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Recipe from thesourdoughbaker.com. The dough is fairly wet (69% hydration assuming 50% hydration starter), not that different from my standard sourdough loaf.

This was my 2nd attempt at English Muffins and 1st use of this recipe. Misc observations: They definitely came out nicer using the rings for the rise and on the griddle, but keeping the rings on during the bake didn't really matter. They got a lot of "oven" spring on the griddle. Coarse cornmeal was too coarse (still pretty crunchy to eat), I may try to grind it finer but would buy a finer grind in the future; however setting each side of the shaped balls in a bowl of cornmeal was a little easier than finding a well-dusted patch on the baking sheet for each one. I had to have the griddle hotter than I guessed, pretty much like for pancakes.

Here they are ready to prove:

Most of the nuts came out with minimal force, but the last one just spins in place. I tried rubber gloves, painter's tape, and duct tape to get a better grip. I'd rather not cut a slot in the domed nut if there's another good strategy.

The rest of the restoration underway:

$15 at an estate sale, I was definitely prepared to pay more. I've seen people finding such cool stuff at secondhand shops and had no luck myself, so I'm hoping I can get some life out of these.

Also got a plane (one of the adjustments doesn't work but otherwise looks decent) and a Heath Kit power supply.

I found this table on the curb a while back, less the leg hardware. No a relative could use it, and I'm wondering how to fix it up.

Cut a couple 2x4 sections to fill the truncated-triangular area and screw through them into all surfaces?

The legs have a hollow center drilled out, at the top, so I assume some metal piece with threaded holes fit there, and a metal plate anchored that to the skirt (?).

Another view:

Left is what I've picked so far, right is a batch off eBay. They're proving tricky so far. I'm trying top-of-the-keyway tension, getting a number of sets, but haven't gotten any open. Videos online show spool pins for the Master locks.

My enameled cast iron was leaving sharp little blue flakes around, so I decided it was time to take off the enamel. I tried a brass drill brush first, which only dislodged the loosest flakes. Then I got the cheapest Harbor Freight needle scaler ($40), and it worked great.

My small compressor couldn't really keep up, but working 30s at a time gave me time to grab the drill brush and clean up the exposed iron.

Washed, dried, seasoned, and ready for use. (I didn't bother with the lid, which isn't in as bad shape.)

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The third step, burnishing the edge, at a slight angle towards the face “turns the burr upwards”. The SEM clearly shows a blade-like bevel has been formed, perpendicular to the card face. However, rather than simply turning the burr, metal has been reformed, and the burr has buckled rather than rotating. Additionally, the burnishing rod has honed the side of the bevel, removing metal just as a honing rod removes metal to restore a knife edge.

I've been struggling to sharpen my card scraper, and was happily surprised to see that scienceofsharp.com has an article (from 2019) that helps visualize the burr structure.

I haven't gotten around to making a nice board with slots for each hone, and for some reason this setup wasn't obvious to me so I thought I'd share. Front is against a bench dog, back is pressed against the rubber foot of the edge of the bench. It is easy to swap in the different hones, and doesn't scoot around.

(Still figuring out how to put a burr on that card scraper though.)

Proofed and going into the oven:

NYT cooking recipe, though it's by volume and I ended up adding a cup or more of flour and still getting a very wet, slack dough.

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