How Pencils Are Made

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10 ай бұрын

The history of pencils can be traced back to pre-historic times when chalky rocks and charred sticks were used to draw on surfaces as varied as animal hides and cave walls.
Then, graphite sticks wrapped in string were used for writing purposes. Later, the graphite was inserted into hollowed-out wooden sticks and, thus, the wood-cased pencil was born. Even in our increasingly high-tech world, each year roughly 2 billion low-tech pencils are sold in the U.S. and 14 billion are sold worldwide.
So how are pencils made in factories?
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@goldabernstein1215 5 ай бұрын

When I was a kid, my mom gave me my own hand crank pencil sharpener. I was SOOOOOO happy. To this day, there's nothing more gratifying than sharpening a pencil.

@ColineRusselle 5 ай бұрын

That smell of cedar...

@KpxUrz5745 4 ай бұрын

That qualifies you to get hired just about anywhere.

@goldabernstein1215 4 ай бұрын

I don't know what the goat is supposed to mean but I liked it.@@KpxUrz5745

@user-ou7xh7ux3m 3 ай бұрын

Why all the pencils are made sharpened? Because we always chew through it than using pencil sharpers!

@duaneburris7ate9 3 ай бұрын

You know dats right😊

@paparoysworkshop 7 ай бұрын

When I was a kid, I thought that they drilled holes into the wood and pushed the lead in. I would carefully remove the wood off of a pencil lead then shape a new piece of wood, drill a hole in it so I could make my own pencils. It never worked out too well. I also used to carefully cut open burnt lightbulbs, reattached the filament, then try to draw out the air and seal them back up. That too never worked out too well. But some would work at a much lower voltage. The few times I "sort of" succeeded in my experiments would be the highlights of my days. I guess you could say I always tried to reinvent the wheel. 😁

@josephgaviota 7 ай бұрын

That experimentation is GOOD for you.

@jasondashney 5 ай бұрын

I'd be so happy if my kid was experimenting like that. Stay curious, always!

@josephgaviota 5 ай бұрын

@@jasondashney _Stay curious_ 💯

@katscratchfever3506 12 күн бұрын

What kind of work do you do? Are you an engineer now!?

@Jeff-xy7fv 7 ай бұрын

This factory is located in Pencil-Vania!

@Factora_eng 7 ай бұрын

😂

@melissaarriaga3359 7 ай бұрын

😂 haha funny

@jackmiller6350 6 ай бұрын

@@melissaarriaga3359 - c y x ax c -xxx.

@nicjenkins5142 6 ай бұрын

Pencil-vania's excellent graphite is what lead them there.

@spanreceiver4983 6 ай бұрын

😂

@WWTormentor 7 ай бұрын

It’s hard to believe that when my dad started school in 1941, he got a small 4” piece of a pencil that my grandfather would put a hole at the end and put a string though it and hang it on my dads neck. That pencil was supposed to last the entire school year, because they were so hard to come by and so expensive. It’s amazing how abundant and cheap they are that kids but dozens of them during back to school shopping these days.

@bonniemoerdyk9809 5 ай бұрын

My mom did the same for me .... only with my mittens instead! 👧🧤😂 (that was early 60's for me, yet I'm tempted to do that every time I get a new pair) 👵😂

@user-ou7xh7ux3m 3 ай бұрын

First things kids starting to write is “we are parasites living and eating off this planet very slowly “.

@aaronying4989 7 ай бұрын

Pencils are just so amazing and simple, love their feel

@mrdarbab 7 ай бұрын

i saw in a cartoon that they put a whole tree through a grinder to make a single toothpick. Glad this works better.

@CJBradley 10 ай бұрын

In the digital age it pleases me to know so many of us are still using pencils. I have hundreds and use them every day but I'm a sucker for a new sets.

@Factora_eng 10 ай бұрын

Same, all great ideas start on paper

@rayray8687 9 ай бұрын

@@Factora_eng: 14 billion pencils and I’ve misplaced most of them somewhere around the house.

@Onyxthefem 8 ай бұрын

@@rayray8687and yet they’re nowhere to be found!!

