I have decided to try my hand at making profiles such as small beads using scratch stock. I am going to try and make a small bead for a project my girlfriend is working on. I saw a nice tutorial on using scratch stock for this and a nice little holder for the blade. I would love to see other people's holder's or beading tools as well.

My problem lies in cutting a small square peice of card scraper stock or a peice off an old saw. What is the best method in cutting some spring steel without losing its' temper and getting a nice flat square peice. Sorry if this question has been asked and seems noobish but this scratch stock business is completely new to me.