into their nice coloured boxes. However, I feel I've hit a snag.

I thought it was a simple hex key that put it together. My sister's partner did it for me, as they had an identical unit. However, he's been dead 4 years and goodness knows if sis kept all his tools.

None of my keys fit the slot.

My bezzie mate said he'd help me dismantle it, and help with the Ikea units, but does anyone know if Harveys use a standard key size? Do they sell a replacement? I've not yet told him but he might or might not have the right fitment.

If he doesn't, I'm in dead shtuck!!

I tried taking a photo but there is insufficient light.

Any suggestions, please?

Re: Harveys furniture - diy construction

The 99p shops do a whole set. Well they did. Or look on eBay.

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Assume this is the same as an Allen key ?
You can get imperial ones and metric ones.

An alternative plan would be to take it outside and set fire to it.
We did this with my Edwardian Chesterfield some months ago

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might be a Torx screw, like this? https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=to..._0jORNt3ECM%3A

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Ewwww, confused now! Set fire to it, Rachel? Yeh, me neighbours would love that!!

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Just advertise it on Streetlife or Gumtree and get the buyer/collector to dismantle it.

Or you could chop it up into bits and put it in the dustbin.

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Thing is Rachel, I had planned on using the different sections elsewhere, to recycle. It absolutely has to come apart, so I can continue with my rearrangement of the lounge storage. The upright glass fronted cabinet is staying in situ.

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Go to my photo albums, and look at the pic in Misc. gives you an idea of the unit.

Can't post the photo direct from the iPad, unless anyone has any ideas how to do it. Ta.

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That's it, confuse her more.
Nice sets though.

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ah ... I see what you mean.
That's a useful piece of 'stuff'.

If you can't manage to get a key, then could you drill out the metal fixings ?

Tried ringing Harvey's ? ... email them with a close-up pic ?