Hows this for a glass pokey thing?

[madpup]

"Solid Graphite Woodless Pencils !"
found theses on ebay and thought ideal for poking holes in glass
and cheap or maybe you know diffrent.

[menty666]

Those'll work. I also use copper jacketed graphite electrodes from the welding shop. Just pop one in a junker pencil sharpener to get some of the graphite off and voila, cheap pokey thing.

Just be careful, graphite conducts heat well, so be careful of the holding end.

[kaybee2012]

I got a pack of 6 graphite pencils from WH Smiths for £3.49, they're fabby.

You can find similar in any good art shop, just ask.

Kirsty

[madpup]

Thanks for the tip Tom,
looks like you got a better deal than me Kirsty (impulse buyer)

[FourTailsLampwork]

You can get them here even at Michael's, in the drawing section. Or at Pearl Art, Dick Blick, or Binder's. Accounting for currency exchange, they're a similar price to Kirsty's find.

[kmd]

I have a couple of these, and have shaped the ends to form long sharp points for deep holes, and wide short points for large shallow holes. You can do this with a pencil sharpener with a big hole, as used for eye pencils. The plastic coating needs to be removed or you get exciting flames when using .
KMD