Finally, a pencil sharpener what does a good job of sharpening a pencil! I'll be retiring my pocket knife now. Thanks for the update. But seriously, I've been "taking things to bits" since I was 4, always glad to see that I wasn't the only one.
Ah c'mon guys, I know what he meant! ;-) But it isn't a very good analogy - who would have lead in their... hmm... "pencil"? It's soft and bends easily! 😁
+J Rand Amazing that you know the whole history of the human race so well so as to be able to categorically state that. "Never been lead in pencils". Ever! Not once!
Actually the pencil sharpeners I was referring to use helical gears, which are similar to "worm gear style". I think they are referred to as a planetary sharpener
I have a desk mounted planetary sharpener. Though, thats a hand sharpener utilizing a crank and not an automatic one. Still better than poking a pen into a hole and twisting it a million times.
Glad to see 6v or 4AA's all the portable pencil sharpeners I bought my son were under powered also seems the units with dual blades one on each side worked better than the single blade per sharpener.
My partner bought one of these for her primary school class and is very impressed with it. We went back to Lidl to buy another but they had none left in stock. If your finished with this one is there any chance of buying it off you?
These sharpeners are very good. Only problem are the blades. After a few weeks they wear out. Replacement blades, if any available, cost as much as a new sharpener. The sharpener I have uses micro usb as alternative current source thou.
The electric sharpener I have is only a single one but the safety button that prevents it from going off with a finger (or supposedly does) is right underneath the sharpener. That said, though, it's still possible to press it by pushing down on the plastic around the rim of the hole. x.x
I have the same exact thing, but in black and manufactured in March 2014. I think it was from the Lidl supermarket. It's not horrible, but not that great either.
The 900g ball pein screwdriver in the bottom of the toolbox is useful when the right shaft diameter driver is hard to find....I have found mine to NEVER FAIL. Its very persuasive with Chinese plastic.
Always reminds me of those school pencil sharpeners that were screwed to the teachers desk, they had a spring loaded clamp for the pencil and u turned a handle to sharpen, they could turn a whole pencil to shavings in seconds!
I don't remember if I've ever seen an automatic pencil sharpener that uses the flat blades. The non-automatic pencil sharpener that currently have uses the helical blades.
nice little sharpener except it needs some pink led glow in the shaving holder part thing if you happen to know I don't know maybe someone who could solder one in
+James F Do a google search for "automatic pencil." And then read up on lexical semantics. You might also want to do some research on a concept known as "humour" although that might be a little advanced for you.
Anthony Witham You can't safely compare Pantone(R) swathes to a video file. Best you can do is to turn off local color correction, screenshot the video and read out the decoded RGB value (the YUV value in the file is usually buried in DRM hell). Once you have the numeric value, there are tables mapping Pantone ink colors to sRGB screen colors. The only time direct screen to swath compares are good is when calibrating a monitor + graphics card combo for best color reproduction on a graphics workstation in a specific ambient light environment.
I have an ancient Panasonic pencil sharpener that according to the riveted metal plate on the bottom, operates on 30v AC (USA, 120/4? have never opened it to see how it operates) if it dies I'd gladly send it to you, but I think it will sharpen every tree on Earth before that happens.
I've got a question if you will please reply before I just try it and possibly burn myself down lol. I made a bench power supply from an old pc supply. My question is if I make a second one can I run them in series and get a 24v power supply. Please reply I've been wanting to do this for awhile.
You can theoretically use two supplies in series if their outputs are not referenced to ground. But if one fails it will be run in reverse by the other and it may damage the main electrolytic capacitor. You can buy high current 24V supplies online.
bigclivedotcom thanks for the quick reply sounds like I would be best off just to buy one as you stated. I've looked at cheap Chinese 30 v 10 amp supplies. Have you ever used one of those cheap Chinese ones. I can't afford the $100 plus models I've seen. Your videos are awesome very informative.
A proper well-rated supply is going to be quite expensive just because of the materials involved. Keep in mind that many cheap eBay supplies are not rated as described and often lack proper separation between the mains side and low voltage side. It all depends on your application.
