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Originally Posted by RicoX9
I bought a 5-pack of 5"x12"x1" graphite plates (Thanks BZGlass for the info) off Ebay and have made a couple of tools. One is a rod rest made by epoxying a half-brick to one plate that's been cut with a short piece as the bottom and the long piece has channels drilled in the top edge for the mandrels/rods to ride in. Provides heat protection and rod rest at the same time.
To make mashers, I bought barbecue tongs at the thrift store for 50 cents, straightened out the ends, and epoxied small graphite sections to them.
I'm going to cut up another plate and make some shapers and a torch mounted marver.
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I can get graphite plates but how do you get it so they don't give off a black mark on your beads?