@adamnealis 8 ай бұрын

I swear they breed when left in a case in the dark. Else they open wormholes and gate them in.

@zeekot4064 7 ай бұрын

Dork

@6thmichcav262 7 ай бұрын

Many pencils are equipped with erasers…which are designed to smear the paper irreversibly, rip holes where you don’t want them, or have no effect on the graphite line at all….

@Haritsa-N 7 ай бұрын

😂

@andykee8090 7 ай бұрын

Ideas on paper👍😆

@wyatberp3611 7 ай бұрын

And many people don't know how to use an eraser correctly..

@vflytrap7158 4 ай бұрын

As a commercial artist I use pencils all the time. The erasers on a pencil are ineffective and rip right through paper and will ruin the line drawn. I think they’re there just for decoration.

@bouffant-girl 8 ай бұрын

A short pencil is better than a long memory

@Factora_eng 8 ай бұрын

😮

@Mr.XYZ6775 7 ай бұрын

My first job was at Reeves Industrial Equipment, Orlando Florida. I was 21, in college evenings and and worked during the day. One of the engineering projects we did was a pencil yellow paint machine @4:20 we did for Berol Co. In Mexico. Its exactly like the one shown. There's paint in the hopper one pencil is always in the hopper. A chain with push tabs pushes one after another. Then onto a 100 foot belt conveyor to dry. Then back into the pencil hopper for another coat of paint. This is repeated 6 times. Brings back memories. Now I'm retired from a vast machine design experience.

@josephgaviota 7 ай бұрын

I still write a grocery list to take to the store. And I write myself little notes on "sticky notes" to remind me to do things. I love me some pencils. I'm still using _round_ Magic Muffler pencils, from a So. Cal. muffler shop, found in my dad's shop when he passed. I cherish those pencils because the remind me of dad, and of the "old days" when every Magic Muffler shop had one or more '56 Chevy's.

@brucejohnson4462 7 ай бұрын

A personal handheld wooden enclosed graphite scribing device is a good tool

@MrONELAST8 7 ай бұрын

A Pencil, writing history for 172 years and still growing.

@KingmanRoss 7 ай бұрын

Have always wondered how they were made.Very interesting.

@Frankjc3rd 7 ай бұрын

The hexagon shape stops it from rolling, that's so adorable!

@robertmac7833 7 ай бұрын

Who would have thunk something we take got granted, something so utterly simple as the lowly pencil would take such an involved process to make???

@davidbosworth4751 20 күн бұрын

but everything that is done by machines now was probably once made by people!

@andreschusan6086 7 ай бұрын

You can lead a horse to water but a pencil needs to be lead.

@mariahcarey50 8 ай бұрын

I kept braking my mechanical pencils so I started buying wood pencils and it’s been the best decision yet. ❤

@kingscorpion7346 7 ай бұрын

and you get a hearty thumbs up from John Wick!

@russellevans2446 6 ай бұрын

Braking? Why were you stopping your pencils?

@eagle25311 6 ай бұрын

Do the wood pencils not have brakes?

@plantbased5673 6 ай бұрын

@@eagle25311Low-tech pencils have no brakes. So, once you start writing, it's hard to stop. 😂

@tonym6920 4 ай бұрын

what really amazes me is that someone had to invent all those machines to make the pencil, wow!

@malcolmmcclintick6787 3 ай бұрын

That's always fascinated me, not just for pencils, but any machines used in manufacturing. It really is incredible.

@zekeonstormpeak4186 7 ай бұрын

No.2 Dixon Ticonderoga. Best pencil ever!

@grobschnittt 7 ай бұрын

You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.

@eagle25311 6 ай бұрын

Graphite

@grobschnittt 6 ай бұрын

@@eagle25311 : Since when can you graphite a horse to water?

@eagle25311 6 ай бұрын

@@grobschnittt pencils are graphite not lead

@slapdaddie5966 7 ай бұрын

Haven't had an eraser that works in yrs!