Ah. Sounds like Con Crud (a sickness caused by attending conventions), or the Disney Hack (two or three weeks of abject suffering every new Disney employee goes through after their first month or so of employment).
@@maicod I've seen people open the fine and then I try and open one and it looks totally different and white sludge starts foaming out so I quickly abandon
yes thats right there have been seen abandonments of the regular PP3 contents, it used to be 6 AAAA's though. I think China has invented the new contents :)
I’ve used Boraxo, pumice hand cleaners,dish soap, dirt, sand, brake cleaner and gasoline. Dirt and sand get some off but leave a lot on but I only do that to get excess off and The last two are obviously dangerous and they dry your hands pretty good.
I'm not mature enough to have an automatic pencil sharpener. In one day one of those will happen: 1 - I'll break the thing trying to sharpen things that are not sharpenable 2 - I'll end all the pencils in a 50km radius to a nub
Push the button, THEN stick your finger in. Thanks, I was confused, my fingers and jumbo crayons will be fine-ly pointed now.... You mean that a suitable X-Ray tool was not near? I keep several in the garden for just such an occasion.
Why doesnt PoundLand just send you all their electric products to you for testing...then they could put "Big Clive Approved" on all their packages...you would get a regular income from them, they would sell a helluva lot more.
Meh, that's not good enough for sticking your fingers in it. I saw an ad on Facebook showing a thread deburring bit, I think it would be better for chopping your fingers...
I didn't know Clive had a third hand to catch the battery. Dead useful.
My thoughts exactly.
It looked like a hand, but was it?
That's "Thing".
That was actually his penis.
@@misterhat5823 Wow, how clever. Mine can only expand, but that can even grab items
"What happens if we stick the rubber in?"
Off to a good start.
It's Vince's pencil.
It cleaned the rubber nicely.
That's what.... he said?
@@Peter_S_ Vincil
Half surprised the screwdriver didn't get sharpened.
How could you end the video without sharpening Vinces pencil down to a nubbin?
You're spoiling us with so many videos, Big Clive. It is appreciated. :)
A grown man putting a pencil in a pencil sharpener ass backwards. This is not what I came for, but the reason I stay.
he may as well, cause I guarantee every single "kid" near the thing sure will ;)
I had to laugh at that part. It’s such a common stupid thing to do when you’re like 13 y/o and bored 😂
Finally, a pencil sharpener what does a good job of sharpening a pencil! I'll be retiring my pocket knife now.
Thanks for the update.
But seriously, I've been "taking things to bits" since I was 4, always glad to see that I wasn't the only one.
Tell Vince that's perfectly natural, as you age you find there's just not as much lead in the ol' pencil anymore.
Never been lead in pencils, it's an old misconception.
:))) funny and only enhanced by the reply comments
The French couldn't make pencils back in the day..
Ah c'mon guys, I know what he meant! ;-)
But it isn't a very good analogy - who would have lead in their... hmm... "pencil"? It's soft and bends easily! 😁
+J Rand Amazing that you know the whole history of the human race so well so as to be able to categorically state that. "Never been lead in pencils". Ever! Not once!
No suitable screwdriver to completely dismantle the unit. What happened to unreasonable force?
then they wouldnt have a pencil sharpener in the office
He could have used his X-ray
Maybe next year Clive will bring The Vice Of Knowledge with him.
...and ignorance.
Not to forget about complete ignorance
1:32 Now thats a neat trick,Clive! Using a screwdriver AND putting a battery back on the table all at the same time.Fantastic. LOL!
I love the Tattoo stuff but tbh tear downs of a pink automatic pencil sharpeners is the sort of content I subscribed for.
I prefer the worm gear style of sharpener - this looks like a single blade (more like a hand sharpener)...
It's not a gear, but a mill
Actually the pencil sharpeners I was referring to use helical gears, which are similar to "worm gear style". I think they are referred to as a planetary sharpener
I have a desk mounted planetary sharpener. Though, thats a hand sharpener utilizing a crank and not an automatic one. Still better than poking a pen into a hole and twisting it a million times.
Glad to see 6v or 4AA's all the portable pencil sharpeners I bought my son were under powered also seems the units with dual blades one on each side worked better than the single blade per sharpener.
