How do they put lead in pencils?
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This has always bothered me. How it is done? The wood and the graphite seem so tightly matched -- how do they get it in there? Dr Herbie Remember, half the people out there have below average IQs.
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This has always bothered me. How it is done? The wood and the graphite seem so tightly matched -- how do they get it in there? Dr Herbie Remember, half the people out there have below average IQs.
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Trained bora (wood beetles) wearing small metal rings around their abdomens are introduced to a pencil shaped piece of wood. A high intensity magnetic field is used to sense the bora's location and guide them through the centre of the dowel. The filings from the beetle's diggings remain in the newly drilled pencil and are converted to graphite by an X-Ray frequency laser. Of course this method was not used historically, because the bora were unionised. :)
N8url wrote: because the bora were unionised That would explain the origin of the phrase "Can I bora your pencil?" Always wanted to know that, akchullay.
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But why can't you see the seam? Surely when you sharpen a pencil you should be able to see that join between the two bits of wood! I have decided that pencils are made my magic and that any supposed photos are actually faked (possibly as April Fools Day jokes). :) Dr Herbie Remember, half the people out there have below average IQs.
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This has always bothered me. How it is done? The wood and the graphite seem so tightly matched -- how do they get it in there? Dr Herbie Remember, half the people out there have below average IQs.
The wood is in two pieces with a groove down the middle. The lead/graphite is laid, not poured, in the groove, and the two pieces are then glued together.
"When I was born I was so surprised that I didn't talk for a year and a half." - Gracie Allen
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But why can't you see the seam? Surely when you sharpen a pencil you should be able to see that join between the two bits of wood! I have decided that pencils are made my magic and that any supposed photos are actually faked (possibly as April Fools Day jokes). :) Dr Herbie Remember, half the people out there have below average IQs.
Dr Herbie wrote: But why can't you see the seam? You can if the color of the two pieces is contrasting enough. Also, if the grain of the two pieces is not running in the same direction, sharpening the pencil will result in a rough half and a smooth half.
"When I was born I was so surprised that I didn't talk for a year and a half." - Gracie Allen
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This has always bothered me. How it is done? The wood and the graphite seem so tightly matched -- how do they get it in there? Dr Herbie Remember, half the people out there have below average IQs.
1 word...... Viagra Sorry the subject line made me do it ;P Silence is golden, so shut the heck up!
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1 word...... Viagra Sorry the subject line made me do it ;P Silence is golden, so shut the heck up!
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"People look so snooty, take pills make them moody
Automatic bazootie, zero to tutti frutti"
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