@Factora_eng 7 ай бұрын

😂

@mrnnhnz 9 ай бұрын

Another fine video thanks. Quick note on pronunciation: "homogenous," is ha-MODG-uh-niss, not ho-mo-GEE-niss, and "hexagonal" is hex-AG-ah-nil, not HEX-a-go-nil.

@cedrdar 6 ай бұрын

Except it’s “homogeneous” not “homogenous”. Two different words. He said it correctly.

@mrnnhnz 6 ай бұрын

@@cedrdar okay, perhaps. I believe homogenous is more common these days. Perhaps homogeneous retains parity of usage when used in discussion of chemistry, which this subject is not. But even if we accept a regional variation, surely the pronunciation should be ho-mo-JEEN-ee-iss?

@GregMoress 7 ай бұрын

So what's your best selling pencil? "The number 2" OK, what's your second best selling pencil? "The number 1" OK... Have you ever considered renaming them?

@Factora_eng 7 ай бұрын

Lol

@lawrencenannes4260 8 ай бұрын

Keep it up.knowledge from ur videos is appreciated and treasured❤🎉

@Factora_eng 8 ай бұрын

Thank you, I will

@user-gj8ci3uk7k 7 ай бұрын

I used to work in a pencil factory.they have sure changed the way they make them.

@jazzgtrs1243 7 ай бұрын

My father for 25 years worked for Dixons Pencils in downtown Jersey City, NJ until 1971. It was called Joseph Dixon Crucible company back then. He was a machinist and set up man. It was a dirty place. His hands and “work blues” were always covered with graphite from working on the equipment. Graphite was used to lubricant the machine’s moving parts. As a kid, I did a science project on how pencils were made from various stages of pencil production. He supplied me with the leads, slotted wood blanks, half cut pencils in wood, sample of raw graphite and erasers in end caps. It was the only science project I ever received an ‘A’. The factory in Jersey City closed years ago. The buildings turned into condos.

@josephgaviota 7 ай бұрын

@@jazzgtrs1243 That's REALLY COOL, to take the raw materials to school like that!

@mandarin408 8 ай бұрын

Poor Mary Phagan, such a tragedy. RIP

@yourfavpencil 3 ай бұрын

This video is super cool and educational man I love pencils✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️

@RIPPERTON 7 ай бұрын

Wow the wooden part is in 2 halves. Im going to try to find the split line in the next pencil I find.

@caroldixon7796 2 ай бұрын

Back in 1990, my college art professor got me hooked on Prismacolor color pencils. I gave up painting and have used colored pencils ever since. Love them.

@infinitybless7132 7 ай бұрын

Boy this is definitely a process. ✏️

@Factora_eng 7 ай бұрын

Yeppp

@jkbc 6 ай бұрын

what a genius invention for this simple and useful tool for every human who learn how to write for the first time

@madelainepetrin1430 7 ай бұрын

I wonder if the pencils we see today are these. I used to be able to use pencils until there was a tiny stub left. Now you can't even sharpen them once without the graphite breaking every time.

@josephgaviota 7 ай бұрын

Cheap pencils are made with wood from pressed sawdust-they're not firm enough, unlike the pencils shown in this vid-made from actual planks of wood, which is MUCH firmer. Less flexible, less broken lead.

@MrGoblin60 7 ай бұрын

That's fascinating; I'd always wondered how pencils were made.

@JayHaisley 8 ай бұрын

Interesting. Pencils that come already sharpened. Never seen that before.

@CDaisy-tp7hw 7 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. And I've been around a while.

@sharmainewarnakulasuriya4526 6 ай бұрын

I still love writing with the pencil.. ❤❤❤thanks gor the amazing video.. and i am so humbled to hear the nsme of my country, Sri Lanka, to be the producer of the highest quality graphite ❤❤❤

@CP-vq3cz 4 ай бұрын

Things I learned today; a) Cedar is used because it's a wood that doesn't warp. b) Cedar slats arrive at the factory already treated so that the wood doesn't warp.