I got my Cliff Quick Test just a few days ago and I've already blown the 13 amp fuse 😂😂😂
William Schrimsher I need to buy one too.
I wish I had one to blow a 30A glass fuse
Success!
@@crawfish069 I was trying to invert an ac transformer to get over 600 volts for a project. 🙃
You cant do that because of the impedance :D
Clive will not rest until there isn't a electronic left on earth he hasn't taken apart.
Drums
Guest appearance from Thing of the Addams Family !!
And that battery was foiled in its escape attempt.
It seems to do double duty as a battery charger as well! Just stick some NiMH cells in there and hook it up to a 6V power supply.
Hi I woke up in the middle of the night wondering whats inside a pencil sharpener
BCDC, maybe revisit your traveling toolbag mate ;) Any BCDC content is great! Keep 'em coming.
I would put 12 volts on that haha.
I have a vintage coca cola can battery powered pencil sharpener.
Everyone I see a video with a scratched up background I keep thinking you've come back home with a ton of things
Has anyone actually ever had a pencil large enough to that they need to use the bigger hole?
makeup pencils.... crayons... (i'd say)
They are mostly sold as novelties at seaside souvenir shops so perhaps !!!
We had them in first grade in primary school many moons ago.
That's what s/he said.
They are training pencils for small children. The larger size is a lot easier for their little hands to hold onto.
Poor Vince, he'll feel so inadequate with such a little one I'm sure, pencil that is... :P
Clive . You should make shirts that say.
“ and thats fundamentally it” 😎
My partner bought one of these for her primary school class and is very impressed with it. We went back to Lidl to buy another but they had none left in stock. If your finished with this one is there any chance of buying it off you?
This one was kept by another crew member.
Why didn't you use x-ray?
Have you tried doing tear downs of “smart switches”? I’m curious if they are well built on the high voltage side of things
envidjunkie Ha has!
These sharpeners are very good. Only problem are the blades. After a few weeks they wear out. Replacement blades, if any available, cost as much as a new sharpener. The sharpener I have uses micro usb as alternative current source thou.
The electric sharpener I have is only a single one but the safety button that prevents it from going off with a finger (or supposedly does) is right underneath the sharpener. That said, though, it's still possible to press it by pushing down on the plastic around the rim of the hole. x.x
I have the same exact thing, but in black and manufactured in March 2014. I think it was from the Lidl supermarket. It's not horrible, but not that great either.
The 900g ball pein screwdriver in the bottom of the toolbox is useful when the right shaft diameter driver is hard to find....I have found mine to NEVER FAIL. Its very persuasive with Chinese plastic.
Always reminds me of those school pencil sharpeners that were screwed to the teachers desk, they had a spring loaded clamp for the pencil and u turned a handle to sharpen, they could turn a whole pencil to shavings in seconds!
I'm looking for the internal sharpener. how different is it from regular sharpener etc
Hi Clive. Got something here suitable for a teardown that has two of your favourite elements. How do I get it to you?
United Office brand, available from Lidl stores from time to time.
What I dislike about Clives channel I feel compelled to buy the stuff he comments on.
How does it switch between battery power and external power? I'd be very interested to know how the voltage stays regulated if both are connected. :3
1:31 Clive's anti-rolling batteries assistant
Literally their only job is to follow Clive around and prevent things rolling off his bench. All those TH-cam bucks change a man.
My 18v drill with a normal pencil sharpener does a faster job 😂😂
haha you've got assistants now
Mod it to make an ATOMIC pencil sharpener
But Clive was it working afterwards ????!!!
Yes it was.
What are PRG going to think about getting back a flight case divider with your channel name on it?
A lot of their guys watch my channel.
I don't remember if I've ever seen an automatic pencil sharpener that uses the flat blades. The non-automatic pencil sharpener that currently have uses the helical blades.
think cheap cheap cheap, chinesium ;)
nice little sharpener except it needs some pink led glow in the shaving holder part thing if you happen to know I don't know maybe someone who could solder one in
like any child he instantly shreds the eraser.
