Bruntmor Cast Iron

[Danimal16]

Get a Smithey. Not cheap but you won't regret it.

[vash]

Originally Posted by masraum

I'm not a widely experienced cast iron expert, but yes, almost all modern cast iron has a rough surface. The only cast iron that I see with a smooth surface is either something like Le Creuset that is enameled or old/vintage cast iron.

Not entirely true. There are modern cast iron makers doing it old school. The Field Company makes one. Lighter, smooth, and fairly expensive.

If I was Superman, I would hit up that local foundry, BluSkillet and throw my credit card thru the door.

[Superman]

Originally Posted by Brian 162

I ground all my cast iron pans smooth a few years ago. I'm happy with the results.

I wonder what tool I would use. Plain ol' bench grinder?

Originally Posted by vash

Not entirely true. There are modern cast iron makers doing it old school. The Field Company makes one. Lighter, smooth, and fairly expensive.

If I was Superman, I would hit up that local foundry, BluSkillet and throw my credit card thru the door.

Whoa! Sounds like French chefs stand in line to get lottery tickets to buy those. Those are forged, and too spendy for me. Glad craftsmen still exist. I was hoping for a rectangular stove-top pancake griddle. Seasoned cast iron. For a yard sale price. Like my skillets. I really don't need the grilling side, as I use my skillets for steak-frying. I have a method.

[vash]

Originally Posted by Superman

I wonder what tool I would use. Plain ol' bench grinder?



Whoa! Sounds like French chefs stand in line to get lottery tickets to buy those. Those are forged, and too spendy for me. Glad craftsmen still exist. I was hoping for a rectangular stove-top pancake griddle. Seasoned cast iron. For a yard sale price. Like my skillets. I really don't need the grilling side, as I use my skillets for steak-frying. I have a method.

Every video my friend and I saw used an Avanti Pro paint stripping disc. He went and bought one from Lowe’s. My feeble memory recalls him using his corded drill.

And eye protecting and HALF MASK RESPIRATOR.

[Superman]

Okay. Interesting. I may try that. Eye protection, of course. For respiration, I'd likely just do it outside. I do like the griddle. Here is the other side.





Ha! Instead of Bruntmor, they should call themselves Burntmor.

I may try that. For $20 or $35 or whatever, I will generally eat it rather than send it back. But if $10 in tooling and 1 hour gets me what I want, great.

[vash]

just so you know. all the youtube videos were filmed outdoors.

my buddy and i sanded his outdoors. we wore half mask respirators. that's metal particles. insoluble. you dont what that in your lungs. please be careful. wear something.

[dad911]

Well, I know nothing about cast iron cookware, but I do know about making dust. To me it would make sense to wet sand? Amazon sells wet sanding diamond disks in varying grits for not alot of money.

[Brian 162]

Originally Posted by Superman

I wonder what tool I would use. Plain ol' bench grinder?



Whoa! Sounds like French chefs stand in line to get lottery tickets to buy those. Those are forged, and too spendy for me. Glad craftsmen still exist. I was hoping for a rectangular stove-top pancake griddle. Seasoned cast iron. For a yard sale price. Like my skillets. I really don't need the grilling side, as I use my skillets for steak-frying. I have a method.

I used the Avanti disc plus 40 grit sanding discs using my electric Hilti drill.
I did the work outside wearing a respirator.
Lots of YouTube videos on the subject

[flipper35]

I imagine then a 6" RA sander would work as well?