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A came by to say the same thing.

Ha, don't temp me. I've seen some Roman/Greek colanders I want to try.

@@rigoniironworks Just aswell... could go for a Roman Wine/Beer strainer, to accent your cocktail forks. Making the the ball end formers wouldnt take much.

This was an experiment. I soaked them for 3hrs in lemon juice, around 5% citric acid? I'll leave them on my desk to see if they rust.

I think you need citric or nitric acid, not sure about vinegar.

My forge doesn't scale up the work as bad, but the big thing is I don't leave pieces cooking in the forge. I do the forging as fast as possible, then remove.

@@rigoniironworks that makes sense, and your precise tooling lets you get the job done quickly. As I understand it (and there is years of reading left for me to do on gas forge theory) having the gas burner tuned to a ‘reducing’ flame, which I guess means running *slightly* shy of starved of oxygen helps prevent scale. But *I* am a long way from understanding the hows and tos of getting that flame tuned in, and it seems to be a unique process for each burner.

The forging, wire wheel, files etc.. It will rust if you don't etch away the iron. I'm trying natural citric acid, but commercial products should work better.

Yes, my design. Waterjet cut from 3" mild plate.

I was switching from the belt sander to filing for cleanup. I try to wear a mask when using the belt sander.

Yes, overheating can lead to cracking, along with heating and cooling too many times. Always try to forge to shape as quickly as possible. Less scaling and profiles will be more crisp.