I had an automatic pencil. After I sharpened it, it no longer worked. This sharperner works on automatic pencils?
bdf2718 are you being serious or trolling ?
+James F
Do a google search for "automatic pencil." And then read up on lexical semantics.
You might also want to do some research on a concept known as "humour" although that might be a little advanced for you.
I am supposed to be asleep by now but no, I'm learning how pencil sharpeners work
What’s that micro switch for if the pencil hole switch activates the motor?
Safety switch to stop rotation if the shavings cover is removed.
Somehow my brain tuned into this lyric: "And by the way, which one's Pink?" Because that is Purple.
No Clive whatcha going to use to sharpen your pencils, now you have taken this "To Bits"
Well done on tatto lighting. Unfortuntly i watched on tv but still impresive. :)
Whatever happened to sticking your finger into the pencil sharpener and learning a valuable lesson. Safety smaftey!
Is it compatible with American pencils?
I had sharpener like this in primary school, teacher wasn't really happy when i use it during lesson :D
Hmmm, Its more Magenta to purple then Pink! EX printer/Trade Teacher's opinion. Sorry Don't have a Pantone book anymore to give you a PMS number! 😄
Anthony Witham it's somewhat in the vicinity of Barney.
It IS a lurid shade, at least.
Pink is more of an attitude than an exact shade.
anononomous: Pink does have a little attitude, but she can sing! 😂
Anthony Witham You can't safely compare Pantone(R) swathes to a video file. Best you can do is to turn off local color correction, screenshot the video and read out the decoded RGB value (the YUV value in the file is usually buried in DRM hell). Once you have the numeric value, there are tables mapping Pantone ink colors to sRGB screen colors.
The only time direct screen to swath compares are good is when calibrating a monitor + graphics card combo for best color reproduction on a graphics workstation in a specific ambient light environment.
First time seen that automatic pencil sharpener
United Office, it's a Lidl's branded product.
I feel like thats a power pencil sharpener. To me an automatic one would feed the pencil by itself then stop when the pencil is sharp.
Hee heeeeee... Vince's pencil used to be much longer 🤣🤣🤣
He claimed it was a family heirloom. We think he may have been lying.
Awwww...hope you were able to put this back together inworking conditions. Shame to wreck a nice sharpener.
It was rebuilt.
That's a shame you couldn't get in further, I've always liked the spiral blades that do the cutting
Phonotical you'd think somewhere in the castle, somebody would have a Vise of Knowledge that Clive could borrow.
@@tncorgi92 or an xray
Big Clive with an x-ray machine. Now THERE'S a scary thought. "Let's take it to bits..."
Paul Drake You obviously haven't seen Clive's X-ray.
That would be a planetary sharpener you are referring too - I think this is a standard single blade prism sharpener that is turned by a motor...
I swear it looks like you're loosening those screws by turning them clockwise.
I have an ancient Panasonic pencil sharpener that according to the riveted metal plate on the bottom, operates on 30v AC (USA, 120/4? have never opened it to see how it operates) if it dies I'd gladly send it to you, but I think it will sharpen every tree on Earth before that happens.
likely some off the shelf power supply(maybe motors) made for printers/scanners, it was common for them to be in the "30 volts range"
My wife asked me to fix her AC powered pencil sharpener. It was so full of shavings, I had trouble removing the compartment
hook it up to 24V any see how long it lasts?
I've got a question if you will please reply before I just try it and possibly burn myself down lol. I made a bench power supply from an old pc supply. My question is if I make a second one can I run them in series and get a 24v power supply. Please reply I've been wanting to do this for awhile.
You can theoretically use two supplies in series if their outputs are not referenced to ground. But if one fails it will be run in reverse by the other and it may damage the main electrolytic capacitor. You can buy high current 24V supplies online.
bigclivedotcom thanks for the quick reply sounds like I would be best off just to buy one as you stated. I've looked at cheap Chinese 30 v 10 amp supplies. Have you ever used one of those cheap Chinese ones. I can't afford the $100 plus models I've seen. Your videos are awesome very informative.
A proper well-rated supply is going to be quite expensive just because of the materials involved. Keep in mind that many cheap eBay supplies are not rated as described and often lack proper separation between the mains side and low voltage side. It all depends on your application.
