Pica Pencils, Pens, Marking Crayons Intro offer...

Rob Lee

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Now posted to our website. All items in stock.

Intro Package of:

Pica-Dry pencil with a sleeve of 8 water soluble leads (4 black, 2 yellow, 2 red), and Pica-Ink indelible pen (black) for $19.95.

Other colors/styles available.

Pica Page!

Cheers -

Rob
 
Rob, when will the Gramercy Tools start arriving? I am in desperate need of some of their saw blades, but the shipping on them from New York is more than the blades cost!

 
RL said:
Rob, when will the Gramercy Tools start arriving? I am in desperate need of some of their saw blades, but the shipping on them from New York is more than the blades cost!

Should be hitting our main warehouse on the 27th (so the system says!)... it wil take another 10-15 days to be received, and get out to the stores...

Note we cannot ship Gramercy to the USA!

Cheers -

Rob
 
FWIW, I bought one of the Pica Dry pencils a couple of months ago and have used it daily since.
At first the whole setup appears and seems a little 'odd', but I can tell you once you start 'using' the pencil, you will wonder how you ever got along without it.
The more I use it, the more I grow to appreciate it. Every aspect of how you use the pencil just works and works very well.
The sheath and the way the pencil has a slight friction fit means your pencil is exactly where you need it, exactly where it should be- never slips, never slides away, never falls out, never marks your clothes.
The pencil fits proud in the sheath, so even with large heavy wet gloves, you can easily access your pencil- never fumbled- not once. Brilliant.
Sharpener is in the tip of the sheath, too easy.
I do bathroom renovations. Ever tried to mark waxy porcelain tiles? I don't know what's in this pencil lead... But for me there are two requirements that are critical....
I must be able to actually mark the material (and read the mark) and equally I have to be able to remove those marks from the finished product.
Without any doubt this is the most extraordinary function of this pencil...
It is a struggle to mark waxy porcelain, but this pencil will do it- that's a bit like marking wet glass- outstanding. Marking unglazed tiles is usually dead easy, BUT getting those marks off the finished product can be a nightmare.... So far, every material I have used, I have been able to remove marks, fairly easily. Sometimes needing a damp rag- but that's perfectly acceptable in my book. Now, I must say, I haven't yet used this pencil on sandstone- which is possibly the most difficult material to remove pencil marks from, so that's still an unknown. (A few years ago now I was called in to quote a job that had gone legal because the owner had $40k worth of Helidon Sandstone laid and you could still see every single pencil mark the tiler had made on every single piece of stone- I declined to quote but I do know the whole job was ripped up and replaced because of those pencil marks being indelible)
Anyway, I have to say that overall I'm bloody impressed, and that's saying something.
Over the years I have bought every pencil gadget that has come into my local tool shop and so far I have never used one more than a day.
This Pica Dry Pencil is truly a remarkable tool. Try it, you'll like it and it may be the last pencil you ever buy.
 
JoggleStick said:
FWIW, I bought one of the Pica Dry pencils a couple of months ago and have used it daily since.
At first the whole setup appears and seems a little 'odd', but I can tell you once you start 'using' the pencil, you will wonder how you ever got along without it.
The more I use it, the more I grow to appreciate it. Every aspect of how you use the pencil just works and works very well.
The sheath and the way the pencil has a slight friction fit means your pencil is exactly where you need it, exactly where it should be- never slips, never slides away, never falls out, never marks your clothes.
The pencil fits proud in the sheath, so even with large heavy wet gloves, you can easily access your pencil- never fumbled- not once. Brilliant.
Sharpener is in the tip of the sheath, too easy.
I do bathroom renovations. Ever tried to mark waxy porcelain tiles? I don't know what's in this pencil lead... But for me there are two requirements that are critical....
I must be able to actually mark the material (and read the mark) and equally I have to be able to remove those marks from the finished product.
Without any doubt this is the most extraordinary function of this pencil...
It is a struggle to mark waxy porcelain, but this pencil will do it- that's a bit like marking wet glass- outstanding. Marking unglazed tiles is usually dead easy, BUT getting those marks off the finished product can be a nightmare.... So far, every material I have used, I have been able to remove marks, fairly easily. Sometimes needing a damp rag- but that's perfectly acceptable in my book. Now, I must say, I haven't yet used this pencil on sandstone- which is possibly the most difficult material to remove pencil marks from, so that's still an unknown. (A few years ago now I was called in to quote a job that had gone legal because the owner had $40k worth of Helidon Sandstone laid and you could still see every single pencil mark the tiler had made on every single piece of stone- I declined to quote but I do know the whole job was ripped up and replaced because of those pencil marks being indelible)
Anyway, I have to say that overall I'm bloody impressed, and that's saying something.
Over the years I have bought every pencil gadget that has come into my local tool shop and so far I have never used one more than a day.
This Pica Dry Pencil is truly a remarkable tool. Try it, you'll like it and it may be the last pencil you ever buy.

