well now we just hafta find a source for graphite ... you may have found some because of your proximity to a manufacturer maybe hobby shops, I do recall seeing something one time about folks carving/sculpting graphite
"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir "When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me Some TF series details & TF heater pics
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