The Life Lasting - (X) Pencil

My Motivation: I wanted to make a pencil that was long-lasting. How can I do this? Simple. Attach a sharpener to the end. Never think twice about getting a new one because it's broken.

Difficulty: 4 out of 10.

Thinking about how to improve on the pencil was the hard part. Figuring out how to attach a sharpener at the ending was difficult. Now that there is a plan, all that is to be done is 3D printing!

Materials needed:

- 3D printer

- ABS Plastic material

- Pencil sharpener

- Pencil

-Super Glue

- A drill

Skills needed:

You need to be able to work with TinkerCad

Materials and Links:

ABS Plastic:

https://www.amazon.com/HATCHBOX-3D-ABS-1KG1-75-BLU...

Super Glue:

https://www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Super-Glue-Gram-Cle...

Pencil sharpener

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Shopinc-Carpenter-Shar...

3D Printer

A Drill ( and Drill Bit of course)

3D printing:

1.

Go onto TInkerCad and make a cylinder. This Cylinder's width will be 5/8 of an inch and have a height of 2 inches.

Make sure this has an infill of 50%.

Once you are finished, you will be downloading a .STL file. Upload this to your 3D printer, and print.

2.

Follow the same step, except make the Cylinder's width 3/4 of an inch and make the infill at 0%.

Putting it all together

1. Take the 1st Cylinder and drill a hole (halfway through). Find a drill bit with 4/8 of an inch. Your pencil will fit through this hole.

2. Stick the sharpener through the 2nd cylinder. The sharpener link I posted will fit perfectly.

3. Super glue both of the cylinders together.

Follow the instructions and you will easily be able to print the correct model for the X pencil! I say this because I am not able to share my Tinkercad Files online unless I pay extra.

To summarize, this pencil will make life easier for you. You won't have to get up to sharpen your pencil and there could potentially be less distraction inside a classroom setting.

I would love to hear your perspective on the effectiveness of my Pencil. Thank you for reading!