How Pencils Are Made | Made Here | Popular Mechanics

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If you’re a fan of calming ASMR, you’re in for a real treat. In this episode of MADE HERE, we’re taking you through the pencil-making production process-from colored pencils, to sketching pencils, and the everyday classic pencil.
The beloved writing tool begins as a humble slab of wood from which the familiar pencil shape emerges. The slabs for the colored pencils get sorted, shaved, then sorted again before being stacked, smoothed down and shaped. Next, the color stick is sandwiched between two slabs of cut wood that gets placed in a machine that prepares to cut the columns that will become sharpened pencils later on in the production process.
Colored pencils receive a layer of paint to indicate what the color is and move down a conveyor belt where they get stacked and prepped for packaging. Before anything can move forward, though, it has to get a quality control check; then the pencils are on their way to being labeled with the company name and logo.
Elsewhere in the factory, ferrules (the little metal bands that affix the eraser to the pencil body) and erasers are being sorted and prepped for attachment. The ferrules go on first and then the erasers get plugged in to the proper pencils. The near-finished product-both regular pencils and colored pencils-then get sharpened and packaged in their boxes for delivery, where they eventually make their way to us.
Visit the Voskresenskaya Pencil Factory: bit.ly/3rqFU4U
Featured artist: Johan Piere
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[@PopularMechanics]

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[@LABRADORLOUIEJAYE.]

Hello sir hope you can notice me I have a question so If failure have been discovered how will you managed to reproduced or reconstruct the failed quality of the pencil

[@MA-jo9nm]

I want to buy pencil making machines

[@SilverSimba01]

And despite the big amount of pencils and colored pencils this factory makes, There´s always that student in every classroom who doesn´t bring any and has to ask to borrow a pencil.

[@sbove]

This is surprisingly beautiful...perfect music and cinematography, not just how pencils are made, but how these simple tools are created by a rather amazing process, and then go on to power creation in the hands of writers and artists all over the planet! Bravo to the production team and all the workers who make our pencils ;-)

[@PopularMechanics]

Thank you, Stephen.

[@douglasholden3169]

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[@KL0202]

And last a nice drawing tooo👍🏻

[@simmyz]

thank you for the quality pencils. i still prefer real coloring over on a tablet

[@Prophecy1978]

I absolutely love it. There is no talking every two seconds, I just like to be able to watch the process and absorbent, instead of hearing somebody dictate every Little step.

[@PopularMechanics]

Thanks for watching! Any suggestions for future episodes? Have you seen our latest episode featuring a Japanese knife maker? kzbin.info/www/bejne/a53JgICaicqll7s

[@Eric-ue1bv]

A beautiful way to present the creation of these pencils. I appreciated the art at the end of the video too.

[@PopularMechanics]

Thank you so much.

[@lindamannix1247]

Nothing I loved better than a newly sharpened pencil . Especially a colored pencil .!

[@gussampson5029]

Racist

[@indigosunset70]

thanks factory workers cuz i wouldnt b able 2 draw without your lovely work

[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

The miracle of automation industry. Mind boggles. Precision engineering.

[@Crocs4cats]

I wish there was no music. I just love the sounds of the machinery 😅😊

[@Bear2man858]

Loved this. Was a machinist, mold and die maker. To CNC programmer. This video made my day.

[@wunderbeast3969]

I love this guy….Old School and Respected Man.😊

[@larryinfantino379]

Wow! Always wanted to know how it is done. Quite a process! Thanks.

[@qleverone]

This was amazingly therapeutic to watch.

[@L3arning_Edits]

I love how calm and happy everyone looks

[@philyra2]

That was incredibly satisfying.

[@Quake050]

The 3rd Pencil from the left at 1:52 is missing the red graphite.

[@heatherwolmarans8287]

It is!

[@MikkoRantalainen]

Hence the many QA steps shown on video. However, it would be trivial to install a camera above this point and automatically fail the pencil in question without even waiting for the QA to inspect it.

[@mayurireddy8196]

Amazing colour pencils manufacturing process

[@jamesb.9155]

How the holes are drilled to receive the pencil lead and color sticks! Amazes . . .

[@majengoradio]

Wow, would love to tour that factory someday

[@GalinaStefanova]

Спасибо вам за подробное видео! Решила показать ребенку, сама залипла 😂😍

[@imirrawashere]

How interesting that pencils are used to set the erasers!

