Wobblycogs Workshop

Category: Repairs

  • Jet JPT-260 Planer Thicknesser Chain Replacement

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    For a while now I’ve been having a problem with the outfeed roller on my planer thicknesser. While thicknessing the machine will make a loud banging sound and the wood will fail to emerge from the machine. For a while I couldn’t figure out what was going wrong as everything visible seemed to be working…

  • Repairing a Numatic Henry Motor

    Repairing a Numatic Henry Motor

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    A couple of months ago the motor in my Numatic Henry vacuum cleaner died. At the time I was using it as a workshop dust extractor and it was connected to my belt sander. It was working moderately hard but nothing I wouldn’t expect it to be able to cope with. I hadn’t long replaced…

  • Converting a Quick Release Vice into a Regular Vice

    Converting a Quick Release Vice into a Regular Vice

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    A few years ago someone gave me this woodworking vice as a present. At the time I had no bench to attach it to so it sat in it’s box. When I did finally get a bench and install the vice I discovered that it had a problem with the quick release mechanism. When the…

  • Festool Domino Sighting Adjustment

    Festool Domino Sighting Adjustment

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    The Festool Domino is probably the best tool I own. It’s insanely expensive but when you’ve got to join to pieces of wood together with a good looking strong joint there’s few better ways. In this article I correct an issue I’ve been having by performing a Domino sighting adjustment.

  • Repairing a Window Sill – Part 5

    Repairing a Window Sill – Part 5

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    In the fourth part of this series on repairing a window sill I got to the point where I had mostly finished the replacement part for the outer lining. In this final instalment in the series I tidy up the sill, fit the outer lining repair and tidy things up.

  • Repairing a Window Sill – Part 4

    Repairing a Window Sill – Part 4

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    In part three of this growing series on repairing a window sill I cut, shaped and fitted the two largest patch pieces. In this part I prepare and fit the other patch pieces for the sill and start to prepare the outer lining patch.

  • Repairing a Window Sill – Part 3

    Repairing a Window Sill – Part 3

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    In part two of this series on repairing a window sill I started to fix up the outer lining, made some patch pieces for the repair and applied wood hardener. In this part I’ll continue to make the pieces that will patch up the window sill.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Fixing a Toy Train

    Fixing a Toy Train

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    Our daughter has a toy train (from ToysRUs) which she really enjoys playing with but the other day she threw it on the floor from her high chair and most of the noises it made suddenly stopped working (hmmm, was that really a bad thing?). Being the sort of person that can’t bare to see…

  • Jet JPT-260 Breakdown – Page 2

    Jet JPT-260 Breakdown – Page 2

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    Next morning I decided to have a closer look at the damage and try to finish the thicknessing by hand. On the Jet JPT-260 it is possible to disengage the feed rollers which should allow for manual operation. After setting everything up I disengaged the rollers and tried to feed a piece of wood in.…

  • Jet JPT-260 Breakdown – Page 1

    Jet JPT-260 Breakdown – Page 1

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    A while back I bought a second hand Jet JPT-260 planner thicknesser from Aximinster. I didn’t get much chance to use the machine for a while after I’d bought it but recently I’ve been putting it to good use squaring up some oak stock for a log store cabinet for the living room. Unfortunately four boards…