{"id":48342,"date":"2026-10-29T15:16:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=48342"},"modified":"2026-10-29T15:18:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:18:04","slug":"how-i-fix-paper-shredder-jammed-paper-2026-10-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=48342","title":{"rendered":"how-i-fix-paper-shredder-jammed-paper-2026-10-16"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">jammed again!  so manually cleared the jam, re-assembled, works!  this shredder is ~30years old and has been fixed like this at least 5 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/how-i-fix-paper-shredder-jammed-paper-2026-10-16-18-15-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" 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