An illustrated celebration of the engineering around us

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Are you curious why a clicky Pen… clicks? How a Zippo Lighter flips open? Or what lives inside a Pez Dispenser? The Mechanical Pencil website by Bryan may be for you. I’ve illustrated tear-downs and break-downs of everyday products that you may have taken for granted. Let’s take a look inside and understand how they work. Click around, have fun and maybe learn something new! Check it all out on mechanical-pencil.com.