These are made from the Berea Woodworkers Pencil Kit with a little modification.
The kit supplies two brass tubes of equal length (each a little under half-inch diam and about 1.65 inch long).
The kit also includes a two-ended center coupler with a hex "nut" at the middle, matching the hex nuts at the top/bottom ends of pencil.
I machined most of the nut shape off the coupler, just leaving enough to maintain the separation of the two brass tubes.
The result is a "single tube" about 3.4" long for the core of the pencil. . I prefer the look of a single barrel.
The barrel blanks are made from Alumilite scrap pieces cut up and cast into normal size blanks using colored Alumilite.
I bought the blanks quite a few years ago from Eugene ( websiste: ... www.muttblanks.com ... ).
Now that this particular family of grandkids ( 3 sisters ) are old enough to handle the largish size of these pencils, I made 'em up as gifts.
The pencil lead supplied in the kit is the usual black, but colored "leads" are also available (some shown in picture).
The diameter of all "leads" is pretty hefty at 5.6 mm, so hopefully the girls will enjoy some drawing and coloring with them.
Built into the top end button of the pencil is a sharpener which can be unscrewed and used to maintain a "sharp" point on the lead if desired.
Swapping "leads" takes a little manual dexterity and about five seconds of time.
All kids love drawing and coloring so we shall see what masterpieces get created.
The kit supplies two brass tubes of equal length (each a little under half-inch diam and about 1.65 inch long).
The kit also includes a two-ended center coupler with a hex "nut" at the middle, matching the hex nuts at the top/bottom ends of pencil.
I machined most of the nut shape off the coupler, just leaving enough to maintain the separation of the two brass tubes.
The result is a "single tube" about 3.4" long for the core of the pencil. . I prefer the look of a single barrel.
The barrel blanks are made from Alumilite scrap pieces cut up and cast into normal size blanks using colored Alumilite.
I bought the blanks quite a few years ago from Eugene ( websiste: ... www.muttblanks.com ... ).
Now that this particular family of grandkids ( 3 sisters ) are old enough to handle the largish size of these pencils, I made 'em up as gifts.
The pencil lead supplied in the kit is the usual black, but colored "leads" are also available (some shown in picture).
The diameter of all "leads" is pretty hefty at 5.6 mm, so hopefully the girls will enjoy some drawing and coloring with them.
Built into the top end button of the pencil is a sharpener which can be unscrewed and used to maintain a "sharp" point on the lead if desired.
Swapping "leads" takes a little manual dexterity and about five seconds of time.
All kids love drawing and coloring so we shall see what masterpieces get created.