[@rickschell7874]

Amazing. Very interesting to watch!

[@ayushbadoni9483]

You're a artist harry

[@velaphitshabalala2912]

Fall asleep in 3seconds video. Perfect.

[@SunsetGuitarist]

Watching these videos makes me so happy😊

[@Avocadocat-qo2tb]

How is this so calming

[@EduardoMendez-vm3yu]

COLORES MUCHOS COLORES QUE ALEGRA A NUESTRA IMAGINACION E INSPIRACION.........

[@WendyLifeStudio]

Wow, This looks like pretty Magic Color Pencil And Pencil Factory!!!😍😁

[@user-bu7ig1dr9e]

Wow, So wonder pencils aren’t more expensive! There’s a lot of work that goes into making pencils.

[@balachandrar8186]

Very nice pencil making 👌 👍 😀 😍

[@marekabrown2427]

Not the way I imagined pencils t b made! I really enjoyed watching thanks for sharing. Now I want t draw

[@bertrandmachard9423]

Well done and well done again!! A factory on a human scale and not the madness of high-speed production, quiet images, absolutely perfect music, and a super well-balanced sound mix. Well done and well done again!! Please can you indicate the different musics? Bravo et encore bravo !! Une manufacture à échelle humaine et non la folie de la production à grande vitesse, les images tranquilles, la musique absolument parfaite, et un dosage des sons hyper bien équilibrés. Bravo et encore bravo !! S'il vous plaît, pouvez-vous indiquer les différentes musiques ?

[@tamasszabo8490]

It was also a sight to behold, thank you from the bottom of my heart :)

[@sergioschiebeck4548]

Thanks for the video!!

[@ragulragul397]

The work is amazing

[@ShirleySmith-rl2hi]

very cool never thought about how thank you

[@michelemmerechts5596]

Beautiful.....!

[@waynegretzky6044]

1:53 colour is missed in one of the pencils .

[@PopularMechanics]

Wow. Great eye.

[@vhgf8102]

¡Que belleza!

[@trailerparkeqawa1499]

Soooo satifying

[@Cherryblossom0512]

8:30 nice pictures

[@NicolasPare]

The amount of talking in this video is just... perfect!

[@johnberry1107]

Nice technology. Bless.

[@donnapagano7217]

So amazing

[@TheWholesaleBusiness]

Very impressive!

[@michaelrfx7]

Nice job PoP Mech! What is the name of the music that starts at 4:24? Thanks in adv.

[@brianstratton8767]

Interesting but surprised at the amount of manual handling, especially in beginning loading wood..

[@EmptyZoo393]

That and packaging. Given that, there's a surprising amount of variation on boxes and bags that makes it hard to automate sometimes. Just a little bit too much glue will gum up a machine, but an operator won't even notice it if they're putting bags on by hand.

[@BunDuddy]

Please, how can someone make an inquires on the machines used for the production?

[@mitch_sorenstein]

1:53 third "pencil" in from the left doesn't have a lead in it.

[@richardsorge-]

Magnifico.

[@bossman4192]

1:52 There will be one faulty piece of pencil without lead, wonder who will get it!!

[@cherlinexoagus2820]

They should add these on tv shows

[@redshift1976]

I rate this video #2.

[@gussampson5029]

Ah so what you do is engage the Pencil Gods by the rhythmic stacking rituals and enter the wood into the Maw of God and they come out finished on the other end. Nice. That's some next-level wood stacking. The Gods must be pleased.

[@H.EL-Othemany]

Oh my. I wanna work there ..

[@rrotwang]

Next time do Musgrave pencil co in the US

[@nhudinhle1]

it so cool

[@user-hh8vi6mz9p]

Your sooo! Fantastic!!!!

[@DebbieKniess-cp4pl]

Cool

[@KINGSTUNAX]

THAT IS WHY SAVE TREES AND PLANT MORE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE NEVERENDING PENCILS

[@sandrasantiago7830]

Same

[@stevenr8606]

WoW! All those Regan pencils... They all have no points!!!!!

[@huangOnpte]

Familiar pencil assembly line！There are many pencil factories in China ，I see that many of the equipment inside are from China.

[@webuyhousesdenvercolorado]

I can smell this video.

[@sharonhill2602]

A lot of stacking

[@veiderlegacygate]

😍

[@pilladisimo87]

6:31 low quality pencils, wood is broken

[@jimpikoulis6726]

I think I'll open up a pencil ✏️ factory 🏭 and name it John Wick

[@frogsoda]

Made Here. In Russia.

