The world's best waffle! SHOCKED THE WORLD!

 30 Nov 2024

   Sorry I could not stop from making a jab at all the "shocked the world" clickbait titles on youtube. If you are here for Land Rover content, none of that either. However if you ARE a fan of waffles I got a good en for ya!

    It started out about a month ago when I was making a waffle. I wondered if it would be possible to pour in the waffle mix and leave a center opening for an egg. Then cook both at the same time? I thought perhaps the egg would stick to the waffle iron and make a mess or go uncooked.

Well write down this day in history my friends for today I tried it!

And I threw in another twist! When I got out my measuring cup my coffee was sitting on the counter, I thought how about using the coffee instead of plain ol water for the mix? Now I like my batter somewhat stiff so I poured in just under 2/3 of a cup of coffee and kept adding mix until I got my desired consistency.

In the mean time I preoiled my waffle iron and it was heating up. An egg was selected from the frig and this was put into a cup and beaten severely about the head and shoulders. Did this because I wanted the egg to cook as one and didn't know if the yolk would cook and the white not or vise versa on the iron. Also I didn't want to deal with cracking the egg whilst the waffle cooked.

My waffle iron signaled it was ready and the batter was poured in.

Into the open center the egg was poured in and the lid closed.

A short minute or so later the iron beeped it was done. I cautiously pulled on the upper handle and to my surprise the iron opened easily and looking in I could see the batter was brown and the egg appeared cooked!

Some of the egg tried to escape out the back.

It all released from the lower part of the iron and I got it onto a plate.

I flipped it over to see the underside and checked the iron for residue.

I was ready with melted butter and warm syrup and an appetite! So with knife and fork in hand I set to it!

I really didn't taste the coffee, but YUMMMMMMM!

Clean up was no worse that regular waffles. I'll be doing this again some time in the future!

Land Rover door stop

 16 Nov 2024

   I am working on a possible gps mount to replace the fugly one I have.

The problem is the drivers door keeps shutting on my leg. I know that I can tighten the nut on the rod to keep the door open, when you do that the door becomes harder to open and close due to the rubber/tube friction required to keep the door open. It also wears out the rubber on the stay faster.

I needed something else.

How?     What?

I looked over the situation.

Looked like I need something to bridge the gap from door to bulkhead.

Some 3/4" x 1/8 strap was bent into a "U" Shape and a hole was drilled into each side. The bracket was then pop riveted on the bulkhead side and a distance measurement made to the door. From this I could take and cut the length from a 5/16" rod and drill a hole across one end for the pivot. I had to stack washers to pull the rivet as the tool would not fit inside the bracket.

A check of the door closing revealed my top hinge bolt was hanging up on the edge of the bracket. My angle grinder quickly removed the offending portion and the door closed.

A yellow end cap was installed and I put a magnet low on the bulkhead side to keep the rattling noises down.

Here it is in all it's glory! LOL

I have the passenger door set so it stays open with the stay, because my neighbor uses it when he get in and out after a stroke.