This is another option! Hold down the knock and thread it through. That can also help if you are struggling with feeding lead through the chamber. But it if there is a jam, it might just snap it off at the tip of the lead sleeve.
I do this sometimes to work around taking out an eraser near the end of its life, where it's hard to remove to access the lead chamber. It's definitely not always ideal, because you nay be dealing with very thin lead, or very long lead sticks (economy Papermate sticks are like 5 inches long sometimes) which will feel like surgery trying to insert the lead without snapping it.
Same. I came here to look for "more elegant" way to do it. I can't ever get the lead to come out of the tip using the chamber method idk what i'm doing wrong
COMPLETELY agree - college degree: check. Career in Tech: check. Reloading mechanical pencil lead: uh-oh. Finally found a thickness I liked, and when it came time to for a refill, I was stumped. Thank goodness for Clutch!
🙂 Same here. Before this, I wasted 6 minutes and 15 seconds of my life watching a video about a Papermate Clickster pencil, and the guy never told how to load it!
I agree, thank you for this video. I have Bic Velocity 0.7 mechanical pencils. They only twist at the tip where the one lead feeds into the tip. I cannot figure how to add lead or replace the erasers. 🤷♀️
"how to fill ANY mechanical pencil" . . . . . hmm What about vintage pencils that have to be loaded from the front? I need a video ’bout THOSE pencils.
Oh, you got me Anthony! Couple things: 1) 99.999% of mechanical pencil users use modern mechanical pencils. 2) How-To videos drive clicks, and all-inclusive titles can't hurt. 3) Your sarcastic response is TOTALLY going to get me to release a video on that topic soon. Totally. *pushes said topic 18 months down the line, minimum* Bro. You want things? Be kind. You just 86'd your chances of getting what you want with your tone.
@@ClutchSituation My comment wasn't intended as a request for you to make such a video, although I can see why you took it that way. All this scolding... Dad, I couldn't care less whether you make any such video. I already got the information I wanted, from elsewhere. I was saying your headline is misleading. Go ahead and "let me have it" again. You're coming off great in this exchange, believe me. I promise not to talk back. I'll go to my room and think about what I did.
Me too. No instructions with pencils. So kept buying a new one. Today I decided to see if anyone else online was having this problem. Seems I had a lot of company. Grateful that now I can replace lead in about 10 pencils! 🙂
This is one of the most useful vids I've ever seen. I had no idea the erasers come off most mechanical pencils! If the pencil doesn't come apart easily, I usually try shoving the lead up the tip; sometimes this has worked; sometimes, not. In my experimentations, I also discovered that pencils have different sized leads, which (obviously) makes a huge difference. I am very grateful for this demonstration, for I can't tell you how many mechanical pencils I've given up on and tossed--often broken from my efforts--into the garbage. Now I know how to refill them, I just have to figure out how to advance the lead on some of them!
I spent a good 30 mins trying to figure out how to refill the lead and I just clicked on this video. It was surprisingly extremely helpful and it worked in seconds. Thanks.
I have an older twist-to feed little pencil that came with a notepad. I've got several leads in the chamber, but they don't seem to engage. I tried feeding the lead from the opening, but it just falls out. Do you have a video for this, and/or a solution, please? Thanks!
As a general rule for myself, I only have 1 lead in the clutch, and 3 in the lead chambers. Anymore than that, you're asking for a worst case scenario to happen. My worst case scenario was when I lent a friend a Classic 90's Blue Pentel Quicker Clicker, yes the one that the Channel Author is so fond of, with a bunch of lead in the chamber, and he lost it! I was super upset that he lost something so classical. Now I'm down to 1x Classic Blue Pentel Quicker Clicker in my collection.
@@kamenriderblade2099 good that you learnt your lesson, I just had my first ever mechanical pencil like a few months ago and I'm really really protective of it, it's not even anything special, just a Faber castell mech pencil
Thank you, thank you! It's been so frustrating trying to add lead to several mechanical pencils and not wanting to break them trying to know how to take them apart to insert new lead and feeling stupid for not being able to figure it out! I really appreciated this.
thanku sir.i had never know how to refill pencil but from your video i fill my lead into the pencil.from outside the eraser from the backside i fill my lead.i want to like your video.
Oh my gosh thank you so much normally I would use mechanical pencils but all of the ones I have are out of lead and so I thought I just have to get more but I don't so thank you this was a very helpful
I’m am still confused, I have a grip matic 0.5 Faber-castell and I’m been at it for like and hour and I’m getting so frustrated, can you please make a video about one of these?
