Hello! Pencil making

[Evgenia]

Hello everyone,

I am so happy to find this forum! I have a question. After a lot of research I am looking for pencil mechanisms (0.5mm, 0.7mm) with which I can make modern single piece mechanical pencils, as in the file attached. I have only found clutch 5.6mm but it is not very easy to use. Do you know where I can find to order in not huge quantities?
Thanks a lot! Evi

 

[Bryguy]

Nice pencil! I use the guts from Pentel Sharp Mechanical Pencil which I buy in bulk from Amazon. I am attaching some files with explicit directions. There is also an excellent article by
Richord Kleinhenz from wood turning Design, which I found online. This should certainly be enough to get you started.

 

[rholiday]

Welcome from South Carolina.

 

[MPVic]

Hello everyone,

I am so happy to find this forum! I have a question. After a lot of research I am looking for pencil mechanisms (0.5mm, 0.7mm) with which I can make modern single piece mechanical pencils, as in the file attached. I have only found clutch 5.6mm but it is not very easy to use. Do you know where I can find to order in not huge quantities?
Thanks a lot! EviView attachment 220845

Welcome to the club!!

 

[magpens]

Hello Evgenia !! . Welcome to the IAP Family !!!

You can find the 0.5 and 0.7 mm pencil mechanisms at BearToothWoods.com ..... would recommend the Schmidt mechanisms.

here is the link .... https://www.beartoothwoods.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=pencil+mechanism

Bear Tooth Woods

 

[budnder]

What kind of lead does the one in your photo use? I like the look of the business end - maybe because the lead is nicely pointy. I'm only familiar with the standard ever-sharp sort of leads that are just flat on the ends.

 

[penicillin]

You can buy many pencil kits with 0.7 mm pencil mechanisms. I buy pencil kits from my local Rockler store:

Many people here buy Pentel P205 (0.5 mm) and Pentel P203 (0.3 mm) mechanical pencils. They remove the mechanisms and install them into their own wood turnings. The Pentel P203 pencils are not available in the US directly, but you can find them on eBay and from other sources.

 

[builtbybill]

Here is a link to some more https://www.exoticblanks.com/Pencil-Refills/ and https://www.amazon.com/s?k=schmidt+...sprefix=schmidt+dsm+,aps,162&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

 

[leehljp]

Welcome Evgenia, to IAP. That is a great looking pencil. Join in the fun and post some more picts of your work!