Carpenter's Pencil

[Neil S]

If I have time, though, I do this to my pencils: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnlfdjijhAc

That is simply amazing :shock: =D>

 

[Droogs]

V V Cool Tasky, That was fun to watch

 

[Giff]

Great video Doug....I've got a box (freebies) of those and I never use them ! Going to try now.

I thought they were flat to write all the advertising on

 

[whiskywill]

Maybe I should just use crayons.

Or a large-bore clutch pencil. I use this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00 ... bw_c_x_1_w
(I actually have two; one with 5.6mm black lead and one with 5.6mm white chalk for darker woods).
I do have the carpenter's pencils as well but I've never even reached for one since I got the clutch pencils.

Save your money by avoiding fancy brand names. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/5-6-mm- ... autifyAB=4

 

[MikeG.]

Well, here's a little "did you know?"......

The earliest known clutch pencil was found in the shipwreck of HMS Pandora, the ship sent to chase down the "Bounty" mutineers. It sank in 1791 on the Great Barrier Reef off NE Australia. It was discovered and salvaged in the 1970s, and a clutch pencil was amongst the items recovered.

 

[Geoff_S]

Well, here's a little "did you know?"......

The earliest known clutch pencil was found in the shipwreck of HMS Pandora, the ship sent to chase down the "Bounty" mutineers. It sank in 1791 on the Great Barrier Reef off NE Australia. It was discovered and salvaged in the 1970s, and a clutch pencil was amongst the items recovered.

I would be interested to know what path you were going down when you found out this piece of information. :-k

I know there is a pencil museum in the Lake District, was it there?

 

[MikeG.]

Well, here's a little "did you know?"......

The earliest known clutch pencil was found in the shipwreck of HMS Pandora, the ship sent to chase down the "Bounty" mutineers. It sank in 1791 on the Great Barrier Reef off NE Australia. It was discovered and salvaged in the 1970s, and a clutch pencil was amongst the items recovered.

I would be interested to know what path you were going down when you found out this piece of information. :-k

I know there is a pencil museum in the Lake District, was it there?

My head is full of stuff like this. And numbers. Bloody numbers. Thousands of them. I've got some great numbers. Some of the best numbers. Yuge numbers.........

 

[MarkDennehy]

Maybe I should just use crayons.

Or a large-bore clutch pencil. I use this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00 ... bw_c_x_1_w
(I actually have two; one with 5.6mm black lead and one with 5.6mm white chalk for darker woods).
I do have the carpenter's pencils as well but I've never even reached for one since I got the clutch pencils.

Save your money by avoiding fancy brand names. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/5-6-mm- ... autifyAB=4

Well, sod. Good to know...

 

[ScaredyCat]

Best pencils I've found are:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00Z705PAI

also get one of these, sharp pencils in 3 seconds.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0027VSHCS

 

[Geoff_S]

Best pencils I've found are:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00Z705PAI

also get one of these, sharp pencils in 3 seconds.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0027VSHCS

Crikey, that dregs up a memory. I was once pencil monitor at school!

 

[lurker]

Does no-one else use a hand plane ?

Pfft.... I have a half-hour sharpening routine using sandpaper, glass, diamond whetstone and fifteen different grades of honing compound, alongside the Rob Cosman™ Pencil Sharpening Jig™ and three different honing guides which put a bevel, micro-bevel and a micro-micro-bevel in, to make my pencil scarily sharp!! :roll:

If I have time, though, I do this to my pencils: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnlfdjijhAc

Ah! But do you use the ruler trick?

 

[Tasky]

Ah! But do you use the ruler trick?

Pfft... That's only for rank amateurs who believe all the YouTube Guru hype and buy their expensive BS products....
Professionals use honing jigs with laser-alignment attachments. :wink:

 

[MarkDennehy]

Ah! But do you use the ruler trick?

Doesn't everyone?

 

[Tasky]

Doesn't everyone?

Only those who are gullible enough to fall for it...

 

[Geoff_S]

OK, the ruler trick?

Is this going to be like the lowest score you can't get with one dart?

We never find out!

 

[Tasky]

OK, the ruler trick?

If you ever do find out, then you've fallen for the trick!! :lol:

If you're serious, have a look:
https://www.popularwoodworking.com/tech ... uler_trick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nykVPKbUGTo

 

[StraightOffTheArk]

Ah! But do you use the ruler trick?

Only rank amateurs need a ruler to draw a straight line! :? :?

 

[transatlantic]

I find it hard to believe that David was the first person to come up with that

 

[hawkeyefxr]

I found a totally free supply od workshop pencils.......Ikea

 

[Honest John]

Screwfix has little pencils like ikea and is a far more interesting place to get them from :lol: