Pencil sharpening machine - GIF

Pencil sharpening machine.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...501#post122786
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2707#post96925
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...836#post102618
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...1199#post73924

A mandatory machine for MR Watson's Geometry class when I was in high school

People at work never understand why I'm so fascinated by machines. Really a simple but ingenious machine to pre-sharpen pencils. Mans creative, problem solving mid never ceases to amaze me but I think it may be rare. Is it possible that a single digit percentage of humanity is responsible for all the creativity and problem solving? Because, sadly I see very little native intelligence in my daily, public interactions. Anyway, that's what brings me back to this site. It gives me hope.

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Originally Posted by Miloslav

People at work never understand why I'm so fascinated by machines. Really a simple but ingenious machine to pre-sharpen pencils. Mans creative, problem solving mid never ceases to amaze me but I think it may be rare. Is it possible that a single digit percentage of humanity is responsible for all the creativity and problem solving? Because, sadly I see very little native intelligence in my daily, public interactions. Anyway, that's what brings me back to this site. It gives me hope.

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the percentage may be even much lower than that. even at 1% the number of problem solvers and innovators would be 70,000,000
I'm not even positive that half that number exists