Talk:Goldbeating

Metric
Hello. I’m the one who metricized this article. What use to be inch, inch2, foot, pound turns into cm, cm2, m, kg. This line has a problem: “The shoder is beaten for about three hours until the gold has expanded to a five inch (13 cm) square.”. 5 inch2 is sqrt(5) = 2.23 inch per side. 2.23 inch per side = 5.66 cm per side. (5.66 cm) 2 = 32.0 cm2. Also, it is better to not write 5 inch square. Write 5 inch2 instead. Also, 2 or 3 significant digits is good enough. For example, 32 cm or 32.0 cm. Vmelkon (talk) 22:57, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * You have confused inches square with square inches.
 * Five inches square is 25 square inches (inch2). Andy Dingley (talk) 00:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I guess so. Well, it should be written as 5 inch per side square shape. Vmelkon (talk) 23:15, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

"Instinctively"?
"The goldbeater instinctively follows a pattern and sets up a rhythm..."

I'm pretty skeptical about anyone possessing an "instinct" for a particular craft. I think it would be better described as a skill acquired through years of experience. Beetfarm Louie (talk) 16:08, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Process and Equipment
The process described here is oddly specific. Surely there is more than one producer of gold leaf in the world. Are we to believe they all use the same, identical process, with identical equipment (which, for some reason, is measured in imperial units)? If, in fact, this is an accurate description of a particular maker's process then I think that should be made clear and the maker identified. Beetfarm Louie (talk) 16:37, 9 December 2022 (UTC)