Do-it-yourselfers know the problem that repairing defective or damaged pieces of furniture often lacks the right tool to get started straight away. However, it is not exactly the cheapest way to keep the necessary tools ready for all individual parts and cases - on the one hand, because above all power tools have to be maintained regularly, and on the other hand, because of a few basics alone, a more flexible one In this article, we therefore clarify the question of what nails, rivets and the like can actually be used for and what is important when selecting such hardware.