this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
21 points (95.7% liked)

Right to Repair/Ownership

260 readers
1 users here now

Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde "oem" parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

Rules:

  1. Keep posts on topic.
  2. Don’t make posts with link/s to paywalled articles as their main focus.
  3. No posts linking to reddit posts.
  4. Titles must include information on how old the source is in this format dd.mm.yyyy (ex. 24.06.2023).
  5. Please be respectful to each other.

You may also be interested in this sub: [email protected]

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Apparently I’m not allowed to open my fan to clean it four Phillips head and two of whatever these are

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How does that screwdriver look like? I can't imagine it being more durable or on par with durability of usual screwdrivers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I think these are called "spanner" bits. The precision drivers from ifixit are pretty good if you need accuracy for working on computers, rc cars, robots, etc. But they're aluminum so not great for heavier jobs. I still use a ratcheting driver or a power tool for anything that requires some effort. Example kit with spanner bits: https://www.ifixit.com/products/mako-driver-kit-64-precision-bits