If you want something done right...

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 10/11/2018 at 11:58 • Filed to: None

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...get the Tork Dorque to overthink it. And why do the pencil sharpener companies have to make that third screw hole impossible to reach?

Just Jeepin' > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/11/2018 at 12:04

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You know, that may be the first time I’ve seen a pencil sharpener like that, even in a photograph, for a decade or longer.

Damn I feel old.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/11/2018 at 12:06

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Shit, what year are you living in?

Do you still have chalk?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Just Jeepin' 10/11/2018 at 12:07

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I’ve been teaching for 16+ years and I find the manually cranked ones are the most preferable. The others jam up, are noisy, and fail.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/11/2018 at 12:09

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Seriously though: the electric ones are noisy and they jam up and they fail. These are preferable.

I do all of my presenting on blank copy paper under a document camera through an LCD projector. When I started 16 or 17 years ago, it was transparencies and overhead projectors. That REALLY sucked.

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/11/2018 at 12:09

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I’m a bit surprised we still have crank sharpeners? Seems like e lectrics are pretty cheap (and don’t need fancy mounting).

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > facw 10/11/2018 at 12:10

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And are noisy and fail and jam up. I know this because experience.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/11/2018 at 12:12

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Bring me the sharpener of EXACT-ZERO!

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/11/2018 at 12:14

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My son and I Took apart a fried electric exacto sharpener.  It was broken.  We’ve never had to dissect a crank one.

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/11/2018 at 12:16

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Fair enough, though the hand crank ones we had when I were in school definitely we’re quiet. I stopped using pencils the second they let us write in ink though (which was terrible when exams requiring pencil rolled around and I no longer had a callous to protect  my finger) . In any event, I’m pro electric pencil sharpener, and anti-electric stapler (they’re terrifying).

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 10/11/2018 at 12:28

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I am going to custom make an animated gif to reply to this post. Don’t have time right now...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > facw 10/11/2018 at 12:30

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If you have to sharpen 500 pencils, then electric, but not run-of-the-mill electric because they burn up. Otherwise: old school.

Tristan > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/11/2018 at 12:35

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The handle has reverse threads and will spin off to make the third hole slightly more accessible. I was the kid who was always taking stuff in the classroom apart and putting it  back together... It made a decent segue into a career.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Tristan 10/11/2018 at 12:41

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I was the kid breaking things and analyzing the failure. Made a great segue into some hobbies... *smiling as I type*

On this sharpener, the spindle is mounted in a boss that protrudes directly over the hole. Nice mounting job though, right??

Tristan > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/11/2018 at 13:31

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Darn tootin’! The kids should be able to really crank on that thing!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/11/2018 at 14:21

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#TrueFacts

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/11/2018 at 14:22

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If you were still using transparencies, I would have laughed, hard.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 10/11/2018 at 14:23

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It was a damn crime that movie didn’t win the Oscar.

Transit > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/11/2018 at 14:28

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You c ould take the wood plate off and countersink some bolts through the back. Mount the sharpener on with some nuts on th e front . If you wanted to overthink this situation even more... = P

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/11/2018 at 16:00

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I still do use them, but I run them through the laser printer and print protractors on them and cut them out for the kids to use; 8 per page. Works really well.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Transit 10/11/2018 at 16:01

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I’d have used T-nuts if I could have located them at 6:30 this morning when I was out in my shop doing this project. No doubt, the plywood will outlast the sharpener. I did have to drill out the mounting holes to accept a #8 screw.

Die-Trying > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/11/2018 at 16:02

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would of been fun if you had used an old wheel, and welded in a steel pipe, and put the sharpener on that. (post mounted)......

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Die-Trying 10/11/2018 at 16:03

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I doesn’t haz welding skilz

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/11/2018 at 16:03

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Nice.

Die-Trying > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/11/2018 at 16:07

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there an AG program at your school? :D.........

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/11/2018 at 20:40

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Is that pencil sharpener any good?  Mrs. BaconSandwich and I have been wanting to buy a new one.  

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > BaconSandwich is tasty. 10/12/2018 at 00:03

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It does quite well. Very sharp.