Wow Andrew... You're hired!  [eek]  ;D

Great write-up..!

Cheers -

Rob
 
Hi guys;

Does the standard black lead in the Pica dry work well on wet lumber? I'm thinking of wet green pressure treated wood in particular. I don't need the mark to be permanent, just to be able to mark and square a cut line on a rainy day. I would prefer to use only one lead for both wet and dry conditions while marking framing lumber and want to know what to order.

Thanks

j
 
Rob Lee said:
Now posted to our website. All items in stock.

Rob:
Thanks! They are in my basket....
Are you guys gonna stock the Accutrax or Accumark (whatever brand) pencil blades?
Tim
 
Jason Kehl said:
Hi guys;

Does the standard black lead in the Pica dry work well on wet lumber? I'm thinking of wet green pressure treated wood in particular. I don't need the mark to be permanent, just to be able to mark and square a cut line on a rainy day. I would prefer to use only one lead for both wet and dry conditions while marking framing lumber and want to know what to order.

Thanks

j

In my experience, short answer is yes. I exclusively use T2 which is our Aussie (dyed blue) treated framing timber. It's often wet when I cut it.
Basically the line is stable till you rub it... Then it rubs off. I mark and cut with a wet saw, no probs....
 
JoggleStick said:
Jason Kehl said:
Does the standard black lead in the Pica dry work well on wet lumber? I'm thinking of wet green pressure treated wood in particular. I don't need the mark to be permanent, just to be able to mark and square a cut line on a rainy day. I would prefer to use only one lead for both wet and dry conditions while marking framing lumber and want to know what to order.

In my experience, short answer is yes. I exclusively use T2 which is our Aussie (dyed blue) treated framing timber. It's often wet when I cut it.
Basically the line is stable till you rub it... Then it rubs off. I mark and cut with a wet saw, no probs....

Also, if it CAN be permanent, the Pica Gel supposedly writes underwater...  looks like that would cost quite a bit more over time though.
 
Are those pencils available in regular shops or just woodworking shops ?  The reason i ask is i will be going to Orlando in just over a weeks time & i would pick one up if i seen them in a shopping mall.  I wont be going looking for a woodworking store.

Thanks.
 
My experience is that it can write on wet lumber but if you use it in the rain and the pencil gets wet it doesn't take long before it stop working. Once wet it never gets good again :-(
 
For my needs I just want one lead that is dark enough to see and works well on spruce & treated lumber in wet, dry and freezing conditions. Basically just like a standard carpenter's pencil but I like the idea that a Pica would never get so short that it's hard to fish out of my pouch, that's really what the appeal of a Pica is for me.

Maybe I'll try one for myself, it's not really too much $ and it would work in the shop if nothing else.

j
 
Tim Raleigh said:
Rob Lee said:
Now posted to our website. All items in stock.

Rob:
Thanks! They are in my basket....
Are you guys gonna stock the Accutrax or Accumark (whatever brand) pencil blades?
Tim

Hi Tim -

Yes, they are going through the system right now....should be soon!

Cheers,

Rob
( out of the office, or I could find the date.....)
 
Rob Lee said:
Hi Tim -

Yes, they are going through the system right now....should be soon!

Cheers,

Rob
( out of the office, or I could find the date.....)

Thanks, I'll keep an eye out for them.
Tim
 
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