Thank you, I kinda ruined my previous mechanical pencil because i tried to jam the lead into the tip of the pencil. thanks for a usefull quick tutorial!!!
i have the first one, and ive had three of them. i litterally cut the first one in pieces, didnt know how to refill, the second one its ereaser comes out but the pencil wont appear trough the hole and im currently trying to carve out the eareaser of the last one lmao
Why don't they provide a detail illustrated user manual when they sell these? 😓 Also it's already tricky to figure out the proper use for beginners, why on earth they make the body design even more trickier on top of that? 😕😕 Thank you for making and sharing this video with all of us 💕 I have previously given up using mechanical pencil due to not knowing the effective using method. To be honest, I dreaded it. However, I have recently bought one to give it a try again. Thanks to your clear and concise explanation, this time I am feeling hopeful about being on a friendly terms with my mechanical pencil 🧡💛
thank you so much...i was struggling on how to refill my mechanical pencil. your different ways of how to refill the mechanical pencils is very helpful!
Pentel Twist-Erase XP's seem to defy all reload attempts. You can have lead in the chamber, but once the lead is past the clutch, nothing reloads from the chamber. It just sits in there like a storage compartment. The ONLY way I have found to reload these pencils is by removing the front cap and manually feeding the lead into the clutch from the tip.
Thank you for the video! Maybe an odd question but has somebody figured out how to use the last bit of the lead? Like the last 1.5cm? I gets pushed back into the pencil...
Thank you. It seems so basic but I couldn't reload my Pentel Energize Pencil. It doesn't even give you the lead size on the barrel. My pencil is reloaded and working well again.
I spent a lot of money on mine. And immediately jammed and have no way that I know of of advancing the lead. Fortunately, none of these work so I’ll just trash it.
Thank you for this video. The first pencil you demonstrated was the trick for replacing the lead in a Bic Velocity HB#2. Even then, I had to push the eraser end to pull out the old lead as it wasn’t coming out on its own. After that, I just clicked the eraser until the new lead fed down into the pencil. I love it when I can find these great & simple instructions on TH-cam!
How do I make the lead come out for the first pencil? Cause I'm trying to get the lead to come out on that one, but no matter what I do it won't come out. Yes, I've checked if there's any extra lead blocking the way.
I've never felt more stupid in my entire life! A fons and porter pencil is about to go in the garbage! After doing everything the lead keeps pushing back up into the pencil.
Thank you so much for that demonstration on how to refill my mechanical pencil. Keep up the wonderful videos. Ur videos are to the point and without unnecessary time wasting.
I have an old mechanical pencil that looks like a ballpoint pen, to be fair I don't know how to approach it. I also have two new modern BiC mechanical pencils
This is what happens to my lead I put in the lead (only 1 lead) And then sometimes when im drawing i hear a snap sound I check the lead and its broken into 5 pieces i need help
Ok this video kind of helped but I still need help.. So I have lots of mechanical pencils, and they are simple. You have to take the eraser off to refill the lead, but what if the eraser is really short and I can’t get it off? So I decided for one that I would use a pokey thing and dig away at it until I got it out. So now I can refill the lead but what do I put in the eraser spot??
I never thought that I would ever have to watch a five minute video of how to refill seven different types of mechanical pencils... but HERE we are 🥲🥲🥲😂🤣😂🤣
My original nib HB) seems stuck in the tip of my mechanical pencil. How do I remove it from the tip so that the new replacement (2B) inside may stick out instead?
The trouble with 0.3 is that you are much, much, much more likely to get two to three pieces of lead jammed into a clutch. Complete disassembly and creative tool use (needles, wires, etc) are usually required.
@@ClutchSituation Ah, indeed. I ended up with a led floating around in the chamber above the pencil point. Turns out the cap above the eraser was stuck, and I was able to feed a new LED and get it all the way through. Seems like the 0.3mm lead isn't heavy enough to reseat when needed, so you can't store extras in the pencil. Seems like leads in the chamber can't be fed through the pencil or removed through the eraser.
Omg, tysm for this video! My mechanical pencils weren’t working and I couldn’t find a way to work them and the led kept slipping out! Thanks again :) now I can draw with my favourite pencil again
What I often do is press the button to advance the lead and shove the lead in through the tip
This is another option! Hold down the knock and thread it through. That can also help if you are struggling with feeding lead through the chamber. But it if there is a jam, it might just snap it off at the tip of the lead sleeve.
I do this sometimes to work around taking out an eraser near the end of its life, where it's hard to remove to access the lead chamber. It's definitely not always ideal, because you nay be dealing with very thin lead, or very long lead sticks (economy Papermate sticks are like 5 inches long sometimes) which will feel like surgery trying to insert the lead without snapping it.
