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Video Cables | Home » » » » » » X-Acto Ranger 55 Table- or Wall-Mount Heavy-Duty Pencil Sharpener, Black, 1 Unit (1001) | | | | | | | Description: | | The Boston Ranger is a heavy duty manual crank pencil sharpener. The all metal is perfect for a school environment. Comes with 8 hole selector. | | | Features: | |
• Heavy Duty
• All Metal
• X-ACTO Hardened Steele Dual Cutters
• Desk Mount (Screws Included)
• sold as 1 each
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 6.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 3.25 inches | | Product Height:
| 5.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 6.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 26 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Best Pencil Sharpener...EVER!!!Jul 22, 2010
We homeschool our 8 children, and we have been through quite a few pencil sharpeners (manual and electric). This pencil sharpener takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'! It even sharpens those cheap "made in China" pencils! I highly recommend this pencil sharpener!!!
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Possibly best manual sharpener available.Jun 28, 2010
This manual pencil sharpener can be mounted on the wall i.e. vertically or on a flat surface i.e. horizontally. It is versatile in that it accepts two sizes smaller than the "standard" pencil size and five sizes larger for a total of eight sizes including the "standard".You can use the wood screws that come with it or go to ace hardware and get really strong high quality brass woodscrews ($00.18 each) which are slightly longer and thicker to mount the sharpener. I mounted it into wood vertically on a table using the brass screws as the ones it came with looked a little too puny-although admittedly they probably would have worked.I used a manual phillips screwdriver (having purchased of course phillips head screws which I recommend) with no pre-drilling of the holes and they went in easy into pine wood and remained solidly mounted with no vibration or movement whatsoever: after perhaps sharpening the equivelant of approximately six pencils thus far from new to a nub. When sharpening I initially found some pencils off center i.e. extra wood on one side but eventually after testing using another sharpener such as my hunt boston electric sharpener came to the conclusion that there were a lot of pencils out there that didn't have the lead centered in the wood. When using higher quality pencils such as dixon ticonderoga the lead was centered perfectly in the wood to a sharp even point.It also has a large reservoir for shavings.I purchased this from an Amazon open box seller and paid $8-$9 less than Amazon new with the same free shipping which Amazon has for over $25.00 purchases- in other words I paid $19.99 with free shipping for this item from this seller.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Sharpens everything! Even the cheapest, worst made pencil (Roseart)May 22, 2010
I am a middle school teacher. For the past few years it is impossible to get decent pencils with our orders. Nothing sharpens well. I have been through tons of sharpeners. The ones the school ordered would sharpen nicely for about a week. But ths sharpener is great. It sharpens all the pencils, even the Walmart, Roseart brand. Great price from Amazon, too. Our school supply place had it at nearly $50.
Excellent pencil sharpener!May 18, 2010
Mounted this to a desk, and it works great! WE decided to purchase a manual sharpener after having to purchase electric ones repeatedly...Sharp blade with many sizes to fit all types of pencils/crayons. Only drawback is that it's a bit tricky to release the container for dumping.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Favorite Pencil SharpenerApr 26, 2010
This pencil sharpener is the one I have been wanting for years. I have used many over the years, but this one quickly sharpens to a long, centered point - without eating up the pencil. When it stops making a grinding noise, your pencil is ready. I am so, so happy to have a fine pencil sharpener that is heavy duty and works perfectly. I use #2 pencils often and other pencils for drawing.
I will not use this on colored pencils. I prefer to carefully sharpen expensive colored pencils by hand with the STAEDTLER, INC. Handheld Manual Double-Hole Cylinder Pencil Sharpener. It has two lengths to choose from for the lead. The one I own is all metal on the inside, which I find better for sharpening pencils correctly. I look in the architect areas of the office supply stores for better items such as hand-held pencil sharpeners. Although now-days they have started to place the cheaper ones there also. Don't buy ones that look like plastic, they will not last; the plastic will crack soon.
Oh, and it is easy to dispose of the shavings also. Just rotate the center section, squeeze, and it comes loose. It reminds me of that lovely pencil sharpener we used in the 5th grade math class. Except this one is new and shiny.
Nancy
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