Antique pencil sharpener - GIF

Antique pencil sharpener.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...501#post122786
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...875#post167717
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...029#post160597
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...954#post124992
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...518#post122888

I wish I could see the mechanism that did the rotation. I can't tell if it's geared, wheeled, or they are using cordage for it.

Building one of these is on my short list of projects.

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Originally Posted by Elizabeth Greene

I wish I could see the mechanism that did the rotation. I can't tell if it's geared, wheeled, or they are using cordage for it.

Building one of these is on my short list of projects.

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If you don't already have an answer, it appears there's a steel rack gear attached to the side of the round rod closest to the hole where the pencil goes through. I'd guess it engages with a pinion gear, the center of which is the hole the pencil goes through.