If you've got blind threads in your project, what we call a flush top, the top shelf sits clean with none of the usual KittaParts caps poking up above it. That's the point of it, and it changes the order you build in.
A normal KittaParts unit goes together from the adjustable feet up. A flush top goes together the other way around. Flip the whole thing over, start at the top shelf, and work down.
Try it the normal way up and things get complicated fast. It's very nearly impossible.
Blind dowels have a much shorter thread than the standard ones, only about 12mm. That short thread screws up into the underside of the shelf instead of passing all the way through, which is what leaves the top face clean.
Turn the unit upside down and start with the shelf that will end up as your flush top. Thread the short blind dowels into it.
From here it's the same pattern as a standard KittaParts assembly, just inverted. Add each shelf and its dowels working down towards what will become the bottom of the unit.
Keep going until every shelf is in. The adjustable feet thread onto the last dowels, which are now pointing up at you.
With every shelf and the feet in place, turn the unit the right way up.
Big or awkward units are easier built on their back, lying flat on the floor, then stood up once they're finished. Same logic either way.
As always, we're here to help if you run into difficulty putting your product together, or caring for it.
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