And a little charred, but fun anyway — good work!

that is the funniest happiest little machine n the world. I want my own happy pencil machine. Does it come with a happy soundtrack?

wow, thats fucking genius! Mad props for the time-lapse video of it in action. reminds me of a Gumby cartoon.

It’s not ‘fully automated’ as the narrator states.

It looks cool (concep) kudos
Puts smile on my face.

“a Rube Goldberg machine with all the wasteful steps cut out”

Oh, you mean a machine!

;)

@Wait a minute, is that tin foil holding that eraser to the pencil??

I think its aluminum tape? I wonder how good the tap holds, i know when i erase stuff i press pretty hard on my eraser.

I wonder how much after the initial build it costs to actually make 1 pencil, if it was cheap enough and i used pencils i’d definitely would build one.

I agree, this machine doesn’t have much of a point. However, if you look at the end result, it definitely has a point.

(coundn’t resist such a poor pun)

That’s so cute! I want one of these too, great work! :)

the green pulley is made of clay. the paper towel roll conveyor belt is manually rolled up to make it move. As real as Bob the Builder.
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what’s a pencil, i mean i use pen’s, when’s the last time anyone’s ever used a pencil, other than carpentry.

@brandon, draw a mildly complex schematic without making a single mistake

I know I cant so I use a pencil

Easier to steal them from work.

and yeah, it’s totally non-automated, it’s a stop motion movie. Calling this an automated pencil maker is like saying that this is a video deomnstrating a new display device: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpWM0FNPZSs

You could almost say he *Puts on sunglasses* is a pencil pusher *YEAHHHH*

I like. I guess Robb Godshaw is the next Rube Goldberg.

You are all correct. it isn’t fully automated. I suppose i misspoke, it was late when i made the video. every step requires human interaction, but it is limited to pulling levers and cranking the green plastic gear. I did not have a video camera, hence the stop motion. The final cost of each pencil is about $150, which is very impractical. the rainbow ribbon cable does nothing. The clay pencil, once baked can be sharpened normally. the eraser holds on fine, and can be used like a regular pencil. Aluminum tape is quite strong.

I think you meant to say a Rube Goldberg machine with all the USEFUL steps taken out.