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It will be hard resisting the temptation to do this next time you're in the shop... - Link.
Power drill pencil sharpening...
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 29, 2006 09:09 AM
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Me, I'm lusting after a power drill dowel making kit to feed my wood tapping and threading kit.
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Wh... where'd all my pencils go? And what's this pile of graphite and wood shavings doing here?
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The reverse of the pencil sharpening thing: http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=51090&cat=1,42936,42452
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The reverse makes more sense. For the way shown (putting the pencil in the drill chuck), it would be faster and easier to sharpen the pencil by hand than load the pencil in the chuck.
Of course for the reverse one...it's more cumbersome than a battery powered sharpener you can buy for the same price.
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I've actually been doing this for a long time. I also use my drill as a lathe of sorts, chucking the piece I want to turn into the drill, then using a dremel with a cutoff disc as my tool to work the piece down. It works in a pinch.
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How about simply using a bit of sandpaper or a file instead of a shop-bought pencil sharpener? After all, you can normally find a drill and the pencil, but a sharpener? "Used one years ago, know it's around here somewhere, unless it's not."
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