The sharpener I bought here in the UK has a moving section that accommodates the shape of the pencil. That part rotates within the sharpener holding the pencil in place perfectly.
These are pretty freaking neat! I see that as a tool to misplace and will just cause me resort to the nearest knife or even a sheet of sand paper before I'll bother looking for it. I always have a sharp Leatherman tool on me anyway. I might consider one if it had a little carabiner or a key ring I could tie a string to - so it would always be at the end of the string nailed to the table. That being said, they never make these things so you can replace the blades with a standard shaving blade, box cutter or exact-o blade, so they're really just a gimmick built to take your money and add to the landfill.
I have the same problem you had. Just tore the pencil up. They are from the UK and on their website are using their company brand pencils and it seemed effortless. Maybe they use a different type a wood for their carpenters pencils like balsa or cottonwood is the only thing i can think of.
It could be some very soft wood pencil, or video trickery perhaps to sell the product. These are in every hardware store, placed right next to the usual Carpenter pencils, and so many people, like you and I have wasted a few dollars to see if it works or not... So I made this video to save other people the trouble. Best regards to you.
and for the reasons shown After 35 years of being in the Trades as a Carpenter, Foreman and a Professional Woodworker I’ve never seen a Professionalmin the Trades use one of those Sharpenerss on a Jobsite for Carpenter Pencils when I used them I always used a quality Utility Knife Or for trim and Precision Work I prefer the Inexpensive plastic Bic Mechanical Pencils they are inexpensive bought in Bulk and work well if you lose one it doesn’t break the bank and you can by them I bulk at Walmart or most Office supply stores in packages of20 or more
lol for years i thought those things had a special spring form inside in order to sharpen the square pencil evenly. i am very cheap so i never bought one and always used a knife to sharpen mine. i am highly dissapointed in this sharpener.
If I used this tool, I would probably stop twisting when the lead was just starting to be fully exposed at the sides, as shown at 2:15; I would then use a knife and carefully carve away the two half-conical "wings" of remaining wood from the lead. This technique would allow the sharpener to do the difficult work of the initial "bulk-removal" of the wood from the graphite core, and then the knife would quite-easily trim off the last small bits of wood to expose the lead, without wasting much of the lead the way a regular pencil-sharpener does with an ordinary writing-pencil --- by forming a finely-tapered point every time you re-sharpen, you typically lose around three-quarters of the writing-core.
I wish I would have seen your video before getting the samething. Mine came with 7 pencils. I actually split the pencil length wize trying to sharpen it LOL
try not to push the pencil while sharpening. I've seen a similar sharpener that has a rotating thingie inside the shapener that compensates for the rectangularity of the pencil. maybe you can search online for that kind of shapener. I bet you'll find one. or you can stick to the cutter. or maybe the wood of the pencil is not good for the shapener
I was curious if there were some for carpenter pensil and as i see why spend money even 50cents for something not working well! A good cutter box do a perfect job!
They destroy a perfect pencil . Tried pressing less, going slowly , press more going faster, press super less and super slow, result was the same , crap looking pencil and not sharp. Breaking the infill and splinting the whole pencil. Good name for these would be Pencil Destroyer, on sale at your nearest hardware store.
