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Staples 34462 electric pencil sharpener: Replacement tray for Staples Pencil Sharpener

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 07:51:37 -0700

Can you buy a replacement tray for this Pencil Sharpener?

Staples 34462 electric pencil sharpener: Sharpener keeps running even with no pencil inserted?

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 16:11:16 -0700

I have the opposite issue from a lot of people where their sharpeners won't run. Ours runs constantly, whether there's a pencil in it or not! To make it stop, we have to open the shavings drawer to release the switch that keeps the sharpener from operating when it's not there. I've tapped the sharpener vigorously and blown any shavings and debris out - everything I could see from outside the sharpener, down the bore hole and from what's accessible when the shavings drawer is removed, but it still runs continuously whenever connected to the wall plug.

I'm about to do an exploratory dissasembly, but I'm still wondering: what might be causing this? A problem with the insertion sensor? Is there anything well-known?

Thanks :)

⟐ Commented October 17, 2022 at 16:11 MST

Staples 34462 electric pencil sharpener: Why isn't the pencil sharpener properly sharpening my pencil?

Fri, 14 May 2021 09:15:30 -0700

When I use the sharpener, the pencil's point comes out badly off-centered. Or the sharpener is only roughly sharpening my pencil when I try using it. Or my pencil lead keeps breaking instead of sharpening.

⟐ Commented May 14, 2021 at 9:15 MST

Staples 34462 electric pencil sharpener: The motor is "humming" so why aren't the blades working?

Sun, 30 Nov 2014 13:33:28 -0700

When I insert a pencil into the sharpener I can hear a "humming" noise, but the blades don't seem to be working.

⟐ Answered November 30, 2014 at 13:33 MST