Instant Coffee Drinker Nespresso Tip
fixed1t Handy Household Tips
Nespresso Instant Coffee Tip
Its really nice to have an Nespresso Coffee Pod Machine for doing great coffee, but then there is always somebody who doesn't appreciate the Smooth Rich Aromatic Coffee but instead wants a powdered instant coffee!
This normaly involves boiling a kettle and extra hassle but here is my fixed1t amazing solution to the problem that also tastes great if you drink instant coffee.
#fixed1tNESPRESSOtips
Thursday, 23 March 2017
Sunday, 19 March 2017
Top Tip Super Glue Tubes Drying Out Insurance
Top Tip Super Glue Tubes Drying Out Insurance
fixed1t Money Saving Tips
We all use small tubes of SuperGlue to fix things In video One I showed how I prevent Superglue Tubes from drying out using readily available PTFE tape
In video Two I showed how I prevent Superglue Tubes from drying out using readily available candles
After further investigation I've developed a better process
Here's HOW I Do It!
fixed1t Money Saving Tips
We all use small tubes of SuperGlue to fix things In video One I showed how I prevent Superglue Tubes from drying out using readily available PTFE tape
In video Two I showed how I prevent Superglue Tubes from drying out using readily available candles
After further investigation I've developed a better process
Here's HOW I Do It!
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Network Cabling Your Own House
You don't need a cabling degree or pay a huge bill on credit to Network your own house. Networking I had a crazy day on Sunday and decided after a long time deliberating, to run a 40m network cable inside my walls, the loft and into the dining room where BT telecoms had glued the fibre box to the wall without asking where we wanted it (because there box was on the wall outside the point).
The reason for doing it was the increasing number of Wifi hits and attempts on our Wifi Routers, although I've only been hacked into a few times (despite hefty security) each attempt takes up router time and slows the connections down significantly. By going to high speed CAT 6 and 6e flat cable I have achieve a significant speed increase and less wifi points to bother.
The house was built around 13 years ago with ultra-thick glass fibre insulation.
Although it is great for energy efficient the thick insulation is a complete pig to work around. The route I chose ran 8m from my workshop/ computing room
up into the loft space. Then 20m across the loft space to a foul water pipe conduit
that went to the conduit in guest bedroom, to connect to that toilet. I drilled a large hole in the spare room wall into the conduit so I could see where I was going and guide the cable.
The conduit then carried on down through the dining room roof and floor, so I drill another hole there so the cable could come out of the conduit and connect to the router connected to the BT point.
Everything looked straight forward so I thought it would be a 20 - 30 mins job. Getting from my room through the loft and down to the spare room hole was straight forward but then I discovered the down conduit dog legged so a 20 mins straight drop cabling, ended up 9 hours of hell.
Luckily I'd recently purchased a 1 meter flexible Workzone inspection camera from Lidl on one of their special days
Similar Inspection Camera's can be purchased from Amazon UK
Or from Amazon in the USA:
This camera was amazing as I could now see some of the obstacles. But the more I looked the more I saw a rats nest of pipes, of all shapes and sizes that made no sense.
Struggling to make sense of it, I decided to set up a strobe torch in one of the 6 cm holes I'd made. After many patient hours of inspection camera searching from the the bedroom hole and the dining room hole I finally develop a good mental map of where I need to go, and how to get there. After getting the pull-through and bent metal coat hanger hook through I manage to get Debbie to help feed me the cable from the guest room as I pulled it through in the dining room.
I so glad I chose flexible flat cable, the beauty of the flat cable I used
over the old thick round cable,
was that it is incredibly flexible and strong so it slid through the complicated rats nest of pipes without snagging once. I suppose its pretty much as a tapeworm does in the gut.
I chose blue flat Cat 6 cables as they stand out, but there are nice white ones available from Amazon in the UK:
And Available from Amazon USA
The reason for doing it was the increasing number of Wifi hits and attempts on our Wifi Routers, although I've only been hacked into a few times (despite hefty security) each attempt takes up router time and slows the connections down significantly. By going to high speed CAT 6 and 6e flat cable I have achieve a significant speed increase and less wifi points to bother.
