I don't know about non removeable paddles, but I never remove mine. It was
hard to remove when new and I just decided it wasn't worth the effort to
remove it. If a small amount of dough remains after using it, it flakes off
easily when dry and I'm not putting any stress on the unit trying to remove
it.

"weft2" wrote in message
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I inherited a used bread machine pan from a somewhat older B&D Breadmaking
machine (Don't know the model and the original owner of the machine isn't
around), and I can't remove the blue mixing blade from the shaft. It's
been
oiled, and soaked in water, though there never appeard to be anything
sticking to it. Then I looked at the blade top more carefully, and instead
of a half moon hole at the top of the blade (where it fits onto the shaft
(the shaft, also usually with a half moon shape, but I can't tell this
time), there's a small diagonal cutting accross the half moon on the
blade,
as if to prevent it from removal. Has anyone heard of non-removable bread
machine blades/paddles before?
This one has me stumped, because no amt. of force will remove it, unlike
other ones that will come up with a good soaking. The blade rotates just
fine, BTW, so again, I'm thinking this is a permanent blade. Thanks for
any
info.