Wobblycogs Workshop

  • Ingredients Shortbread 225g plain flour 175g unsalted butter, cold, cut into cubes 75g caster sugar Topping 150g butter 1 x 379g can condensed milk 100g golden syrup 350g dark chocolate, or a mixture of dark and milk, chopped into small…

  • Makes 8 lunch sized portions Ingredients Spices Fennel – 1.5 tsp Mustard Seed – 4 tsp Cumin Seeds – 5 tsp Ground Corriander – 3 tsp Ground Turmeric – 5 tsp Brown Sugar – 4 tbsp Black Pepper – very…

  • Ingredients 150g salted butter, softened 80g light brown muscovado sugar 80g granulated sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 large egg 225g plain flour 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1/4 tsp salt 200g plain chocolate chip or chunks Method Preheat the…

  • Ingredients 5 Slices Bacon (or more to taste) 1 Onion 2 Stick Celery 1 bottle beer Bread, cubed enough to fill the frying pan. Should have an open texture like sour dough. Cheddar cheese Chicken broth Worcestershire Sauce 1 Egg…

  • Ingredients Filling 575g Bramley apple, peeled, cored and sliced to 1 cm thick (see tip) 3 tbsp golden caster sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1 pinch nutmeg 1 pinch ginger 1 handful raisins (optional) Crumble 175g plain flour 110g golden caster…

  • Ingredients Feeds 4 1kg topside beef or braising steak. 2 bell peppers 3 onions 4 cloves of garlic or 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1 tsp salt 2 tsp black pepper (ground) 1 tsp spicy sauce 250g cheese (something like Gruyère)…

  • Doesn’t get simpler than this, plain white bread. Ingredients This will make two decent sized loaves. I make two at a time because it’s no more work than making one and it saves on yeast. 1000g strong white flour 7g…

  • You can’t beat a nice bit of belly pork! Easy 10/10 from me and the family. Ingredients Serves 4 when served with rice or mashed potatoes. 750g belly pork 30ml vegetable oil 12 shallots chopped finely or a large onion…

  • This is delicious! It’s not identical to the original recipe but it’s close. Did I say it’s delicious. Ingredients This is for a single adult serving. 1/3 cup rolled oats 1 tablespoon dried cranberries, raisins or cherries 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon peanut…

  • We’ve recently had some building work done and so I had a load of pallets available to try and do something with. As a general rule I don’t like reclaiming wood as it’s invariably full of junk (sand, nails, knots,…

  • 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…

  • Finally, the power supply is finished and I’m pleased to say that never in the history of powering up a transformer has there been so little to get excited about.

  • With the inrush / soft start designed and most of the parts ordered my mind turned to the other components I’m going to need to finish the case.

  • In part eight I discussed the problem with inrush into the power supply and some potential solutions. In this part I’ll show the actual solution I’ll be using.

  • I’ve got to the point where I have a stepper motor turning but I’m hesitant to move forward until I have the inrush issue fixed with the power supply.