I use a 10 or 12 inch piece of stained glass channel to get my beads into the kiln without burning myself. Insert the end of the mandrel into the channel a few inches. Reach toward the back of the kiln and let the bead it self hang over the back of the rod rest. Pull the piece of channel out, leaving the bead draped over and behind the rod rest and the naked end of the madrel on the kiln floor near the front.
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