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Ned Bulken
05-18-2006, 1:45 PM
what kind do you prefer? My vote goes for a classic 'Boston' manual unit.
Bill Lewis
05-18-2006, 1:50 PM
Ned, do a search on SMC and you'll find a rather interesting thread regarding this topic.
The Boston handcranks are still very good, I have a power Boston that does an excellant job, but in a quick pinch I still fall back to a knife.
Don Baer
05-18-2006, 1:56 PM
here ya go Ned. Here is the thread that Bill may have been refering to.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=24892&highlight=Pencil+Sharpener
:D
Mark Pruitt
05-18-2006, 1:58 PM
I like my small battery powered Boston. I can carry it all around the shop, wherever I'm working. And it's dirt cheap to boot.
Ned Bulken
05-18-2006, 2:38 PM
struggling not to burst out laughing at that other thread.:rolleyes: :D :p OH MY! $7000 pencil sharpener? :eek:correction $13,000+ ?!?!!!!!
Cliff Rohrabacher
05-18-2006, 3:53 PM
razor knife. Why buy a tool I gotta walk across the room to use when the knife in my holster is perfect.
tod evans
05-18-2006, 3:56 PM
i keep an electric one mounted to each of my mitersaws..02 tod
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Steve Clardy
05-18-2006, 4:33 PM
boston manual
Ian Barley
05-18-2006, 5:49 PM
Sandpaper (I'm gonna write sandpaper twice 'cos vbulletin thinks that the word "sandpaper" is too short to be an adequate response to a post, it doesn't matter how long I have to make the post - I still just use sandpaper to sharpen my pencils.)
Fred Voorhees
05-18-2006, 6:47 PM
Ditto on the electric Boston sharpener in my shop.
Andy Hoyt
05-18-2006, 6:51 PM
http://www.wontonway.com/inventions/sharpener.html
Rick Doyle
05-18-2006, 6:57 PM
battery powered sharpener from staples! i originally thought the batteries would wear out quickly but they're still going strong after 2 years.
Joe Pelonio
05-18-2006, 7:45 PM
Here at the shop it's an old Boston electric. At home when I'm working with wood projects I hate to go inside so I usually use a utility knife
and/or sandpaper. I always end up stepping on it or breaking the tip
while marking the wood so before I start I'll make sure to have 3-4
pencils ready.
Kelly Anderson
05-18-2006, 8:45 PM
I decided that I wanted a regular old pencil sharpener for the shop and could not believe it when I could not find one anywhere. All I could find were the little ones or electric ones. I got lucky though during remodeling at work and got one that was left behind.
Jim Dunn
05-18-2006, 9:37 PM
Classic Boston here.
Jim Becker
05-18-2006, 9:42 PM
Classic Boston here, too...the two school teachers who owned this place before us conveniently already had it located in my shop! Not bad...a few hundred grand for a great pencil sharpener!! :D :D :D
Steve Clardy
05-18-2006, 9:50 PM
http://www.wontonway.com/inventions/sharpener.html
:eek: :eek: :eek: :D :D :D
Mark Pruitt
05-18-2006, 10:19 PM
Quote:
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http://www.wontonway.com/inventions/sharpener.html
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:eek: :eek: :eek: :D :D :D
Just for fun, I once chucked a pencil into a Jacobs chuck and spun it on the lathe while holding a manual pencil sharpener to it, but I believe this one outscores everything I've seen. LOL!
rick fulton
05-19-2006, 3:05 AM
ProSharp™ Chuckable Pencil Sharpener
http://www.chhanson.com/catalog/prosharp.html
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