Good, now extend this to the GAO that procures all of the DoD’s state-side non-military vehicles.

If I wasn’t being clear, putting “makerspace” on what we have locally is something of a bad joke to me, and I’m un-aware of any tool library beyond the fact that there are power-tools(and the use of 3D printers) available for checkout at our public libraries.

Personally, I have a lathe, mill, 3D Printer, (incredibly light-duty-CNC) and a couple laser engraver setups, along with most woodworking tools, save a jointer. I’m closer to openning my own makerspace and/or tool-library than to going back to using the existing makerspace.

Tool libraries tend to be free or cheap. The makerspace near me runs north of $150/month for limitted access at, frankly, inconveniet hours.

I get its geared towards people who don’t have the budgets or room, but having such(mostly the room, but for the price, I’m builing up a decent tool-set instead of paying fees), I would rather work around my neighbors’ sleeping schedules and the city noise ordnance than drive downtown to use someone else’s stuff, strictly during daylight hours.

Nowhere local stocks the parts to repair most second-hand items. Parts for older items are often hard to find because they are no longer made. I mean, you’re replying to someone who builds repairable versions of such items. Why do you think that is necessary?

Do you have the skill-set to do as they do? I do, and yet, I assure you, skills, a 3D Printer and a friggen machine-shop at my disposal can only do so much to compensate for a supply chain that has been absolutely gutted and continually re-worked to force consumption, and of products from the far end of the globe, at that.

I mean, those specifically were so polluted for decades that they thad good reason to believe no one should ever want to swim them again. Same is true for a lot of cities.

Oh, so you’re certain that OP even tried to lookup a service manual, and that there’s not one available? Endoscope and the right screwdriver together are still cheaper than a new blender.

Ever heard of a teardown? Go watch some on Youtube or Peertube. You won’t find many that fail to disclose the manufacturer, that break the plastics, nor will you find many, if any, blenders that use a more common screw-head for the motor shaft.

… but sure, pontificate on behalf of targetted rage-bait that actively discredits this community versus anyone with an ounce of experience or common sense.

I deal with worse than this Blender on a daily basis, or rather I might, if the internals of the devices I work with weren’t behind literal lock-and-key, and yet, NONE of them are left un-supervised with your standard schmuck, their CHILDREN and pets.

HIDDEN screws, glues, DRM and fragile tabs are indeed a real problem. They are major reasons we need service manuals and “guitar pics” and all sorts of other non-sense that inspired the Right-to-Repair movement. OP’s Blender has NONE of those things.

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.

Since its not about access then they never had to break anything for any reason besides their own impatience, plain and simple.

This was NEVER about access to the screw.

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.

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.

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.

The screw head was at the bottom of a 2 inch shaft.

They didn’t have to cut shit.

Seatbelts tend to be held in with Torx-head bolts. Right bicycle pedals have left-hand-threaded studs. Spanner-screws are a standard you’ll find drivers for in any good security or electronics/small-appliance repair set.

Odds aren’t that far off that this screw was chosen for their blenders decades ago when this screw-driver was more common, and this one part was never updated as the design … “evolved”.

The screw head was at tho bottom of a 2 inch shaft.

They didn’t have to cut shit.

The screw head was at the bottom of a 2 inch shaft.

They didn’t have to cut shit.

Pro-tip: cut the hair along the roller with a knife. Don’t have to unwind it more than a single turn this way.

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.