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.
>
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