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One perfectly outlined wing segment, ready to come out of its acetic acid bath.

I've really got to get a Volstro rotary head for this shit.

I sure do wish I had a bigger mill some days. Just another 150mm of travel, please!

I always love how you can see the outline of the part in the vinegar bath, from the frothy bits of millscale that bubble up. I wasn't sure if just 24 hours would be enough, now that it's a bit colder in the shop, but the goose body came out great. One of the outer wing segments is soaking now.

I finally got the vinegar bath going to strip the millscale off the bird parts. This was delayed because I had forgotten the tarps I used to use had all started to leak. So I invested a bit in a much thicker pond liner. This had the benefit of being clearly labeled to be a plastic I could confirm would handle acetic acid well.

I finally got some replacement tips for the plasma cutter, and I just did more in an hour than I had managed over the previous week.

I had forgotten what a pain it is cutting 1/2" plate with my plasma cutter.

Welp, it finally happened, I've tested positive for covid. I lasted 5.5 years but my luck ran out on the hiking trip. I just couldn't keep up my normal precautions when needing to eat out multiple times a day. But we've managed to prevent intra-household transmissions before, so hopefully those protocols will work again.