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Glad you found it useful, wrt initial cook time, if done in an open pot it takes maybe ~2h and they need to be tender to the point the peel tears if prodded with a wooden spoon. My pressure cooker is an Instant Pot so completely automatic - the timer doesn't start until the pot is up to pressure...

it's split into 3 phases - Pressure cook the Oranges for 15mins +maybe 30-40mins to depressurise naturally Chop fruit up to remove pips and stalk ends and slice the rest into a preserving pan - maybe 1-1.5h - the fruit is very soft so super easy to cut, but also super messy! Heat pan on stove...

I prefer to use dial calipers -in my youth I was used to vernier ones but since my eyesight isn't so good I find dial gauge calipers easier/faster to use! I have two a cheapo no-brand ss one that was less than £20 which developed a lumpy spot on the sliding action after dropping it onto a...

Ooh - am jealous, I used to walk past there daily en-route between High Holborn and the Clerkenwell Rd for work at Reuters back in the time where you could walk through Smithfields market amongst the sawdust lined woodblock flooring, the Bumarees (porters) and traders and pick up some choice...

Me too - 3 batches...

Ah -my bad - I suspect that some scanners exacerbate any surface contaminants esp if the light source is not perpendicular to the plane of the film and by the fact (I'm guessing) they are likely near-point light LED sources. I made a simple jig to photo negs which used a 45° mounted white card...

I entirely agree, however I suspect most folks who undertake this task are doing it for sentimental reasons and not the image quality aspects - which tbh is incredibly subjective. When I last did a batch of literally two bin sacks full of negatives covering negs from 1914-1998 -over 5k images...

I agree!! A lot of folks buy film scanners to scan the box-full of family photos one typically inherits when your parents pass away, and what most don't realise is that scanning these will take forever, and also -depending on their vintage the neg quality is pretty poor by todays camera...

One option that might work and is free to try is Vuescan - it natively supports a huge range of scanners and is very well supported and cheap if you buy

All those are adding twice the weight of sugar to oranges which I find way too sweet. I only add 1.25 x the weight of oranges, plus all the orange goes in and the only bits discarded are the pips and the ends and that + two whole lemons makes for a nice tangy marmalade. Also in my 30+ years of...

Eeks -those are all classic signs something is not right down there... - I hope the outcome is positive for you whatever inconvenience you may endure en-route

I'll second that - I have 2 impacted wisdom teeth that god forbid will ever need extraction, have had major work done on both adjacent molars and tbh they are so far back in my throat I almost gagged a couple of times and had to get the dentist to stop as I felt I was going to throw up. An...

If you have the time I would recommend listening to the Radio 4 series The Great Post Office Trial some 21 x 16min episodes started 10 years ago. An aspect I find surprising and noted by others in the media is how investigative journalism - Computer Weekly, Private Eye and this series by the BBC...

I will admit that in my 30+ IT career and in particular the latter 20y where I worked freelance within investment banking being freelance enabled me to call out when something was not right whilst those in permanent roles were reticent to speak up for fear of their career prospects and or bonus...

Thanks for sharing what is a fantastic bit of work - I must admit I love the combination of metal and woodwork and this epitomises the beauty of what you have made. I myself have dabbled with both but without the skills you have shown in this post - I'm jealous !!

@John DeLapp -Bah teach me to skim read your starting post.... The recipe I use involves the whole orange -peel, pith and innards where the only bits discarded are the knobbly ends and the pips- albeit these bits get saved and are briefly boiled in maybe 300ml of water to extract more pectin...

@John DeLapp -Nice! -you are lucky to get yours for free. I must admit for folks that have never tasted the real thing they really don't know what they are missing! As a child we were brought up with my father making jams and pickles out of produce from the garden so we were spoilt in that...

The issue with smoke impregnated walls is that the oils in it will usually result in bleed-through to whatever you overpaint it with. The usual workaround is to seal it 1st with something like shellac based Zinsser B-I-N

@John DeLapp They are Sevilles imported from unsurprisingly Seville in Spain - usually available in the supermarkets around this time of year - as others have mentioned Waitrose and Sainsburys both have them at the moment but if you blink they are gone!! Seville itself is a fabulous place to...

I'm just prepping my 1st batch - 2kg of oranges and a couple of lemons. I follow a recipe my dad used which results in a really tangy and tasty marmalade - I give away lots to friends and family and they love it - 1kg fruit 1.25kg sugar Steam fruit for ~2hrs or until dimpled - or ~15mins in a...