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You sharpen the pencil to put a point on it. Before sharpeners and when pencil wood was much thicker, men cut (whittled) the wood with a knife to make the point.
the basic Boston pencil sharpeners are really very simple you have a pretty much simple ring and pinion system the pinion (motor)spins at 15 revolutions to 1 revolution of the ring (sharpener) to turn said sharpener
use a knife use a knife
If the blade on your pencil sharpener doesn't have a visible screw, it likely attaches using friction. Try gripping the blade firmly and twisting it counterclockwise to unscrew it from the sharpener. Be careful to avoid applying too much force in case the blade is secured differently.
If we assume that you are using a 120V electric pencil sharpener, then it uses approximately 100 Watts. Over a ten hour period of constant use, that would add up to 1 kWh.
0.25 is the cost of the pencil.
If you go to metrokitchen.com the lowest price is $39.95 for a manual sharpener. An electric sharpener at the same site the low price is $139.95.
John Lee Love is credited with inventing the portable pencil sharpener in 1897, but he did not receive any awards for it during his lifetime. His contribution to the pencil sharpener design was significant, though he did not achieve great recognition or accolades during his time.
Pencil sharpeners affect lives by making it much easier to sharpen pencils than in the past. Pencils used to be sharpened with knives, which didn't always have uniform results.
As many other devices it depends on the time of use... for example: a regular pencil sharpener as the Panasonic KP380 load is tagged 70W. If a pencil is about 7.5 inches length and each sharpen process takes about 1/2 inches, this means you will have to use it about 15 times in the lifetime of the pencil. Each time lasts about 4 to 5 seconds. For each pencil you need 75 sec (.02083 hrs) . Power usage is (70w)x(0.20833) = 1.45 Wh / pencil. or 0.00145 KWh/pencil
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