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Category Archives: Workshop
Turning fence palings into dressed timber–part 1
Turning fence palings into dressed timber with the ALDI WorkZone Planer/Thicknesser. Dressed pine timber is expensive – very expensive. Wherever I can I use cheap fence palings for my projects and… if needed (like here) I can dress my own … Continue reading
Posted in Workshop, Workshop Other
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Black & Decker Alligator Lopper–part 2
Testing the unit after repair.
Posted in Repairs, Workshop
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Black & Decker Alligator Lopper–part 1
This beast that belongs to a family friend has – lost it’s bite. This looks tricky – lots of screws and even springs (OMG) with a layered build.
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Dell PowerConnect 2016 network switch – revisited
From 2004 – 2019 this was our main switch located in the upstairs linen cupboard. When it died I had a go at repairing the power supply but gave up and it was replaced with a Netgear switch. The photo … Continue reading
Posted in Networking, Repairs, Technology, Workshop
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Problem with one of the V380 cameras
Went to move it from the bird bath over to the cottage garden to monitor Speckles and when I plugged the micro USB cable into the camera connector it broke away and is now rattling around inside the camera housing … Continue reading
Posted in Home, Repairs, Security, Workshop
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Reclaiming the 3.7V 18650’s from a dead 18V battery pack – part 2
Cell 5 charged OK; so did the whole pack. We now have a handy 18V@2A power pack for powering projects
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Reclaiming the 3.7V 18650’s from a dead 18V battery pack – part 1
Note: The electronics in these things commonly monitor the individual cells and for this one (from top) cells 2 & 5 are not being charged correctly. The batteries should come up OK with individual charging. Cells 2 & 5 are … Continue reading
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Gas wall furnace blower noisy fan.
Gas wall furnace blower fan air control unit – noisy fan. This belongs to family friends. They have two of these gas wall heaters so we swapped this noisy unit for the fan unit in the other one that isn’t … Continue reading
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Buddha water feature not happy – part 2
Cleaning and testing the pump in the backyard Gazebo area at the wash basin.
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Buddha water feature not happy – part 1
The solar pump water outlet flow is like a cyclic spitting? Had to go up a stepladder which is at the end of a long pole (catch the sun) to remove the solar panel. At the workbench pulled the pump … Continue reading
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