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Obscure screw added so appliance cannot be disassembled (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by an_onanist@lemmy.world to c/right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de
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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.

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[-] uis@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

It's quite literally to avoid lawsuits putting the screw there implies it's meant to be taken apart by a professional, not Ted down the street who stopped school in third grade.

You got it so backwards...

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago

Not at all, and nuh uh is rarely a valid point.

[-] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

So you keep saying that company can say "screwyaboo" in court and it will work? America is such wild place.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Essentially yeah.

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