The house was built around 13 years ago with ultra-thick glass fibre insulation.
up into the loft space. Then 20m across the loft space to a foul water pipe conduit
that went to the conduit in guest bedroom, to connect to that toilet. I drilled a large hole in the spare room wall into the conduit so I could see where I was going and guide the cable.
The conduit then carried on down through the dining room roof and floor, so I drill another hole there so the cable could come out of the conduit and connect to the router connected to the BT point.
Luckily I'd recently purchased a 1 meter flexible Workzone inspection camera from Lidl on one of their special days
Similar Inspection Camera's can be purchased from Amazon UK
This camera was amazing as I could now see some of the obstacles. But the more I looked the more I saw a rats nest of pipes, of all shapes and sizes that made no sense.
Struggling to make sense of it, I decided to set up a strobe torch in one of the 6 cm holes I'd made. After many patient hours of inspection camera searching from the the bedroom hole and the dining room hole I finally develop a good mental map of where I need to go, and how to get there. After getting the pull-through and bent metal coat hanger hook through I manage to get Debbie to help feed me the cable from the guest room as I pulled it through in the dining room.
I so glad I chose flexible flat cable, the beauty of the flat cable I used
over the old thick round cable,
was that it is incredibly flexible and strong so it slid through the complicated rats nest of pipes without snagging once. I suppose its pretty much as a tapeworm does in the gut.
I chose blue flat Cat 6 cables as they stand out, but there are nice white ones available from Amazon in the UK:
And Available from Amazon USA
So success, I connected it all up in a temporary lash-up and it works.
Now all I have to do is fill the holes, clean up all the mess I made and straighten up the insulation.
I find it hilarious how a simple 5 minute jobs, as I call them, can suddenly end up taking all day.
#fixed1tMONEYSAVINGtips
Sunday, 12 March 2017
Running Bottle Polymorph Hinge Fix Part 2
There aren't many thing that give insurance from breakages, often glues leaves terrible sticky messes that are harder to remove and repair than the original damage, and you need a degree in chemistry to find the right combination of chemicals to use. Then there is Polymorph low temperature plastic.
Running Bottle Cap Repair - Part 2
fixed1t Polymorph Repairs
In the previous video I showed the broken bottle top hinge of a very good running water bottle and explained how I planned to try and achieve this difficult fix
This Is How I fixed1t
#fixed1tMONEYSAVINGtips
#fixed1tPOLYMORPHtips
Its also very cheap, and if you screw up using it, you just chuck it back into a cup of hot water and start again, its that simple.
Running Bottle Cap Repair - Part 2
fixed1t Polymorph Repairs
In the previous video I showed the broken bottle top hinge of a very good running water bottle and explained how I planned to try and achieve this difficult fix
This Is How I fixed1t
#fixed1tMONEYSAVINGtips
#fixed1tPOLYMORPHtips
Its also very cheap, and if you screw up using it, you just chuck it back into a cup of hot water and start again, its that simple.
Saturday, 11 March 2017
Running Bottle Polymorph Hinge Fix Part 1
There aren't many thing that give insurance from breakages, often glues leaves terrible sticky messes that are harder to remove and repair than the original damage, and you need a degree in chemistry to find the right combination of chemicals to use. Then there is Polymorph low temperature plastic.
Running Bottle Cap Repair - Part 1
My partner Debbie dropped her favourite running and golfing water bottle. the only one than didn't actually leak. The fall snapped the top off it, she asked if I could fixed1t as she went to bed. So 11:45pm I set about studying the problem.
#fixed1tMONEYSAVINGtips
#fixed1tPOLYMORPHtips
Its also very cheap, and if you screw up using it, you just chuck it back into a cup of hot water and start again, its that simple.
Running Bottle Cap Repair - Part 1
My partner Debbie dropped her favourite running and golfing water bottle. the only one than didn't actually leak. The fall snapped the top off it, she asked if I could fixed1t as she went to bed. So 11:45pm I set about studying the problem.
#fixed1tMONEYSAVINGtips
#fixed1tPOLYMORPHtips
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