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3rd February 2007, 12:47 PM #1
Pencils?
I was in my playroom till the heat (39C) got to me so now I'm here - but to get to my question:
I was sharpening my pencils before retiring to the cooler house and wondered what wood is used in pencil making. I wonder if it is available, because carving, I reckon, would be a breeze.
Oopsy, no pun intended there.
So ??????
soth
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3rd February 2007, 01:08 PM #2
I think the wood in pencils is poplar.
Have you seen these? pencils made from recycled newsprint.
http://www.treesmart.com/
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3rd February 2007, 01:23 PM #3
Don't know about now, but Pencil Cedar was definitely used at some stage.
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
- Henry Ford 1938
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3rd February 2007, 01:27 PM #4
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3rd February 2007, 02:09 PM #5
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3rd February 2007, 02:14 PM #6
As for carving look here http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=e...le+Search&meta=
RgdsAshore
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3rd February 2007, 02:24 PM #7
Whew!! 42C and it doesn't get hot for another two hours.
Thanks for the info. I might see what bit of carvinig timber is available from the recycling depot.
soth
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3rd February 2007, 02:26 PM #8
I've found two websites that state the "Incense Cedar" or "Californian Incense Cedar" is the timber used.
http://www.pencils.com/
http://www.crazycolour.com/os/writing_12.shtml
And an excerpt from Wikipedia
"A juniper or incense-cedar plank with several long parallel grooves is cut to make something called a slat, and the graphite/clay strings are inserted into the grooves"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil
HTH,
Mark.I wanted to become a brickie but my old man said "No son, learn a trade."
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