Same. I came here to look for "more elegant" way to do it. I can't ever get the lead to come out of the tip using the chamber method idk what i'm doing wrong
yea me too and its the wrong way
I do this too but sometimes the lead just snaps lol
I couldn't believe that I'd have to look for help on how to do something I thought would be so simple, yet here I am and feeling very, very grateful.
COMPLETELY agree - college degree: check. Career in Tech: check. Reloading mechanical pencil lead: uh-oh. Finally found a thickness I liked, and when it came time to for a refill, I was stumped. Thank goodness for Clutch!
Haha me too!!!!
lmfaooooo me too
🙂 Same here. Before this, I wasted 6 minutes and 15 seconds of my life watching a video about a Papermate Clickster pencil, and the guy never told how to load it!
Great, informative, yet concise video. Thank you so much for this. I was feeling like an idiot!
You certainly are not. We all need to help each other and should never assume knowledge!
@@ClutchSituation
Thank you, I really appreciate that. That's so true, everyone needs help sometimes. All the best to you.
I agree, thank you for this video. I have Bic Velocity 0.7 mechanical pencils. They only twist at the tip where the one lead feeds into the tip. I cannot figure how to add lead or replace the erasers. 🤷♀️
same
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Holy shit, my mechanical pen has an eraser.
BRUH SAME LMFAO ive had my pencil for months and this comment legit just made me realise?????????
"how to fill ANY mechanical pencil" . . . . . hmm
What about vintage pencils that have to be loaded from the front?
I need a video ’bout THOSE pencils.
Oh, you got me Anthony! Couple things: 1) 99.999% of mechanical pencil users use modern mechanical pencils. 2) How-To videos drive clicks, and all-inclusive titles can't hurt. 3) Your sarcastic response is TOTALLY going to get me to release a video on that topic soon. Totally. *pushes said topic 18 months down the line, minimum* Bro. You want things? Be kind. You just 86'd your chances of getting what you want with your tone.
@@ClutchSituation My comment wasn't intended as a request for you to make such a video, although I can see why you took it that way.
All this scolding... Dad, I couldn't care less whether you make any such video. I already got the information I wanted, from elsewhere. I was saying your headline is misleading.
Go ahead and "let me have it" again. You're coming off great in this exchange, believe me. I promise not to talk back. I'll go to my room and think about what I did.
Thank you, have had problems for ages and ended just buying more pencils. Problem solved.
Me too.
Me too. No instructions with pencils. So kept buying a new one. Today I decided to see if anyone else online was having this problem. Seems I had a lot of company. Grateful that now I can replace lead in about 10 pencils! 🙂
This is one of the most useful vids I've ever seen. I had no idea the erasers come off most mechanical pencils! If the pencil doesn't come apart easily, I usually try shoving the lead up the tip; sometimes this has worked; sometimes, not. In my experimentations, I also discovered that pencils have different sized leads, which (obviously) makes a huge difference. I am very grateful for this demonstration, for I can't tell you how many mechanical pencils I've given up on and tossed--often broken from my efforts--into the garbage. Now I know how to refill them, I just have to figure out how to advance the lead on some of them!
careful with shoving lead up the tip on some of the more complicated ones though i broke a kuru toga by doing that lol
same
I spent a good 30 mins trying to figure out how to refill the lead and I just clicked on this video. It was surprisingly extremely helpful and it worked in seconds. Thanks.
I have an older twist-to feed little pencil that came with a notepad. I've got several leads in the chamber, but they don't seem to engage. I tried feeding the lead from the opening, but it just falls out. Do you have a video for this, and/or a solution, please? Thanks!
As a general rule for myself, I only have 1 lead in the clutch, and 3 in the lead chambers.
Anymore than that, you're asking for a worst case scenario to happen.
My worst case scenario was when I lent a friend a Classic 90's Blue Pentel Quicker Clicker, yes the one that the Channel Author is so fond of, with a bunch of lead in the chamber, and he lost it!
I was super upset that he lost something so classical. Now I'm down to 1x Classic Blue Pentel Quicker Clicker in my collection.
Then why did you let him borrow it? I don't even let my brother use my two dollar mechanical pencil lol
@@yourparalysisdemon1936 I was dumb, trusted him. Hard lesson to learn.
@@kamenriderblade2099 good that you learnt your lesson, I just had my first ever mechanical pencil like a few months ago and I'm really really protective of it, it's not even anything special, just a Faber castell mech pencil
@@yourparalysisdemon1936 I'm going to figure out how to get ahold of those cheapo Ikea mini pencils and use those as "Guest Pencils"
@@kamenriderblade2099 do you use your mechanical pencils for drawing or just writing?
