Well, having failed to make progress
removing the nipples from the front wheel of my Ritchey, I decided to have a go with a brass wire wheel on this. No expectations of success, but a few minutes on the big wire wheel followed by a small one to get into the angles did the job. after that, I gave it a quick going over with a nylon wheel:
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm glad to have made some progress. Now I just need to think about what finishing I want to try for.
