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.

      • @TheFriar@lemm.ee
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        There is a screwdriver that you can get at the hardware store for this type of screw. You shouldn’t have to, I definitely agree. But fuck ‘em, repair your shit with the $5 screwdriver.

        • @uis@lemm.ee
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          Comon, do some reading:

          I had to cut the casing open in order to discover why I couldn’t unscrew the fourth.

            • @uis@lemm.ee
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              Which was discovered AS RESULT of cutting open.

              You are quite spammy, aren’t you?

              • No, the shaft was not uncovered as a result of cutting the thing open. They were able to reach the screw-head with a regular screw-driver, just not turn it. Says right there in the post.

                Learn to read, stop spamming people with your shit takes, and sure, let’s pretend replying to your copy-pasted bullshit with more copy-pasted bullshit is somehow worse. Anything to feed trolls like you.

              • No, the shaft was not uncovered as a result of cutting the thing open. They were able to reach the screw-head with a regular screw-driver, just not turn it. Says right there in the post.

                Learn to read, stop spamming people with your shit takes, and sure, let’s pretend replying to your copy-pasted bullshit with more copy-pasted bullshit is somehow worse. Anything to feed trolls like you.

    • lettruthout
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      Wow, doing a MacGuyver with corporate assistance. I like it!

    • jawa21
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      That belt clip is there to make the knife technically legal in some areas. A 3"+ blade can’t be concealed by putting it in your pocket, so the workaround is to have the clip showing on the outside of your pocket, making it visible. That’s why they use screws like that. At least that is my understanding - I could be wrong.

    • @uis@lemm.ee
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      a belt clip that was held on by one of these fucking screws.

      Wow. This needs to be shown to all “ThIs Is FoR yOuR sAfEtY” idiots.

  • MuchPineapples
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    Just a basic security screw. It’s so kids (and people who don’t know enough about repairing appliances to know about security screws) don’t disassemble the dangerous machine.

    • @Sethayy@sh.itjust.works
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      Though it should be noted this does raise the bar above most people, especially on a budget, single use tools are hardly ever worth it.

      Arguably more dangerous things have easier screws too, like electricity outlets

      • @nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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        Grinding a notch into a flathead screwdriver is annoying but it’ll still work fine as a flathead even afterwards. I would probably just grind the bulge out of the screw though.

          • They didn’t find the screw by breaking the blender. They were able to reach it with a screwdriver before that, just not the right one. They broke it because they were too impatient to find a way to look into the hole and then find, make, or buy the right tool.

        • @Sethayy@sh.itjust.works
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          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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          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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            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.

      • @some_guy
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        PLUG IT IN UNDER WATER!

      • Cris
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        Seriously. I’m not sure why people think it’s so dangerous. Unplug it and remove the blades. Its just a motor for God’s sake

      • @Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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        I think the concern is that you would re-assemble it with the safety bypassed, not that you would harm yourself while disassembling the appliance.

    • @uis@lemm.ee
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      Comon, do some reading:

      I had to cut the casing open in order to discover why I couldn’t unscrew the fourth.

      • Phone camera; $30 digital microscope; $30 Endoscope. There are just so many better ways available to look down a hole to see what’s at the bottom than to tear apart the space around it.

        Spanner bits are available in sets starting as little as $7. They are anything but “non-standard”.

          • Is that new blender going to help them fix other things around the house? $30 endoscope plus $8 screwdriver is still cheaper, and now they’ve broke the one blender, they’ve given themselves the excuse to just buy a new one anyways. Sure, applaud them for it, here of ald places.

  • BoscoBear
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    Harbor freight has sets of tamper resistant bits. They are also handy for regular Allen and torx heads.

    • @ThrowawaySobriquet@lemmy.world
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      This right here. I bought their security bit set and, true, I’ve only ever opened the case three times in the few years I’ve had it, but in those three times nothing else would have worked without a more destructive solution

      • @nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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        Here’s the link, it’s helped me out a bunch of times in the 6-8 years I’ve had it.

        2 notes though

        • these are hard cheese grade metal. Don’t plan on removing any high torque, Rusty or partly stripped screws with them, they’ll either break or round off.
        • if the screw is too recesses down a narrow hole, these won’t help. The bit holders are too wide to fit in. I have a Honeywell Air Purifier with one security Torx that is 3-4” down a hole that this set failed me on.
        • @Godnroc@lemmy.world
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          Just to add to your comment, the sell a smaller set for a few dollars less and also a “precision” screwdriver set that has some similar bits not but the full set. Both are very handy to keep around for this exact thing.

