Odd jobs that I have done

  • Cleaned and decorated the inside of a wall clock
    Wall Clock

  • Replaced the bearings of ceiling fans and greased associated components
    Ceiling Fan Bearing 1 Ceiling Fan Bearing 2 Ceiling Fan Bearing 3 Ceiling Fan Bearing 4 Ceiling Fan Bearing 5 Ceiling Fan Bearing 6

  • Replaced the capacitive regulators of ceiling fans
    Ceiling Fan Regulator

  • Replaced the MPP-SH (metalized polypropylene self-healing) motor capacitors of ceiling fans (PSC motor, a variant of the capacitor run single phase motor)
    Ceiling Fan Capacitor

  • Replaced electrical switches and sockets on both modular and traditional switch boards
    Switches 1 Switches 2

  • Replaced switch boards
  • Troubleshooted a stray voltage problem caused by the indoor ground wiring
  • Replaced a blender machine's (worn-out) coupler
    Blender Coupler 1 Blender Coupler 2 Blender Coupler 3

  • Replaced a lavatory seat
    Lavatory Seat 1 Lavatory Seat 2

  • Replaced faucets
  • Replaced the (brass ceramic disc cartridge) quarter-turn half-inch valves of faucets
  • Fixed plumbling-based leakage problems by replacing the PTFE (Teflon) thread seal tape
    PTFE Teflon Tape

  • Replaced the stopper (rubber washer) of a shut-off compression valve (stopcock)
    Stopcock

  • Replaced a washing machine's impeller/pulsator
  • Removed coins from under a washing machine's impeller/pulsator
  • Unclogged a washing machine's drain valve
  • Replaced a washing machine's drain valve rubber seal
    Drain Valve Rubber Seal

  • Replaced a washing machine's 10+5MFD dual-motor capacitor (originally 9.5+4MFD), thereby solving the humming noise problem
    Washing Machine Capacitor 1 Washing Machine Capacitor 2 Washing Machine Capacitor 3

  • Replaced a washing machine's (worn-out) outlet pipe using PVC glue (solvent cement)
    Washing Machine Outlet Pipe 1 Washing Machine Outlet Pipe 2

  • Replaced a door stopper's rubber tip/foot/bush using a screw and multi-purpose adhesive
    Door Stop 1 Door Stop 2 Door Stop 3

  • Replaced a desktop monitor's LCD backlight inverter driver board
  • Assembled a desktop's CPU cabinet components (motherboard, CPU, RAM, etc.)
  • Replaced a laptop's battery, RAM chips and keyboard
  • Replaced a lavatory flush's quarter-turn shut-off valve
    Flush Valve

  • Replaced cooking gas burners and burner caps/heads
    Burner Cap

  • Sifted wheat flour and finger millet (ragi) flour using a sieve
  • Dehusked, cracked open, and grated coconuts
    Coconut 1 Coconut 2 Coconut 3

  • Soldered a multimeter's broken probe wire to the probe tip
    Soldering Multimeter

  • Soldered a bug zapper's (broken) tactile switch connection to the main slide switch connection via jumper wires
  • Fixed floor-tiles gap/leakage problems by applying grout and then coating with white Portland cement
    Tile Gap Fillup 1 Tile Gap Fillup 2 Tile Gap Fillup 3 Tile Gap Fillup 4

  • Created a mobile-phone stand and a piggy-bank box using Balsa wood.
    Balsa Woodwork

  • Stitched my worn-out clothes.
    stitchwork 1 stitchwork 2 stitchwork 3 stitchwork 4 stitchwork 5 stitchwork 6

  • Drove a boat across a river.
    Boat Drive 1 Boat Drive 2 Boat Drive 3 Boat Drive 4 Boat Drive 5

  • Made cupcake liners.
    Cupcake Liner 1 Cupcake Liner 2 Cupcake Liner 3 Cupcake Liner 4

  • Made wheat-flour-based paper glue.
    Wheat-flour-based Paper Glue

  • Made paper bowls (using the hot-press method).
    Paper Bowls 1 Paper Bowls 2 Paper Bowls 3 Paper Bowls 4 Paper Bowls 5 Paper Bowls 6

Foods that I have prepared

  • Seitan cutlets
  • Wheat starch halwa
  • Turkish delight
  • Marzipan (almond paste)
  • Bounty bars
  • Pez (rice gruel)
  • Methi pez (rice fenugreek porridge)
  • Various sabji's (cooked vegetables)
  • Casseroles
    Casseroles 1 Casseroles 2

  • Neer dosa
  • Coconut chutney
  • Chapathi
  • Methi paratha
  • Chikki's (peanuts and til/sesame)
    Chikki 1 Chikki 2 Chikki 3

  • Til (sesame) laddoo's
  • Onion soup
  • Hummus
  • Peanut butter
  • French fries
  • Samosa
  • Bread
  • Sourdough bread
  • Pizza (including pizza bread)
  • Grape wine
  • Ginger beer
  • Candied lemon peels and candied ginger
  • Various pasta, including noodles (from scratch)
    Pasta 1 Pasta 2 Pasta 3 Pasta 4 Pasta 5 Pasta 6 Pasta 7 Pasta 8

  • Tomato sauce
    Tomato Sauce

  • Lasagna
  • Mayonnaise / dressing
    Mayonnaise 1 Mayonnaise 2

  • Paneer (from scratch)
  • Yogurt and yogurt starter (from scratch)
    Yogurt 1 Yogurt 2 Yogurt 3 Yogurt 4 Yogurt 5

  • Cheese
  • Orange marmalade
  • Samosa
  • Gulab Jamun
  • Rose Cookies
  • Rabri / rabdi
  • Mawa / khoya (traditional and instant)
  • Soan papdi
    Soan Papdi 1 Soan Papdi 2 Soan Papdi 3 Soan Papdi 4 Soan Papdi 5 Soan Papdi 6

  • Chickpea toffee (made from leftover ingredients of Soan papdi)
    Chickpea Toffee 1 Chickpea Toffee 2 Chickpea Toffee 3

  • Dry-roasted groundnuts (peanuts)
    Roasted Peanuts 1 Roasted Peanuts 2

  • Roasted desi chana (Indian chickpeas)
    Roasted Desi Chana 1 Roasted Desi Chana 2

  • Naturally fermented, fizzy ginger-lemonade (no added yeast)
    Lemonade 1 Lemonade 2

  • Yemas de Santa Teresa
    Yemas 1 Yemas 2 Yemas 3 Yemas 4

  • Besan (gram flour) laddoo
    Besan Laddoo 1 Besan Laddoo 2

  • Rava (semolina) laddoo
    Rava Laddoo 1 Rava Laddoo 2

Foods that I hope to prepare some day

  • Sutarfeni
  • Karuppu (rice) halwa
  • Tomato ketchup
  • Potato chips
  • Banana chips
  • Various Cakes
  • Various Ice cream (from scratch)
  • Meringues (from leftover egg-whites from Yemas)
  • Leche Frita
  • Malpua (malpuri)
  • Cold-pressed coconut oil (from scratch)
  • Virgin coconut oil (from scratch)
  • Cold-pressed groundnut (peanut) oil (from scratch)

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