Introduction
This teardown is done as to comply with task 2 IDES 2072, 2020. Photographed and written by Angelo Diaz, James Rosenberg, Jaya Yoannidis and Ewan Mackay-Cruise. Second year students of Bachelor of Industrial Design UNSW Sydney, Australia.
Tools
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            Turn the toaster to its bottom side to locate the necessary screws needed for removal. 
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            Use a phillips screwdriver to unscrew the 4 screws as shown. 
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            After they're removed, seperate the bottom casing from the body in preparation for removal (see next step). 
 
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            Once removing the screws, partially seperate the body from the white casing. 
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            As shown, there are 4 screws that have to be removed to fully seperate the 2 parts. 
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            Use a phillips screwdriver to unscrew the screws. 
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            Flip the toaster on the other side and pull the highlighted wire to detach it from the bottom part. 
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            You can now seperate the parts to give 2 seperate parts. (The white casing and the electrical body). 
 
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            To disconnect the base of the toaster you must unscrew single screw displayed in image. This is attaching the base of the toaster to the toaster's circuit board. 
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            Once this screw is removed the circuit board can be detached from the base of the toaster as shown. 
 
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            Another component connected to the base of the toaster is electricity transformer. 
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            The tranformer can also be detached from the base by removing a single screw as shown. 
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            Once the screw is removed the transformer is no longer attached to the base 
 
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            Although the plastic casing of the transformer has been detached there is still a small piece of plastic holding down the connected wires of the transformer. 
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            This can be removed by unscrewing both screws displayed in the images. 
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            Once this piece of plastic is no longer bond by screws you are able to completely detach the transformer by pulling the wires out from inside the toaster. 
 
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            Once the wires have been completely pulled out of the toaster the base can then be removed from the middle component. 
 
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            Afterwards the base had rubber feet which were easily removed by inserting a metal rod to push out the rubber material 
 
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            Utilising pliers to remove the top lid off of the middle component 
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            The tabs had to be pulled in order to remove the top lid from the overall base of the toaster 
 
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            Now you can remove the two rods supporting and attaching the plastic parts and wiring on the outside. 
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            These plastics parts will now easily come off, so be careful. 
 
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            The plastic parts should easily come off, however they are still attached to wires and are soldered on. They lead into the main chassis. 
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            The next step is to remove any wiring leading into the chassis. 
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            Be careful not to pull too hard on the pieces as there may be wires on the inside attached. 
 
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            Detach the spring from the plastic part 
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            Remove the last wire from the internal chassis, the latches need to be pried back in order for this to open and be removed. 
 
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            Now that the latch is open you can remove the final wire attached to the plastic part. This concludes the teardown of removable parts within the toaster. 
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            Note: Removing other remaining parts may alter the function of the toaster as they are permanently joined. 
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            You have now completed the teardown. 
 
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