
How often do you need to sharpen your pencil on the job site.
It might be OK to get out your knife for that big fat carpenter's pencil, but what about your finishing pencil.
It's difficult to sharpen a finishing pencil with a knife unless that knife is really sharp, and we all know how often that is.
This video will show you a construction tip for sharpening that pencil on the job.
Watch it might surprise you.

What? You should have a sander if you are a finish carpenter. One less tool to pack and a sander works great
Rather have a high quality Staedler-Mars pencil sharpener in my pocket.
Wow that’s genius! I really needed someone to tell me the best way to sharpen a pencil is with a pencil sharpener!
Next weeks tip … Best way to pound a nail … Use a hammer
Wow. I thought you where going to tell me something useful. Not something obvious.
Huh! I usually just keep a 1″x.5″ sharpener in my pocket. Goes whereever I go.