The Necessary Tools.
—The chief tool you need is called an etching tool. This is formed of a piece of iron, copper or platinum with a curved point which is heated in a flame until it is red or white hot. When it is hot you press the curved point against the wood upon which you have drawn the design and it burns the lines into it.
A—THE ETCHING TOOL
B—COMPLETE WITH HANDLE
Fig. 26. the tool used for pyrography
How to Make an Etching Tool.
—Get a piece of copper rod ¹⁄₄ inch in diameter and 3 inches long; file one end down to a point to the shape shown at A and B in [Fig. 26] and put a file handle on the other end.