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Graphite Block Sawn from Solid Natural Graphite
Solid natural graphite, like the Borrowdale graphite once sawn into pencil sticks, is soft enough to saw and file to shape. Saw a squared block from a sound lump and file its faces flat.
The picture: our diagram, a lump with saw lines and the block cut from it.
Beginner
An hour
Instructions
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Choose the lump
Choose the lump
Pick a solid, even lump with no cracks or bands of rock running through it, a little larger than the block you need.
Materials for this step:
Plumbago (Natural Graphite)1 kgTools needed:
Ruler2
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Saw it square
Saw it square
Wrap the lump in cloth and hold it lightly in the vise. Saw one face flat with slow, light strokes, then saw the others square to it.
Tools needed:
Bench Vise
Cheesecloth
Hacksaw
Try Square3
3
File the faces
File the faces
File each face flat and check the corners with the square. Keep the dust: it is powdered graphite.
Tools needed:
Metal FileTry Square4
4
Block weight
Block weight
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