@InterestedCitizen 8 ай бұрын

Love watching this✏✏✏

@poolplayergus 6 ай бұрын

Did you know that trees poop? - that's where no. 2 pencils come from.

@ColineRusselle 5 ай бұрын

Ironic that something written with pencil on a good quality paper will probably outlast almost all digital files made today.

@TheHypnotstCollector 5 ай бұрын

Erasor Head is the best pencil documentary every made.

@evfusion4094 3 ай бұрын

Looks like the production process hasn't changed in 100 years. Would be interesting to see how a new factory would tackle pencil production.

@raghavendraprabhu6571 9 ай бұрын

Thank you to share this video ❤

@Factora_eng 9 ай бұрын

So nice of you

@hearingthesmells2500 7 ай бұрын

I like to keep my pencil Behind my ear

@claudinestewart8196 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting. I am enjoying this video.

@jojomarcelo781 7 ай бұрын

Made in Pencilvania 😂

@neldatoroc4269 7 ай бұрын

Discovery of Pencil ✏️

@ritsmonlopez2 6 ай бұрын

Salamat sa lumikha nang bagay nato! ❤

@kylematthew2068 4 ай бұрын

This is Where I used The Original Pencils since I was a Little boy, When I was Grade 1 to 6, This is How I Learn Everyday From School, And I was Philippines, so I Learned so Much That I can do Anything About Pencils However About That Reason, I Love Pencils to Learn, And I Love it.

@mimimills2524 7 ай бұрын

This would make a great ASMR video

@jlancerx 6 ай бұрын

Haven't used one in a few years due to work requiring using pens but still believe the Dixon Ticonderoga #2 is the king of all pencils

@kendallevans4079 3 ай бұрын

Actually, I've never seen any other pencil besides a #2. Do they make a #1 or #3?

@tommal-bm5mq 3 ай бұрын

@@kendallevans4079 Yes very specialized , drafting and art use, CAD has replaced almost all old fashioned drafting, I cant even remember if #1 was harder or softer lead but used because it did not smug as much.

@kendallevans4079 3 ай бұрын

@@tommal-bm5mq Thanks!👍

@sdad6378 7 ай бұрын

I already know how pencils are made, I saw "Eraserhead". 😎

@neldatoroc4269 7 ай бұрын

History of Pencil ✏️

@BeerBaron-hx4ev 7 ай бұрын

Remember putting a pencil in your mouth in school? Who would have thought that the paint on the outside was so flammable. To this day.

@Sara.Rose. Күн бұрын

So satisfying to watch. I would love to work in a pencil factory now ✏️

@craigbrown5359 6 ай бұрын

Most outstanding!

@luke-man181 5 ай бұрын

Ummm sandwich, i appreciate factory workers' even more. Thank you 4 the pencils i use 2 sketch

@BellaCroyda 6 ай бұрын

This is great. I never knew how the pencil was manufactured. The pencil...fabulous invention!!!

@davidcolantuono3622 6 ай бұрын

I miss writing with pencils in school or at home. #GoodOldDays

@sadfasdf74 7 ай бұрын

I'm looking this up to have an easer time with the six basic exercises for esoteric development by Rudolf Steiner

@KpxUrz5745 4 ай бұрын

In my NYC office job, none of us could get any work done. Someone was always asking out loud: "Okay, who has the pencil??"

@Paul-lm5gv 7 ай бұрын

LOVED having new pencils to start the school year in grade school!

@paddy9449 7 ай бұрын

I gotta get me some pencils @ the $ store!!!!!!✏📝

@Factora_eng 7 ай бұрын

🙌

@normanjefferychester882 7 ай бұрын

Pray for my brother, he thinks with his pencil, he always wants to sharpen it🙏

@patriciaegan7244 5 ай бұрын

I love pencils, may they always be present.

@MelWilliford-du8qk 7 ай бұрын

We need some up here 😀

@Perich29 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Fred Roger for taking us to the Pencile factory.

@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 5 ай бұрын

Amazing video.👍.

@ocsrc 7 ай бұрын

When I was a kid the pencils were really dark in the 70s. But now the color is very dull, not dark at all. Do they make high graphite pencils that are really dark ? How can I find pure graphite pencils ?

