Wobblycogs Workshop

Author: Doozer

  • Triple Decker

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    While sharing a Double Decker with my son the other day I mentioned to him that we could do better, we could make a Triple Decker. So we did, this is the recipe. Just make the nougat first and then layer on the caramel before topping it off with rice krispy cake. It takes ages…

  • Our Garden – Feb, Mar and Apr 2022

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    I decided to skip the February article because, well, not much happened. The entire family came down with covid and us olds were hit pretty hard, certainly hard enough we couldn’t do anything other than watering. Right at the end of the month (22nd Feb) we planted out the radishes with the kids. In the…

  • Tomato – Gardeners Delight – 2022

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    This page covers my experience of growing Gardeners Delight tomatoes during 2022. I’m far from an expert so I wouldn’t necessarily copy what you find here. I’ll be planting twelve plants in our small, south facing, vegetable patch. I’ve grown tomatoes before with varying degrees of success. A few years we’ve had so much fruit…

  • Our Garden – January 2022

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    We’ve tried gardening on and off a fair few times over the years but we’ve never had the level of success that we really wanted. Possibly our best year was 2020 when we had all the time in the world due to the pandemic and the subsequent lockdown. We saw the lockdown coming rushed out…

  • Changing the Default Username and Password on Raspberry Pi

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    The default install of a Raspberry Pi will create a user with the username “pi” and the password “raspberry”. If you are only accessing this machine via it’s hardware interfaces (e.g. you have a keyboard plugged in) then this isn’t terrible but as soon as the machine is available to be logged in remotely (even…

  • Changing a Raspberry Pi Hostname

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    The default hostname for a Raspberry Pi is “raspberrypi” which is great if you’ve only got one Pi but as soon as you add a second to the network things start getting a bit confusing. This quick guide will show you how to change your Pi’s hostname. You can perform this change though graphical interface…

  • Disable the Raspberry Pi Desktop

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    While the default Raspberry Pi desktop is fairly lightweight as far as desktops go it’s still quite a burden on a small device like a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W. Something like the Zero often finds itself used in an environment where the desktop isn’t used, so called headless mode. In this situation it’s best to…

  • Chilli Growing 2022

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    Back in 2020 with the pandemic just starting I decided to grow some chillies. This isn’t the first time I’ve tried, way back in my first home I grew a few chillies from seeds that I collected from supermarket chillies. I have no idea what they were and I don’t remember the plants giving any…

  • Project Bandsaw – Parts and Costs

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    Below is a list of what I used and where I bought it from. Costing is always difficult; items that I know I’ll probably use in the future (nuts and bolts, etc) I’ll often buy more than I need and, of course, I have some items in the workshop already because of previous projects. I’ve…

  • Project Bandsaw – Suppliers

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    I thought it would be useful to compile a quick list of potential suppliers for this project. I didn’t necessarily buy from any of these places they just sold things that looked like they might be useful in the build. My current aim is to keep a list of all the things I use and…

  • Project Bandsaw – Planning

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    Why? There’s a bandsaw shaped hole in my workshop and it needs filling. Why Build Your Own? Why not? Buying a commercial bandsaw is certainly easier and by the time I’ve finished this project it would probably be cheaper as well but this is about having fun. As long as I get a machine out…

  • Chip Shop Curry Rice

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    A fantastic lunch pot of dinner meal, calorie counted, makes 6 portions. I buy the chip shop curry sauce mix from Tongmaster Seasonings. Ingredients 500g rice = 2.5 cups = 1755 calories Packet chip shop curry powder from Tong Master (made up to 750 ml with water) = 219 calories 200g frozen sweetcorn = 1.5…

  • Pineapple Fried Rice

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    A calorie counted lunch pot meal. Makes 6 portions. Ingredients 500g Rice = 2.5 cups = 1755 calories 4 eggs, beaten = 288 calories 1 can pineapple chunks (inc juice) = 222 calories. 200g frozen peas = 1.5 cups = 178 calories Garlic powder 1 tsp Chinese five spice 3 tbsp sunflower oil = 405…

  • Lasagne

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    Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 2 rashers smoked streaky bacon 1 onion, finely chopped 1 celery stick, finely chopped 1 medium carrot, grated 2 cloves of garlic or 1/2 tsp garlic powder 500g beef mince 1 tbsp tomato purée 2 * 400g cans chopped tomatoes 1 tbsp clear honey 500g pack fresh egg lasagne sheets…

  • Ukrainian Christmas Bread Kolach

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    Ingredients 7g active dry yeast 1 teaspoon sugar 80ml lukewarm water 3 large room-temperature eggs 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons oil 1 teaspoon salt 120ml lukewarm water 560g all-purpose flour 1 egg yolk beaten with 1 teaspoon water for glaze Method In a small bowl, mix yeast, 1 teaspoon sugar and 1/3 cup lukewarm water.…