How It's Actually Made - Pencils

One of the most common writing instruments on the planet goes through quiet a lot of steps until it ends up in your school. Find out how they make it!

[Kyavata]

"Each child in the western world is assigned ONE pencil at birth."
Somehow this will end up on the north Korean news.

[jacobbruen]

“Only half of the slabs become pencils. The other half is recycled for other wood products, such as pencils.”

[zackr]

My favorite thing is trying to guess what actually is a fact

[stevej]

After the rise of the machines we will only be left with mechanical pencils.

[zacharysnyder]

Fun fact he missed. The lead in lead is made of pure pencil.

[MoistNuggeteer]

I genuinely hope you never stop making these.

[BigJeremyBeyer]

I was trying to sharpen a pencil for my daughter earlier. Being Gen X, I still like to do that with a knife. It was a brand new pencil, never before sharpened. I got to the point of wondering how far down before I hit the lead, and when 1/4 of the pencil was gone and still no lead, I put a fresh blade on my utility knife and sliced it all the way down the length, cutting it to where the lead should be.
There was no lead. Not even discoloration.
Somehow, this pencil made it through production without receiving any lead, and all the way to the store.
I wish we could post pictures here 😂

[azurekuzma]

"in slats of 7 inches by 18 degrees."

I..uh-
Help?

[rafaelrodrigues]

Hah, these millenials and their custom pencils assigned at birth. Back in my day the whole class had to share ONE writing sandwich and if we lost it we would be drafted!

[luissantiago]

Best part of the pencil making process is the cheese coating that gives them their color (and delicious taste).

[CarnivalClowm]

The narrator was talking so weird at the beginning, I’m glad he got his voice back near the end, and I look for forward to many more accurate videos on how things are made, along with my daily writing, feeling emotions, and breathing :]

[holkhoogin]

As a pencil I can confirm that we do bounce at least 2 feet in the air.

[RJ_Productions]

Hugbees: The lead inside pencils isn't completely lead


*literally a minute later *

"The lead in pencils is entirely made out of lead"

EDIT: Guys. I understand the joke and how the series works. I just thought that bit was funny

[FemaleAnimeMaster]

Each pencil is uniquely designed so the lead inside is always off center, making it impossible to sharpen.

[homebodyhero]

I too enjoy inhaling oxygen and nitrogen and exhaling carbon dioxide. I sure do love the primitive art of pencils being produced.

[thebrocksimon]

How it’s actually made is just Andrew slowly revealing his personal fight against robot overlords. I mean he showed us how paper is actually made so we can keep history, bacon for food. You can’t fool me I’m prepared because of this man. Keep it up!

[ParCBur]

0:00 “The lead inside a pencil isn’t actually lead” 1:26 “The lead in all pencils is made of pure lead” WHICH ONE IS IT HUGGBEES?

[apple__sauce]

Quit lying we know they are made of pens😒

[nickstrobelight]

Everything aside, the sharpening section and the lead laying machine were absolutely satisfying to watch

[tylerbeeecher]

My very tired wife watched this with me and said "I liked that. That was fun." So, uh, good job Andrew.