Surely you could lay your hands on an alternative X-ray device to see what's in the top?
Are those WERA VDO screwdrivers BigClive's using?
Wera VDE kit with blades that slot into a common handle.
Gunna need a bigger x-ray.
Sounds like you've got a bit of a cold there, Clive?
Festival lurgy. A blend of every disease in the world brought together in one international event.
Ah. Sounds like Con Crud (a sickness caused by attending conventions), or the Disney Hack (two or three weeks of abject suffering every new Disney employee goes through after their first month or so of employment).
1:31 Clive grows a third hand!
Four t double a batteries, would a 9v with a regulator be a better option?
The AA cells have higher energy density and can supply higher current under load.
@@bigclivedotcom really? I'd always thought the 9s to be superior 😅
nah those use 6 tiny AAAA cells in series
@@maicod I've seen people open the fine and then I try and open one and it looks totally different and white sludge starts foaming out so I quickly abandon
yes thats right there have been seen abandonments of the regular PP3 contents, it used to be 6 AAAA's though. I think China has invented the new contents :)
How do you get the grease off of your hands? O.o
Maxwell soap?
I’ve used Boraxo, pumice hand cleaners,dish soap, dirt, sand, brake cleaner and gasoline. Dirt and sand get some off but leave a lot on but I only do that to get excess off and The last two are obviously dangerous and they dry your hands pretty good.
As a kid I did it once with one of those pencil sharpeners with a crank.
Stuck my finger in it and turned.
Never did that again.
What the f... We want to see Vince Pen completely vanish in one shot!😉
I'm not mature enough to have an automatic pencil sharpener. In one day one of those will happen:
1 - I'll break the thing trying to sharpen things that are not sharpenable
2 - I'll end all the pencils in a 50km radius to a nub
It almost look like Vince's pencil was going to disappear as shavings.
woah, holy-shat, clive has a three hands!!! it can be seen grabbing an escaping battery @ 1:30 +
Thanks for sharing 😀👍
You don't have a *hammer?* Disappointed, Clive!
Someone wanted the sharpener afterwards.
bigclivedotcom poop I wanted another "x-ray" video
wheres my hammer lol
Push the button, THEN stick your finger in. Thanks, I was confused, my fingers and jumbo crayons will be fine-ly pointed now.... You mean that a suitable X-Ray tool was not near? I keep several in the garden for just such an occasion.
I wonder why one thought to put a 'safety Switch' for that larger hole?
It's big enough for kids to get fingers into.
Clive should have a podcast!
Not pink, magenta. I miss my pink, Clive.
Pink stuff coming up.
Pink.. the Death Dalek Offical Colour?-
Gay Darlek I would say...
Scott Traynor Also the Cheap Pink USB Charger From China and the Fanny Flambough packaging.
you... i like you
Simple but good vid.
Get some dowel rod and make your own arrows!
0:20 Every kid at some point!
Why doesnt PoundLand just send you all their electric products to you for testing...then they could put "Big Clive Approved" on all their packages...you would get a regular income from them, they would sell a helluva lot more.
my one isnt working can you help?
First thing to check is that the batteries are making a proper connection. Sometimes the positive end pip doesn't touch the metal.
Is the screwdriver the wrong size? Maybe it can be sharpened! Just don't forget your safety glasses.
I remember trying to ignite a match using one of these as a kid
Wasted an entire box of matches then just ended up burning the thing
No suitable screwdriver?
*X-RAY IT!*
A sharp design then
Meh, that's not good enough for sticking your fingers in it. I saw an ad on Facebook showing a thread deburring bit, I think it would be better for chopping your fingers...
Maybe Vince put his wit in it ...
damn i really wanted to see the little motor :( i mean these things are cheap you couldve just smashed it for the vid...
Automatic pencil sharpeners are pencil killers. As are standard pencil sharpeners. Use a knife, your pencils will thank you.
How about no. I'm not using a knife to sharpen a pencil.
Technically the colour is magenta
AAAAAAAH Clive got three arms
You could open it with a rock.