Make One Pencil

My Mission: To construct one pencil with tools constructed by myself out of raw materials. The pencil must be functional and comparable to the modern day wonder that is "The Pencil". This idea is based on an Essay by Leonard Read

Full Disclosure

I am a self-proclaimed "Free-market", "Free-Trade", and "Capitalism-loving", "globalist". I also believe that it was probably impossible for one man to make a pencil in 1958. Will it be impossible in 2008? I don't know, but I want to be the one to try.

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Tyler Farrer: Blogging since the ides of March 2005

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Slogan

"Yet, not a single person on the face of this earth knows how to make me." --The Pencil

Projected Completion Date

December, 2008--Exactly 50 years from the time that this challenge was issued.

Educational Resources

Cumberland Pencil Museum
General Pencil
Musgrave Pencil Company
Pencil Restoration 101
Pencil Revolution
Pencil World Creativity Store
Staedtler: Facts about Pencils
The Pencil Pages
Timberlines
Twig Pencil Maker

Pencil Construction Skills

No Woodworking Experience
No Engineering Skills or Degree's
Some Fingerpainting Experience
No Embossing Experience
No Trade Experience
No Mining Experience

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Monday, April 30, 2007

A Kiln

A kiln seems to be a crucial element in making the graphite core of my pencil. A small kiln runs about $1,300, according to the DIY network.

How much labor is required to construct a kiln?

Posted by Tyler Farrer at 10:59 PM

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