Anthracite coal subjected to high electric current makes soft carbon graphite. Graphite mixed with water and clay goes through holes in a steel plate. An oven dries and bakes the graphite rods. Machines apply wood covers {pencil, writing}|.
To sharpen pencils {pencil sharpener}|, hold pencil by hand or pincers in a tube. Handle goes to wheel with gear teeth inside and with tube to hold pencil. Two rollers are on opposite tube sides, in a V shape, with point at handle end. Rollers have gears that engage wheel. As handle turns, rollers and tube rotate. Helical edges on rollers peel off a thin wood layer.
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