[@asokan4945]

I am so impressed

[@asokan4945]

Carbon is pencil, and Long time after it will be become Diamond in the mountains rock

[@dinahnicest6525]

Remarkable Marxist markers.

[@rh5971]

While ASMR is ok, an explanation of the machines and process is better, in my opinion.

[@GinaRodas]

❤❤❤❤

[@radanju3]

1:42 WAIT- Soo, how are THOSE made???

[@humairasyed2159]

Wt will be the cost of this fiem

[@mitch_sorenstein]

one million dollars

[@nytom4info]

eagle pencil company...14 th street NYC!

[@ElfmeterToastie]

👍

[@anil4nature]

👌👌👌😍🌈

[@Colaman112]

So many steps done by humans that could be automated.

[@indrataylor3149]

🙌🏿🤩😍☺️❤✏️🖍️

[@nileshrajput986]

Why no narrator?

[@meeranishot]

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[@hanif1341]

But it's not easy to do this

[@theprior46]

A lot more here about the amazing machines and no real explanation of what they're doing. For example I didn't see how the leads are inserted down the middle - nor how the wood is chamfered into being 6 sided all happens so fast and so automated I didn't learn what I came here to see. I'm going to look elsewhere.

[@maxxmich]

this is not in USA..

[@PopularMechanics]

Correct. It’s a Russian pencil factory.

[@zzzzzz388]

Factory line

[@NunYaBidness234]

This music gave me anxiety. 😭

[@d.schoepflin2247]

Shouldn't this video be entitled "How Colored Pencils Are Made"?

[@ushagkushagk2939]

ഞങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് വേണം നന്പര്‍ വേണം

[@zzzzzz388]

This is batch production

[@labass6981]

This is from Russia

[@SeranaKnight]

Saved by grace believe in Jesus to be saved

[@Jp-mn1rq]

Take that nonsense someone else

[@skelafeti]

Slava Ukraine!

[@zzzzzz388]

They are showing you inefficient process

[@goodtimescanada7022]

Today's DAD JOKE: Let me tell you the joke about the broken pencil.....Actually never mind it’s a pointless joke! Jesus Christ is coming back in our lifetime! Time is short! Our every deed is recorded in our blood creating a spiritual record of our good and evil deeds (1John5:8 KJV). Jesus Christ is the Second Adam, within whom GOD, the Father, is manifested in the flesh (1Tim3:16; John10:30; John17:11, King James Version). Jesus redeems the fallen Adam by living without sin and being perfectly obedient to GOD, the Father. 2,000 years ago, Christ shed His blood to TRANSFER His list of good deeds onto our record through our shared red blood (Col1:14; Col1:20; Rom5:9; Heb10:19; Rom3:25 “Whom GOD hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood.."; Rev1:5; Isai64:6). Then He died and was buried to pay the penalty for our list of bad deeds on our record (cutting away our list of sins) (1John2; Rom5:12; Rom6:23; Col2:11-15).

[@goodtimescanada7022]

Then GOD raised Jesus back to Life into a new body after reading Christ’s record and giving of HIS approval. Jesus’s Resurrection is PROOF that the record of His good deeds will work for you as well (John11:25,26). When you die un-Saved, your soul with your record is summoned by satan to the Great White Throne Judgment to meet GOD, the Father where satan reads your old record and accuses you of sinning and condemns your soul to go to hell with satan (Rev12:10). Do you want your NEW record -- that Jesus Christ transferred to you and fixed for you 2,000 years ago -- to be read out in heavenly court? YES or no. (Eph2 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God..”). You have Free Will Choice and GOD requires an answer. It is best if you reply “YES!” out loud to GOD (Rom10:9-10) (1Cor15:1-4). GOD is listening to you and HE will write your name into HIS book of Life.

[@jonny555ive]

This could of been A LOT better. Just a bunch of B roll footage thrown together. 👎👎

[@mokedokie]

We are lucky to have someone like you who is an expert on 'B' roll. Made any interesting films ...ever?

[@--Nath--]

Still beats your F grade comment.

[@bloodfoxtriberc8157]

"could of" does not exist. it is "could've" or "could have"... english isn't even my first language so my 'b roll' knowledge is still better than your 'a roll'... so maye judge yourself before you come for others...

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