I jut discovered that I have an eraser in this pencil .
Thank you for the mechanical pencil refill lesson! Your instruction is to the point and very clear!
Thank you, thank you! It's been so frustrating trying to add lead to several mechanical pencils and not wanting to break them trying to know how to take them apart to insert new lead and feeling stupid for not being able to figure it out! I really appreciated this.
Thank you very much I can’t tell you how many mechanical pencils iPhone and I don’t know how to refill them this is very educational
really good video, but i couldn't find the right one for my mechanical pencil- i suppose its useful for other people but not really for me
thanku sir.i had never know how to refill pencil but from your video i fill my lead into the pencil.from outside the eraser from the backside i fill my lead.i want to like your video.
this actually was really helpful im doing my masters now hahaha never knew how to refill one
Same here 😅
THANK YOUUUUU😢😢😢✨✨
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!
Oh my gosh thank you so much normally I would use mechanical pencils but all of the ones I have are out of lead and so I thought I just have to get more but I don't so thank you this was a very helpful
what abt on a pilot airblanc pencil the lead is 0.3
I have the same blue mechanical oencil! The pentel one
I’m am still confused, I have a grip matic 0.5 Faber-castell and I’m been at it for like and hour and I’m getting so frustrated, can you please make a video about one of these?
This is an amazing tutorial. Thank you.
Awesome video good explanation
So why do they send you pencils with multiple leads already installed?
Value? Some mechanisms are more susceptible to jamming than others.
Thank you, I kinda ruined my previous mechanical pencil because i tried to jam the lead into the tip of the pencil. thanks for a usefull quick tutorial!!!
i have the first one, and ive had three of them. i litterally cut the first one in pieces, didnt know how to refill, the second one its ereaser comes out but the pencil wont appear trough the hole and im currently trying to carve out the eareaser of the last one lmao
thank you i was stuck for a hour trying to refill it
Thanks, surprisingly helpful
so easy omg! i felt like i spent a stupid number of hours on my own. thank you!
Why don't they provide a detail illustrated user manual when they sell these? 😓 Also it's already tricky to figure out the proper use for beginners, why on earth they make the body design even more trickier on top of that? 😕😕
Thank you for making and sharing this video with all of us 💕 I have previously given up using mechanical pencil due to not knowing the effective using method. To be honest, I dreaded it. However, I have recently bought one to give it a try again. Thanks to your clear and concise explanation, this time I am feeling hopeful about being on a friendly terms with my mechanical pencil 🧡💛
Thanks so much, I was so worried about my pencil. I couldn't believe its so easy! Liked and subscribed!
😀Finally a clear ad concise explanation of how to change the lead in a mechanical pencil. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
thank you so much...i was struggling on how to refill my mechanical pencil. your different ways of how to refill the mechanical pencils is very helpful!
Pentel Twist-Erase XP's seem to defy all reload attempts.
You can have lead in the chamber, but once the lead is past the clutch, nothing reloads from the chamber.
It just sits in there like a storage compartment.
The ONLY way I have found to reload these pencils is by removing the front cap and manually feeding the lead into the clutch from the tip.
When i got this pencil from my techer it didnt really work but now it works thank you so much
Happy to help
Such a helpful tutorial. I was completely stumped so I am very grateful you shared how to do it. Thanks so much 👍
Thank you for the video! Maybe an odd question but has somebody figured out how to use the last bit of the lead? Like the last 1.5cm? I gets pushed back into the pencil...
You helped me because My mechanical pencil was jammed. This helped me a lot
Thank you. Unbelievable, It's simple but I didn't know how to do it so I had to search in TH-cam! Ok, I'll try it.
Thank you. It seems so basic but I couldn't reload my Pentel Energize Pencil. It doesn't even give you the lead size on the barrel. My pencil is reloaded and working well again.
Thank you so much, I would still be looking at how to refill my pensil if I hadn't of checked your video. Thank you very very much.x
Awesome video! I have been doing it wrong for a long time. Turns out my favorite mechanical pencil loads just like you said, under the eraser
I spent a lot of money on mine. And immediately jammed and have no way that I know of of advancing the lead. Fortunately, none of these work so I’ll just trash it.
Wait, the lead isn’t supposed to be shoved into the tip? I always shoved it into the tip, I didn't know there was a hole beneath the eraser...
thank you so much i broke 2 leads thinking i would never find how to refill but thanx to you u saved me from breaking another one tysmmmm
Thank you for this video. The first pencil you demonstrated was the trick for replacing the lead in a Bic Velocity HB#2. Even then, I had to push the eraser end to pull out the old lead as it wasn’t coming out on its own. After that, I just clicked the eraser until the new lead fed down into the pencil. I love it when I can find these great & simple instructions on TH-cam!
