We admit it: we love miniatures! However when we recently came across this amazing miniature train carved into a carpenter’s pencil by Cindy Chinn, we were blown away.
Here’s what Cindy told Bored Panda about here work:
I’ve been seeing carved pencils online for the past few years and REALLY wanted to try my hand at it. It took me about 9 hours to carve this little train
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It was actually more difficult to carve the trestle than the train itself because the wood of the pencil kept splintering
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These are standard dimensions of the graphite found in a carpenter pencil
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The train is 3/16ths of an inch tall by about 1/8th inch at its thickest point
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This pencil was mounted in a hinged shadow box with a polished brass plate behind it so that you could see the other side
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I have also carved other tiny things, like this maple leaf
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A commissioned cement truck made for a contractor
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The truck is pouring the cement foundation for an addition to this brick building
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The magnifying glass is mounted in front of the truck for handsfree inspection or is removable for close inspection
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Pretty small graphite hammer
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The “CH” stands for “Carpenter hammer”
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The tiniest Converse All-Star in the world! I don’t know that for sure but it’s pretty small
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It’s actually THIS small… 3/16ths of an inch or 4.7625 mm
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Carved into a used carpenter pencil
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Looking through the 5X diopter magnifying glass. This is what I see when I carve
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