Obscure screw added so appliance cannot be disassembled - eviltoast

Basic blender went bad (motor ran but spindle wasn’t rotating). I wanted to disassemble to see if it could be repaired. Three of the four screws were Phillips head. I had to cut the casing open in order to discover why I couldn’t unscrew the fourth. It was a slotted spanner.

    • Sethayy@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      I can’t say personally any of my appliances have had this screw, so again relative to someone not doing this for a living it very well could be

    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
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      7 months ago

      I have a set of these that was part of a larger set of precision bits I was buying anyway. I’ve only ever used one of the security bits in like a decade of having them. I wouldn’t have bought the security bits alone.

      • Dultas@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        That’s more than some sockets or crescent wrenches I have from sets. I don’t know that I’ve ever used an 11mm of either.