  • lettruthout
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    It’s called an “H-type” head. I found some tools for that on eBay but was reluctant to spend any money on something I’d probably never need again, ever. But this video shows a hack using scissors.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA6_S9YkZEc

    I didn’t have a pair laying around that worked but the video inspired me to MacGyver my way to remove that aberration against all that’s good in humanity.

    • lurch (he/him)
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      in a case i only needed it once, i would solder or power glue something to it to use as a wings handle.

      … but that’s just me. I’m like eccentric MacGuyver.

  • @Wahots@pawb.social
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    Buy a security bitset! It is surprisingly handly to have around. Sometimes, I’ve needed a certain screw size that they don’t have in imperial, but they do have in metric at the hardware store. But it’s a security bit only.

    They also work on regular, non security bits in a pinch.

    • @uis@lemm.ee
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      Comon, do some reading:

      I had to cut the casing open in order to discover why I couldn’t unscrew the fourth.

      • Phone camera; $30 digital microscope; $30 Endoscope. There are just so many better ways available to look down a hole to see what’s at the bottom than to tear apart the space around it.

        Spanner bits are available in sets starting as little as $7. They are anything but “non-standard”.

  • @Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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    If you haven’t already, look into getting a ratcheting screwdriver with replaceable bits, and a pack of various bits for it. Idk where I got it, but I’ve got all kinds of screwy bits (including the H-bit head) that I need very infrequently, but I’m always happy when I do and I already have it.

    I think the bit pack I got was for the security torx and it came with a bunch of other stuff.

  • Michael H. Jenkins
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    A complete set of security screw bits is ~20 bucks and they’re far more useful than I realized until I acquired them.

    • @MoonMoon@lemmy.world
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      I think this was at the bottom of a deep hole, as you can see where the plastic was cut around it. A standard bit and holder wouldn’t fit down that, I don’t think. What the other guys said about a flathead and dremel/grinding wheel is the only option really, but you’d have to be able to ID the little fucker first.

    • @uis@lemm.ee
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      Comon, do some reading:

      I had to cut the casing open in order to discover why I couldn’t unscrew the fourth.

      • @seathru
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        Do some comprehending. Yes he had to do that. But it was because he was using the wrong bit.

        • Phone camera; $30 digital microscope; $30 Endoscope. There are just so many better ways available to look down a hole to see what’s at the bottom than to tear apart the space around it.

          OP didn’t have to handle it how they did, at all.

          • @seathru
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            That can be accomplished non-destructively.

          • Phone camera; $30 digital microscope; $30 Endoscope. There are just so many better ways available to look down a hole to see what’s at the bottom than to tear apart the space around it.

  • Kevin
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    If you have a Dremel, I bet you could take out the center bit and use a regular slotted screwdriver.

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    That’s a flathead with a bead welded in the middle. Source a local dremel, some earplugs and eye pro, and do some quick converting.

    Oh wait I think I understand the image. You had to saw the plastic apart to expose the screw. Yeah fuck those dudes. I guess another option would’ve been to get a cheap screw driver and modify it with a dremel? Either way, fuck Kenmore.

    • @uis@lemm.ee
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      Oh wait it think I understand the image. You had to saw the plastic apart to expose the screw. Yeah fuck those dudes. I guess another option would’ve been to get a cheap screw driver and modify it with a dremel? Either way, fuck Kenmore.

      Wait… Oh.

      • They didn’t have to do anything destructive to “expose” the screw. They were too lazy to find a better way to see the bottom of the hole it was in.

      • fraksken
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        Take a flat screwdriver and moubt it on a vice. Take your angle grinder, mount a disk for metal grinding. Grind away the middle of the flat screwdriver head. Done it before for the exact same purpose.

    • @Etterra@lemmy.world
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      I didn’t even know that that screw type had its own name until I saw it in another comment, but the first thing I thought was to just do what you said.

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    The bit set and tool set from IFixIt has those. I’m not sponsored by them in any way, but I will shamelessly recommend their tools when I can because they’re objectively good for this kind of stuff.