@Solitaire001 5 ай бұрын

Try a pencil in the higher B range, like a 2B or a 4B. A 2B is noticebly darker than an HB/#2 and also writes more smoothly.. The main disadvantage is that tip wears down much faster so you have to sharpen it more often.

@joseeduardoeliaalfaro5538 3 ай бұрын

Perfecto nos sirve día con día 🎉

@sarcasticguy4311 7 ай бұрын

An object so "simple" and ubiquitous yet no single person contains the knowledge to build one.

@jasondashney 5 ай бұрын

I'm sure in the decades since I Pencil somebody has taken it upon themselves. I'd like to think someone did 5 years in each industry and figured it all out.

@sarcasticguy4311 5 ай бұрын

@@jasondashney Sounds good. I'm waiting for their product.

@victorchristophersen3601 3 ай бұрын

Ok milton friedman ;)

@guitaoist 3 ай бұрын

1:00 “sustainable forestry factors” a fancy way of saying “yes we destroy the forest but not as much as we want to”

@fergusadkins4506 6 ай бұрын

John Wick liked this video

@HelloKittyFanMan 7 ай бұрын

Wow, I've always wanted to know how this worked; thank you! But then how are things printed onto them?

@rossdevin9799 8 ай бұрын

Just imagine all the kids that chew on pencils and eat erasers every day. That can't be good. 😂😂😂

@Nukeroid101 4 ай бұрын

Ticrondega...American Standard...Dixon by Oriole...loved getting new pencils. I find the rubbers are now more plasticy, so I use the rubber attachment. Anybody else?

@user-eu9vu4is3j 7 ай бұрын

Very good

@user-os3nx3ky4k 5 ай бұрын

Thank you I wanted to know how pencils are made

@claudiameier666 7 ай бұрын

so thats why there is art pencils named conte . because ofhis invention

@garbo8962 5 ай бұрын

When my son was in first grade the nun told them the first day of school they must bring in two #2 sharpened pencils everyday. If a kid forgot their pencils she rented a pencil for 2¢ a day. Amazing after the second week none of the 30 kids seldom forgot to have their pencils. Hard & expensive now to find pencils made in the USA. ( at least at Target ).

@terin1862 5 ай бұрын

General's pencils are made in USA. They can often be found at craft stores.

@woodhonky3890 5 ай бұрын

Walmart sells pencils made in Tennessee.

@terrydawkins9936 5 ай бұрын

The best communication item…..love my personal pencils

@Downecker 2 ай бұрын

In grammar school we often joked about everything! My thing in 7th grade was to say " Does everyone have a sharpened # 2 Ticonderoga pencil ? Show me! "

@bryanspindle4455 4 ай бұрын

I had no idea they used cedar to make pencils.

@craigenputtock 6 ай бұрын

Great video

@peterjv8748 7 ай бұрын

Makes me want to pencil fight someone.

@calvinforcejr2382 8 ай бұрын

Question. What pencil did they use in the civil war. From 1860 to 1865. And what pencil did the Union soldiers use to wright home. Can you please let me know. Thanks

@mauricemcmurry6637 6 ай бұрын

The images of "Cedar" 1 minute in are of Juniper which is not the wood commonly used for pencils. Juniper would make a very aromatic pencil. Port Orford Cedar is the traditional pencil wood. It smells nice too.

@atanenewangurombo2664 9 ай бұрын

i never knew that pencils were made that way.

@Factora_eng 9 ай бұрын

Crazy

@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk 7 ай бұрын

I had no idea Clay was in pencils

@IamWhoIam2023 3 ай бұрын

Hit like if you chewed on the eraser when you were a kid

@robertemmons2260 2 ай бұрын

Amazing process, but the narration requires proofreading before releasing the video. Here is one example; At 0:57 California cedar is chosen because it "doesn't warp" But, at 2:27 it is stated that cedar slats"...arrives at the factory already stained, dried, and waxed to prevent warping" Cedar definitely does warp.