Wobblycogs Workshop

Author: Doozer

  • Repairing a Window Sill – Part 2

    Repairing a Window Sill – Part 2

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    In part one of this short series on repairing a window sill I showed you how to remove the rotten wood from the window. In part two I’ll begin the repair work by adding new wood and shaping a new piece of sill.

  • Repair a Window Sill

    Repair a Window Sill

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    In this article I repair a window sill on a sash window that I removed from an extension we were having demolished. The window is modern, probably only a decade old, but the sill is already in a poor condition because it’s been made of softwood and not been looked after very well.

  • Fixing a Freezer Left Open Over Night

    Fixing a Freezer Left Open Over Night

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    The other day the wife kindly offered to get us an ice lolly while we were watching a film, unfortunately, the freezer door didn’t close properly due to a fault with the handle and it was left all night about 2cm open. When I got up the in the morning to make the coffee I…

  • Miscellaneous Resources

    Miscellaneous Resources

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    It can occasionally be difficult to track down a supplier for certain items so, rather than repeat the work each time I need to order something I’ve listed those suppliers here. Hopefully through the magic of Google you’ll also be able to find the supplier you want. I should point out that I haven’t ordered…

  • Draper Hand Powered Shredder Tear Down

    Draper Hand Powered Shredder Tear Down

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    We bought this shredder a few years ago now and although it’s broken it’s done all right considering we only paid a few pounds for it. It seems at least Amazon still sell this item but I don’t remember paying that much for it. As shredders go it’s not really up to much, it’s a…

  • Axminster ED16B2 Pillar Drill Review

    Axminster ED16B2 Pillar Drill Review

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    I recently bought an Axminster ED16B2 pillar drill and I thought I would bang out a quick review for anyone else interested in getting one of these drills. It seems since I wrote this article Axminster have stopped selling this exact model but it’s a fair bet that the Axminster Trade pillar drills are identical other…

  • Bosch PMF180 Review

    Bosch PMF180 Review

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    As I’ve owned a Bosch PMF 180 E Multifunction Tool for a few years now I thought it was about time to give it a review. I have to admit that the reason it’s getting a review now is because I want to have a rant about one aspect of the tool which is absolute rubbish.…

  • Makita Drill Driver Repair – Part 2

    Makita Drill Driver Repair – Part 2

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    In part one I opened the drill and took the innards out. In this article I’ll open the motor and make the repair.

  • Makita Drill Driver Repair – Part 1

    Makita Drill Driver Repair – Part 1

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    My electric drill decided to start shooting fire and smoke at me the other day so I thought that it was time to take it apart and see what was inside. My experience of taking apart modern tools led me to believe that it was probably going to be a bin job but I was…

  • Home Made CNC Resources

    Home Made CNC Resources

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    There are hundreds of excellent resources out there that will help you build your own CNC machine. Listed here are some that I found useful. I will include other resources as I find them and by recommendation. This isn’t a list for every company that sells a part that might be useful though, these are…

  • Splitting Large Stones

    Splitting Large Stones

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    When we bought our current house it came with the mother of all rockeries. I kid you not this thing was built to survive a direct nuclear hit. The largest stone probably weighed in at 150kg and perhaps more than that. It took both the wife and myself to shift it a couple of meters…

  • Draper 7lb Hickory Shaft Sledge Hammer

    Draper 7lb Hickory Shaft Sledge Hammer

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    Now you might be wondering how someone could do a review of a hammer. It’s a pretty simple device after, all it goes up and down and things underneath it get broken (or occasionally hammered in). Well this review is about a hammer but it’s mostly about the customer service at Draper. You see up until…

  • Arrow TR550 Review

    Arrow TR550 Review

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    In order to complete the LED Cube project I’ve been working on I decided I needed a glue gun to hold the LED’s in place. I could probably have used epoxy or even silicon sealant as there was no real weight to hold but I never miss the opportunity to buy a new tool.

  • Simple LED Cube – Part 3

    Simple LED Cube – Part 3

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    The previous two articles have covered the basics of LED theory and gone into some of the maths behind designing the circuit that will power and LED. This article covers more complex arrangements of LEDs and the design of our LED cube.

  • Simple LED Cube – Part 2

    Simple LED Cube – Part 2

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    The first part of this guide talked a little about the project and gave a bit of an introduction to LEDs. This part discusses the use of LED’s in more detail with a little simple maths which can be used to determine how to power your latest LED creation.