Workshop Sketch Pencil

Item: WSP

Product Description

Project Kit

You'll find numerous uses around the house and shop for this heavy duty, practical and attractive mechanical pencil. The 5.6mm (nearly 1/4" dia.) lead will never break. The pencil includes a precision, German-made mechanism and an integrated sharpener in the cap. Includes an 80mm length of lead. Graphite lead refills are available separately.

Please note, the image is an example of what you could create with the kit.

In addition to this kit, you will need:

a pen blank
Workshop pencil bushing set
drill

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Reviews

Customer Reviews

By Terence Adger on 10th December 2024

"A reliable pencil that my customers ask for ."

By Glen Forshaw on 28th November 2024

"Workshop pencil - Great little pencil, looks good and sells really well at shows."

By Gregor on 27th October 2024

"This kit is just a dream, easy to make, then super simple assembly. I give these out to friends and as soon as they use them I get positive reviews. This is the perfect gift. "

By Richard on 24th March 2023

"These are genuinely fantastic! Makes for a great gift. I've found the fittings to be a little bit tight, but possibly only because I don't have a pen press. rnrnThey feel like very high quality products. I've made 5 so far and will be making many more. rnrnIt's worth noting that the click mechanism to release the lead is VERY stiff on first click. Took a long time to work out the mechanism when assembling the first pen. But once I was aware, the instructions were fine. rnrn"

By Richard on 24th March 2023

"These are genuinely fantastic! Makes for a great gift. I've found the fittings to be a little bit tight, but possibly only because I don't have a pen press. They feel like very high quality products. I've made 5 so far and will be making many more. It's worth noting that the click mechanism to release the lead is VERY stiff on first click. Took a long time to work out the mechanism when assembling the first pen. But once I was aware, the instructions were fine. "

By mr mark richards on 10th February 2023

"very good kits"

By Norman Parry on 7th December 2022

"This item is great quality, well finished and works well."

By Moyra Anderson on 11th August 2022

"Pleased with my purchase. First class service."

By customer on 6th August 2022

"Well made product that looks great when completed in wood or acrylic. Have made a few now as gifts."

By Lilian on 29th March 2022

"Nice pencil kit"

By ROBIN HORTON on 7th July 2021

"Well made but bushings are slightly too big, if you turn down to them exactly it still leaves a slight ridge in the wood from end. Its also difficult to get a sharp point with the sharpener, but using a pencil sharpener did the job fine, I think it would be good if different grades of lead was on offer, plus coloured lead, but worth the money, and makes a great gift made up. "

By Brian on 9th March 2021

"Bought workshop pencil and spare leads more than happy thank you"

By customer on 2nd January 2021

"A good addition to the workshop"

By Derek Gibbs on 3rd July 2020

"This is one of the best pen/pencil kits I do, l love them"

By Peter Roots on 24th February 2020

"Have made several of these and I love them. I use thick CA for the final step of fitting the sharpener which has not been a problem. I learnt the importance though of removing the lead before doing that as I glued in by mistake on my first one (it did eventually come out, unbroken, with a bit of effort)"

By Huw D on 5th January 2020

"This is a great kit apart from the final stage of assembly of gluing the sharpener to the rest of the kit. I have to use five-minute epoxy and not Super Glue as nearly ruined the first one I made when the Super Glue went too far."

By Allen on 3rd January 2020

"Quite a nice kit with a few qualifications. The kit requires the cutting of a tenon after turning. I found that the skew was the best tool for this job as a small parting tool lifted the timber grain on the wood I used. Gluing the finial end I found best using epoxy, I just can’t see superglue working for that. Made as gifts and were well received. "

By John H on 5th November 2019

"The workshop pencil's are one of my favourite kits... but the build instruction needs changed. If you use superglue to attach the 'sharpener' it invariably seeps and prevents its removal. Ruining the kit... 2 in my case... before I resorted to a tooth pick and a small drop of good-old araldite. No issues since."

By JohnHughes on 4th April 2019

"Love these kits ...BUT...beware. At the final stage when you are supposed to super-glue the internals together it is vertually impossible not to also glue the sharper in place. I resolved the issue by using a 2 part glue and applying a tiny amount with a cocktail stick .....the super-glue is far to runny and hence gets on to the bits it isn't ment to. I believe there are versions of this kit that don't require this glue stage."

By WS on 30th January 2019

"A robust piece of kit, easy to assemble, nice to use."

By Colin on 19th September 2018

"Works ok but just don’t like the end result. Going through the instructions it’s fairly straightforward but really don’t like to this cap section. No matter how I fitted it the cap would not stay in place. The finished product is not great with what looks like a spare but added to finish off the top. Great idea and like the different leads (how about a white one!) Wouldn’t buy again though. "