LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / May 30, 2016 / Andrew Sanderson is pleased to announce The Modern Fuel Mechanical Pencil. The pencil is made from either aircraft grade aluminum, or high quality brass, and is designed to appear as one solid unit without seams or connecting pieces.
As a mechanical designer, Sanderson works with mechanical pencils everyday. For years he would go through plastic pencils that would quickly ware out or break. It didn’t seem logical to him that mechanical pencilsare considered “disposable,”and that his own reliance on them added to the world’s problem of plastic waste that will never decompose.
Sanderson knew there had to be a better way, and after several hundred hours of design and testing, he created a single pencil that would last a lifetime.
The Modern Fuel Mechanical Pencil features a seamless outer tube that stretches from the tip of the pencil to the eraser. This gives the surface a sleek, sophisticated look, and allows a grip that is free of distracting bumps or connecting points.
The major challenge with building a lead-feeding mechanical pencil is that it requires the outer housing to be separated into two pieces. The mechanism cannot function in any other way, and Sanderson quickly realized it’s the reason most stationary manufacturers save their high end designs for pens. Undeterred, he was able to machine a unit that paired without visible seams, and give the appearance that there are no connecting points.
After one metal piece is separated into the joining units through CNC machining, the pieces are fine-tuned by hand until all the seams are blended out. Finally, a coating is applied to pair the surfaces, and to give the pencil a smooth, non-slip grip.
"I wanted to design one that didn’t reveal how it was put together or the different parts it was made of at first sight,” says Sanderson. “With this design, you really have to investigate to find where the pencil breaks apart, the different pieces it is made of and how the parts are held together. This to me as a designer is as intriguing as the pencil itself.'
In order to fund his next production run, Sanderson has taken the project to Indiegogo. He will use the funds to push his pencil to a wider audience, and backers will be rewarded with special perks such as a pencil of their own.
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About The Modern Fuel Mechanical Pencil:
The Modern Fuel Mechanical Pencil is a high quality metal pencil that appears as a solid unit without connecting pieces. It is made of either aluminum or brass, and is designed to last a lifetime.
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