My oscillating fan stopped working a while ago. Today's heat made me investigate what the cause might be.
It turns out that at some point the two bolts that held the speed controller in place had vibrated free and I hadn't noticed.
This of course leaves the problem of where do I get two suitable bolts at 1am. Luckily I have a stack of various fixings and bits of hardware that I've salvaged from other things. Looking at the two nuts that I found rattling around inside the fan I had a feeling that I quite possibly had some bolts that may have the right screw thread and indeed I did.
I also recently bought a small vice that can attach to my kitchen table (A.K.A "The Workshop") and I've somehow collected a number of hacksaws over the years so finding one wasn't hard.
A short while later and a bit of "by eye" measuring I had two shorter bolts suitable for my needs.
A little bit of filing rough edges and screwing and the speed controller is firmly locked in place again.
And the oscillating fan is operational once more.
I'm pretty sure the guest dog is going to appreciate this tomorrow when the heat will be slightly more intense than it was today.
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