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Which mechanical colored pencils are best? If you’re someone who loves to regularly use colored pencils, mechanical ones can bring you to the next level of drawing or organizing. They can help you in ...

School-supply lists had come in, and I sat in the store dizzied by the multitude of mechanical pencils. Rather than sink dough into something that would be thrown away within a week, I called around ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Because they are erasable, pencils are often the first tool creative people use when sketching out a ...

Some mechanical pencils with a high level of writing comfort are seen in this photo provided by Mitsubishi Pencil Co. The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the ...

C.H. Hanson® introduces its new SharpDraw® Mechanical Pencil extending its broad line of marking tools for carpentry professionals. Great for carpenters, framers, cabinet makers, woodworkers and DIY ...

As a new middle-school teacher, I’m facing a challenge I never thought about before: assigning a list of school supplies for my students. My colleagues tell me that there’s a real downside to wooden ...

Little Shop of Physics has built a miniature plasma cutter using a pencil lead together with 4 x 9 volt batteries and a couple of clips allowing you to cut through aluminium foil. Watch the video ...