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tea lady
12th March 2013, 04:24 PM
No CNC either. Just a lathe , pin jaws and a skew.

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Cliff Rogers
12th March 2013, 04:48 PM
Not another sharpening thread? :rolleyes:

Cliff Rogers
12th March 2013, 04:51 PM
You put a six sided pencil in a four jaw chuck.... What were you thinking? :oo:

Lucky it didn't fly out & hit you. :cool:

A Duke
12th March 2013, 04:52 PM
Well the lathe will be harder to miss place than a pencil sharpener.
Regards

Cliff Rogers
12th March 2013, 04:52 PM
Battery drill & a bit of sandpaper would have worked. :wink:

Cliff Rogers
12th March 2013, 04:56 PM
Well the lathe will be harder to miss place than a pencil sharpener.
Regards

I nearly set fire to my workbench with mine. (The sharpener, not the lathe)
It was in the bottom of a plastic cup with all the pencils & I tossed a spare 9V battery in there. (So I knew where it was)

Anyway, the blade of the sharpener shorted across the battery terminal & the plastic got hot & it all started to melt & smoke.
Couple of different sorts of plastic, wooden pencils, wooden work bench... could have been a disaster.

A Duke
12th March 2013, 05:04 PM
I nearly set fire to my workbench with mine. (The sharpener, not the lathe)
It was in the bottom of a plastic cup with all the pencils & I tossed a spare 9V battery in there. (So I knew where it was)

Anyway, the blade of the sharpener shorted across the battery terminal & the plastic got hot & it all started to melt & smoke.
Couple of different sorts of plastic, wooden pencils, wooden work bench... could have been a disaster.Imagen the fireries trying to sort that out after your shed burnt down. Your insurance company would have had a field day trying not to pay out.
Regards

dabbler
12th March 2013, 05:05 PM
Battery drill & a bit of sandpaper would have worked. :wink:
Stanley knife.

tea lady
12th March 2013, 05:57 PM
Stanley knife.Pfft! Amateur. :p

Cliff Rogers
12th March 2013, 06:55 PM
Stanley knife.


Pfft! Amateur. :p

Not if you stick the stanley knife to yer angle grinder with duct tape it isn't. :think:

Christos
12th March 2013, 07:01 PM
....

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I thought you did not like purple?

smiife
12th March 2013, 07:14 PM
bench grinder for me:o:o
cheers smiife:2tsup:

tea lady
12th March 2013, 08:10 PM
I thought you did not like purple?It means no one is stealing my pencil. Still lose it though. :doh:

rhancock
12th March 2013, 09:27 PM
Dad's definition of a sharp chisel was sharp enough to sharpen your pencil with. He didn't have a lathe though.

Avery
12th March 2013, 10:13 PM
Look at it again.

That pencil is nowhere near sharp!

Sharpening a pencil on your average lathe is a very complex issue.

First, we have to define "sharp" and probably "pencil". We can possibly accept "lathe" to mean lathe, but then again...

When my great grandfather taught me to sharpen pencils, he always said "Pencil sharpening is an art, not a science, therefore, we must believe in the pencil". He was an idiot.

Personally, I would start with perhaps a 60 grit paper and proceed through about 35 stages to a 1500 grit paper before going on to wet sanding with micromesh pads and then some plastic polish and prehaps Brasso or Kitten #2 to finish. Then again, you could buy buy a pencil sharpener.

That would be nofun at all.

RETIRED
12th March 2013, 10:45 PM
some plastic polish and prehaps Brasso or Kitten #2 to finish.Rough bastard! It needs to go down to at least toothpaste.:wink::D

issatree
13th March 2013, 01:34 AM
Hi All,
Yes, well I'm one of the Lazy Ones too.
A few years, I was at the Camberwell Market, Melbourne, & this seller had a Red Box thing with a Cord hanging from it. " What is it, Dunno, how much $6, " & I knew what it was.
Paid up, got it home, worked really well at Sharpening My Pencils, did my Electric Pencil Sharpener.

Beedeejay
13th March 2013, 09:44 AM
worked really well at Sharpening My Pencils, did my Electric Pencil Sharpener.

When I was in primary school my teacher used to have an electric sharpener on his desk, being slight mischievous I used to enjoy walking in, grabbing his pencil and holding it in there until there wasn't enough to hold onto!:innocent:

I only got caught once:D

I don't use a sharpener because if my pencil has a nice sharp point that means I have a nice neat line to work to and i don't like being accurate:wink: makes stuff ups more noticeable:doh:

cookie48
13th March 2013, 01:01 PM
You people have no idea.:no:
What are you standing on in your lovely shed.:?
A big pencil sharpener.:oo:
Just rub it on the cement floor and presto, sharpish pencil.:2tsup:
Not only that, it is all over your shed. Never have to go looking for it.:p
My two bob's worth.
Cookie

dabbler
13th March 2013, 01:05 PM
You people have no idea.:no:
What are you standing on in your lovely shed.:?
A big pencil sharpener.:oo:
Just rub it on the cement floor and presto, sharpish pencil.:2tsup:
Not only that, it is all over your shed. Never have to go looking for it.:p
My two bob's worth.
Cookie

That means bending down.

RETIRED
13th March 2013, 01:09 PM
Worse still, you have to GET UP again.:D

tea lady
13th March 2013, 01:09 PM
You people have no idea.:no:
What are you standing on in your lovely shed.:?
A big pencil sharpener.:oo:
Just rub it on the cement floor and presto, sharpish pencil.:2tsup:
Not only that, it is all over your shed. Never have to go looking for it.:p
My two bob's worth.
CookieI have a dirt floor. Actually saw dust now. :hmm:

tea lady
13th March 2013, 05:50 PM
Ok How about this one? 400#, EEE, and shellawax.

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A bit boring though I reckon.

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Cliff Rogers
13th March 2013, 06:58 PM
You people have no idea.:no:
What are you standing on in your lovely shed.:?
A big pencil sharpener.:oo:
Just rub it on the cement floor and presto, sharpish pencil.:2tsup:
Not only that, it is all over your shed. Never have to go looking for it.:p
My two bob's worth.
Cookie

Mine is covered with glue, paint, oil, mud & shavings. :D

chuck1
13th March 2013, 10:40 PM
ive glued 100 grit sandpaper to the side of my work station so I dont have to bend down to the floor! and give it a hit with my chisel! I do like snapping the freshly sharpened pencils of my co-workers! the trick is not getting caught!

artme
14th March 2013, 09:01 PM
Best thread we've seen in years!!:U:U:U:U

powderpost
14th March 2013, 09:11 PM
Geez, I have just discovered the floor IS concrete. What a revelation after 30 years... :o. :D Now the bench tops... well THAT is a whole new issue.
Jim

ian thorn
14th March 2013, 09:38 PM
Ok we get the point
Ian

Paul39
15th March 2013, 05:21 AM
Ok How about this one? 400#, EEE, and shellawax.

QUIT FOOLING AROUND AND GET BACK TO WORK!!! :D:D:D

I admire your skill with the (no longer accursed) skew.

tea lady
18th March 2013, 08:41 PM
QUIT FOOLING AROUND AND GET BACK TO WORK!!! :D:D:D

I admire your skill with the (no longer accursed) skew.:q