Every kid wants a ... Nora said, pencil requests get a Yeah, no, from her. Fallout from the pencil market got so bad last year that Nora’s school banned mechanical pencils.

In this woodworking video I use a woodturning lathe to turn a blank made from colored pencils and epoxy resin into a lamp. Canada and Mexico hit back after Trump signs order for punishing tariffs ...

The whole point of a mechanical pencil is to have perfect sharpness forever. Yet without precise engineering and build quality, the standard slender leads are doomed to constant breakages. This ...