TZ250
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Since there are a lot of engineers on this forum, and engineers tend to like high quality mechanical pencils, I wondered if anyone here likes mechanical pencils.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxc-Shel6Ro
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My wife rolls her eyes at my 'toys'. I like them so much that I even made a YouTube review of them.
Although I prefer 0.3mm pencils, I break the small lead. All of these listed are 0.5mm, except for the Pilot S5 which is 0.4mm. The rotating leads writes with a much sharper line than any other 0.5mm. I used a magnifying glass and looked at the lead after writing for a short time. The lead was a very nice cone shape. No more spinning pencils every few words to keep a decent point!
Recently, I bought a Uni-Ball Kuru Toga (rotating lead), Uni-Ball Shift Pipe, Staedtler 925 Regulator, Kuru Toga Roulette and a Pilot S5 0.4mm mechanical pencils.
The Kuru Toga lead rotates 6 degrees every time the pencil lifts from the paper. The basic one that I have is all plastic. The Roulette model has an aluminum lower section. The Uni-Ball shift pipe has a sliding sleeve that allows the guide pipe to retract. The Staedtler 925 Regulator has an adjustable lead advance.
My new Kuru Toga Roulette 0.5mm and Pilot S5 0.4mm pencils should be here tomorrow.
Sooo, let's see your cool drafting pencils!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxc-Shel6Ro
[YOUTUBE]xxc-Shel6Ro[/YOUTUBE]
My wife rolls her eyes at my 'toys'. I like them so much that I even made a YouTube review of them.
Although I prefer 0.3mm pencils, I break the small lead. All of these listed are 0.5mm, except for the Pilot S5 which is 0.4mm. The rotating leads writes with a much sharper line than any other 0.5mm. I used a magnifying glass and looked at the lead after writing for a short time. The lead was a very nice cone shape. No more spinning pencils every few words to keep a decent point!
Recently, I bought a Uni-Ball Kuru Toga (rotating lead), Uni-Ball Shift Pipe, Staedtler 925 Regulator, Kuru Toga Roulette and a Pilot S5 0.4mm mechanical pencils.
The Kuru Toga lead rotates 6 degrees every time the pencil lifts from the paper. The basic one that I have is all plastic. The Roulette model has an aluminum lower section. The Uni-Ball shift pipe has a sliding sleeve that allows the guide pipe to retract. The Staedtler 925 Regulator has an adjustable lead advance.
My new Kuru Toga Roulette 0.5mm and Pilot S5 0.4mm pencils should be here tomorrow.
Sooo, let's see your cool drafting pencils!
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