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  1. Comment on Anyone have any experience with tiny screws? I need to replace two in my body hair trimmer and I don't know where to start. in ~life.home_improvement

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    Thank you! I'll PM you if my screw attempts go awry!

    Thank you! I'll PM you if my screw attempts go awry!

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  2. Comment on Anyone have any experience with tiny screws? I need to replace two in my body hair trimmer and I don't know where to start. in ~life.home_improvement

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    Sorry also if this is in the wrong topic section @cfabbro and @mycketforvirrad, this seemed more DIY/home improvement than 'hobbies', but please move if I have got it wrong :)

    Sorry also if this is in the wrong topic section @cfabbro and @mycketforvirrad, this seemed more DIY/home improvement than 'hobbies', but please move if I have got it wrong :)

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  3. Comment on Anyone have any experience with tiny screws? I need to replace two in my body hair trimmer and I don't know where to start. in ~life.home_improvement

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    I bought this body hair trimmer on vacation to New Zealand, and it's the best one I've ever used. I've tried plenty of others that are sold in Europe and the US but none leave my body feeling so...

    I bought this body hair trimmer on vacation to New Zealand, and it's the best one I've ever used. I've tried plenty of others that are sold in Europe and the US but none leave my body feeling so un-irritated (?) and good.

    Unfortunately, the design sucks. If it's not cleaned every month or so, it eventually accumulates tiny hairs inside the motor differential (don't know the word) beneath the blades and slows down. Maintenance is easy. You just unscrew the two phillips heads screws and use some canned air.

    However, they are made of aluminum foil or something. Even using my smallest screwdriver very gently, the screws strip very easily. A friend in NZ just sent me a replacement trimmer because I could no longer get the screws off and I'd like to replace these ones with better quality screws, or at least have back ups when they wear out.

    They are about 1-2mm long and extremely small. I'd post a pic of them unscrewed, but I'm afraid to undo them and cause wear while it's still new. Here's them screwing the blades down, for whatever that's worth.

    Does anybody know how to go about identifying tiny little screws and replacing them? I really don't want to contribute to more landfill by just buying a new model every time this one runs out, but I have no idea where to start. Here's the PDF manual, for what it's worth, but there are no component details in there that I can see.

    Thank you anyone for any help!

    Edit: Thanks so much to everyone who replied! I'm going to try the calipers method mentioned by @tibpoe and @kacey, and if I can't find a short enough one I'll try the nut method @caliper mentioned. And I'm going to buy the iFixit kit mentioned by @0xSim and @Pavouk106 and @fxgn.

    Thank you to everyone who replied, this felt like what I imagine living in a village of helpful elves would be like. In this scenario I am the uncultured human who does not understand the craft of the forge

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