Triumph fixed gear pencil sharpener - for charity

Hello,

Yes, really, it's a fixed gear pencil sharpener. I need the space so it's up for grabs. You never know, soomeone here might want it. Lovingly hand crafted by me in 2006 it's worked flawlessly since, it'll take a blunt pencil and sharpen it before reducing it to a pile of shavings in very little time. It's been so well thought out that it'll even sharpen pencils of varying diameters. I made a load of pedal powered gadgets, from a mincer to a pedal powered generator and interactive LED installation.

Just like my fixie give away , if you want it, just message me and you can have it. Collection only from Horsham, West Sussex. Happy to meet you at the station (direct trains from London Bridge or Victoria). Once you've received it, please make a donation (up to you how much) to the charity that has helped me through my cancer treatment via my just giving page here:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Tad-Kowal

Frame: 1960s Triumph
Fork: Bent
Front tyre: Flat
Chainset: Raleigh cottered with a 1/8" chainring attacked with an angle grinder to enable it to be used with a variety of riveted together scrap 3/32"chains.
Bars: Bit of steel pipe from the scrap metal bin.
Sprocket: Off a 5 speed freewheel again attacked with an angle grinder, bodged on to a bit of steel plate, then welded onto the end of a desk(now handlebar)mounted pencil sharpener.

Handle bar mounting allows for easy chain tension adjustment, just rotate bars forward/back to get correct tension. No need for faffing with tensioners.

this is amazing, glwg

Guessing if you could set up a second drivechain system with a back wheel then you would have a mobile pencil sharpening business just waiting to happen.

I like your thinking Squaredisk. Get your application in for the next series of Dragon's Den, they'll be throwing their money at you.

"I'll be back in 30 seconds wit your sawdust, madam. Just let me ride once round the block."

fizzy.bleach you are a genius, you've taken this to the next level. A combined moblie pencil sharpening and sawdust production business. You could also use it as a wood chipper. Whenever the council chop a tree down, you can pedal over with some secateurs, lop off the pencil sized twigs, set up the stand and pedal like fury. Hey presto, a nice mountain of sawdust and no twigs cluttering up the place.

Just also realised it's fixed gear, so if you pedal backwards it rebuilds pencils that are down to the nub. A very clever idea, and one that should have caught on.

This is a business opportunity as much as it is a novelty item or artwork.

I'm keen. Let me just check with the misses.

Hmmm sorry, I'm out.

Scrabble, when will you learn? It's always easier to ask forgiveness than ask permission.

Like that lots :o)
IIRC those sharpeners ground down a full pencil in 1.5 seconds just with hand power!

One last try before it goes to the great scrap metal tip in the sky.

Might take this, will PM later. Thanks.

You're more than welcome to it. I can't bring myself to scrap it.

Bumping this up again as I couldn't bring myself to scrap it.