If it weren't meant to be "serviced at home" they would not have used phillips screws

[CAJUNLAWYER]

If it weren't meant to be "serviced at home" they would not have used phillips screws

UPDATE AT POST 44
As y'all know from previous threads (see my "shredding files" thread) I'm shredding old files. I've got this mondo shredder that I inherited from my old office and it is GREAT!! Well, this afternoon it started making a terrible racket and stopped. I stopped what I was doing and began to investigate. cleared it as much as I could still nada. Looked inside of the cabinet and saw nothing.
Grabbed the instructions and realized for the first time I could take the shredder off of the cabinet! Step one. Turned it upside down and nothing, But it was held together by phillips head screws. Wait! I've got a philips head screw driver in the truck. What could I screw up? Unscrewed it and slowly removed the case and still I could see nothing that would stop it-Thinking I had fixed the problem, I put it back together and tried it and now the "door open" latch shows open and I can't figure out what is keeping the contact switch from working. It is an Ideal 2502 with the instructions in German-but it has pictures. But it doesn't have the kind of detailed instructions that would show the contact switch. So a productive afternoon of shredding while listening to some Grateful Dead is now shot to hades. My wife said I should never have taken it apart to which I replied I am an old man with a phillips screwdriver for cryin' out loud. If they wanted to keep me out they would have used something like inverted torx screws or something. Using phillips heads screws is k=just begging for some poking around.
So does anyone know anything about Ideal 2502 shredders???

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

AFAIK, the purpose of using Phillipps head screws is to encourage you to disassemble the shredder, which if you carefully read the instructions you will see voids the warranty. Sure, it's written in Deutsch, but it's not their fault you can't read it. If they printed the warranty in every language in the world, you'd need a bigger shredder.

 

[mckenney99]

If you look in your previous thread, I warned you. I hope there weren't any grand kiddies around to learn new words. It took taking my shredder apart several times before I figured out where the switches were and finally got all the parts and pieces lined back up again so it at least runs.

 

[Harmonica]

..posted this twice already-I've worked with engineers for many years....even with software designed for engineering, they still screw simple things up....a lot of them are ''''not knowledgeable'' --to put it nicely

 

[Rustyt1953]

Phillips head screws are the sirens of the fastener underworld.

 

[Bald1]

My file and document disposal takes place in my backyard in a fire pit. No moving parts.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Call Boudreaux and Thibodaux. Bet they could fix it for some Étouffée and a few pulls of Sazerac.

 

[tlawler]

Lol…when I saw the title, I knew it would be worth reading. I’ll go Improvedmodel56fan one better and say the purpose of Phillips screws is to void the warranty AND have you disassemble it to the point of no reassembly so you’ll have to buy a new one. Planned obsolescence as it were

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

ACHTUNG! Sie sind aufgefordet, sich sofort in Nachsten Lager zu Melden! Schnell! Gleich! Jetz!

 

[llowry61]

When I fix something, and it is broken worse than when I started, I hit you tube. If they don't have the exact item watching the repair of a similar item and get you the info you need.

Best of luck to you.

 

[tops]

ACHTUNG! Sie sind aufgefordet, sich sofort in Nachsten Lager zu Melden! Schnell! Gleich! Jetz!

That explains it. Thanks for the information. Larry

 

[GaryS]

Obviously, your results were not ideal.

I'll see myself out.

 

[soFlaNative]

Swap the Phillips for a 2 lb. hammer.

 

[jeffrefrig]

I thought a Phillips screwdriver was milk of magnesia with vodka in it.

 

[RobertJ.]

I know nothing about shredders but can certainly relate to your story.

 

[Skeet 028]

Ah...Engineers!! My favorites. Had three who just had to try to make the not so complex Ponsness Warren Shotshell presses better. After the initial setup and leave it alone they had to pay to get me to fix them..Engineers = easy money. And I have an Engineering degree or so. Sometimes I forget to stop too. I used to get my 10 yr old GDaughter to look things up on You Tube


Got to add. DON'T STOP NOW CAJE...SHOW THAT SUCKER WHO'S THE BOSS!!

 

[pharmer]

Spray some BreakFree on a sheet of paper and feed it in. Fixes what ails most shredders. Joe

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[oldbrownhat]

..posted this twice already-I've worked with engineers for many years....even with software designed for engineering, they still screw simple things up....a lot of them are ''''not knowledgeable'' --to put it nicely

LOL. The Engineer's Motto: "If it ain't broke, take it apart and see what makes it tick."

 

[oldbrownhat]

A...If they wanted to keep me out they would have used something like inverted torx screws or something....

Ha! My first Mac computer (a used Mac SE, 1989) was held together by then-rare Torx screws, (supposedly) made even more impenetrable by being recessed so far that when I got a long Torx screwdriver, I had to cut the handle back by about 1/2" to access the screws. Now they use Pentalobe, but these are readily available as well.

There are more screw head designs than a dog has fleas. (Well, almost) This is only the tip of the iceberg:

And Phillips? Not always...