Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1920 — Manufacture of Lead Pencils. [ARTICLE]

Manufacture of Lead Pencils.

The only kind of wood found suitable for making pencils is cedar, most of which comes from Florida. After being cut In the forests the logs are rafted down the rivers to the mills, where they are cut into pieces called “bolts,’’ and then into smaller strips a trifle longer than pencil lengths and half the thickness of a pencil. These strips are packed in boxes andshipped to the pencil factories, where they are carefully inspected and all Imperfect pieces discarded. After the removal of the pitch and oil, the slats are put through a precess of seasoning. Then they are put through a machine that cuts the groovw in which the lead 18 placed. The lead is put In the grooves by hand and the slats are glued together. Another machine cuts the slats Into many pieces, each piece being a pencil. They are then sandpapered, varnished and stamped.

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