How do I make the lead come out for the first pencil? Cause I'm trying to get the lead to come out on that one, but no matter what I do it won't come out. Yes, I've checked if there's any extra lead blocking the way.
I've never felt more stupid in my entire life! A fons and porter pencil is about to go in the garbage! After doing everything the lead keeps pushing back up into the pencil.
Thank you so much, oh my god. I literally didn't even know my mechanical pencil had an eraser until I tried to pull the end after seeing this video!
Thank you so much for that demonstration on how to refill my mechanical pencil. Keep up the wonderful videos. Ur videos are to the point and without unnecessary time wasting.
I have an old mechanical pencil that looks like a ballpoint pen, to be fair I don't know how to approach it. I also have two new modern BiC mechanical pencils
What about removing and inserting lead in the graphgear 1000??
Thank you! Here I thought I had to unscreened at the bottom lol.
thank you so much
Sure took me a lifetime to figure this out and it never would have happened without your help. I’m grateful!! Thank you so much.
This is what happens to my lead
I put in the lead (only 1 lead)
And then sometimes when im drawing i hear a snap sound
I check the lead and its broken into 5 pieces i need help
How do you refill a BAZIC Crown mechanical pencil?
Thank you! I was struggling with my mechanical pencil.
somehow none of these ended up working so i’m just going to use a chainsaw
I thought u just press down from the end of it and then put it from the top now ik why my mechanical pencils dont work anymore
so i reload it and the lead falls straight trough im very confused...how do i fix it?
Please help .How many lead can I insert in my mechanical pencil without any worries?
while i was watching i put the lead in and twisted the top and it refilled
It wont work,it goes in but my mechanichal pencil wont work
What about when the lead is jammed and you can't see the problem?
Ok this video kind of helped but I still need help.. So I have lots of mechanical pencils, and they are simple. You have to take the eraser off to refill the lead, but what if the eraser is really short and I can’t get it off? So I decided for one that I would use a pokey thing and dig away at it until I got it out. So now I can refill the lead but what do I put in the eraser spot??
You can refill the spot by hot glue gun (make a shape out of the hole and use it as the cap)
i searched on google "how to put lead in a mechanical pencil" so its technically viral
Omg I didn’t know u needed multiple leads,Ty!
I never thought that I would ever have to watch a five minute video of how to refill seven different types of mechanical pencils... but HERE we are 🥲🥲🥲😂🤣😂🤣
Excellent presentation!
great video, i had to refill my pencil since the first time i bought it.
Wait so how am I supposed to get to the inside if the eraser is blocking it and its too short to remove
My original nib HB) seems stuck in the tip of my mechanical pencil. How do I remove it from the tip so that the new replacement (2B) inside may stick out instead?
Disassemble the pencil and use a needle to clear the offending piece out.
What if I used the eraser and now the eraser is stuck and I can't get it out?
So obvious and I missed it until this video. Thank you.
Thank you!
Hrm, those look easy, having issues with a draft-matic 0.3mm
The trouble with 0.3 is that you are much, much, much more likely to get two to three pieces of lead jammed into a clutch. Complete disassembly and creative tool use (needles, wires, etc) are usually required.
@@ClutchSituation Ah, indeed. I ended up with a led floating around in the chamber above the pencil point. Turns out the cap above the eraser was stuck, and I was able to feed a new LED and get it all the way through. Seems like the 0.3mm lead isn't heavy enough to reseat when needed, so you can't store extras in the pencil. Seems like leads in the chamber can't be fed through the pencil or removed through the eraser.
It didnt work on mine :( it wouldn't come out
i love this vid it really helped me and im so so so sooooooooooo grateful for thissss
thank you, kind stranger. I feel as if the secrets of the universe have been revealed to me
Truly.
Thank u do much thank u to tell us
thank you so much! i thought i was abt to buy a new mechpen lol
MOST HELPFUL VIDEO ON TH-cam
thanks just earned my sub and my respect!
Thanks!!!
Fantastic! Thank you!
What about the Merangue 0.7mm?
Yes, this really helped. Thanks!
I thought i broke my pencil 😭
Thanks for this video 🩷💯‼️
Thank you for the advice!
Very helpful!
I could not engage the new lead to kick in..
Thank you my guy god bless you
Now I feel so dumb..... 😑😑😑
Thank God because I have led 1
Omg, tysm for this video! My mechanical pencils weren’t working and I couldn’t find a way to work them and the led kept slipping out! Thanks again :) now I can draw with my favourite pencil again
Ty.
ain't no way i needed a video for this