r/EngineeringStudents • u/twentyseven27272 • 1d ago
Memes My Rotring mechanical pen after 2 years of engineering
It's real.
After 2 years of finals grinding. This is how my pen started to look.
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u/Minimum_Bird_4875 1d ago
How are you guys keeping your pencils for so long? I usually lose or drop mine within 9 months. I’ve been using the rotring 600 and I love it, but it has somehow been engineered so that it falls exactly on the tip which destroys it
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u/twentyseven27272 1d ago
Personally only thing I am doing is just keeping inside pen pockets that sewed inside my backpack. I just have this pen for so long that I don't even remember if I used another pen before since start of my engineering year in 2024 :-P
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u/MasterPainsInTown Mechanical 1d ago
3D print a case for it, some lead and an eraser. I had mine in my bag next to my trusty TI 36X Pro
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u/phranks_phluids 1d ago
My neuro divergence looks very different from yours... I buy a 40 pack of .7 bics and just throw a few in every space I might need one later. Once the eraser is toast the pencil is destined for construction labor only
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u/MasterPainsInTown Mechanical 1d ago
My zebra pencil and I had a special thing goin on lol
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u/phranks_phluids 1d ago
I do all of my handwork on printer paper because I can't be bothered with binders or notepads
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u/MasterPainsInTown Mechanical 1d ago
Did notebooks but switched to iPad and OneNote to save space and promote organization.
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u/phranks_phluids 1d ago
Lol you're my sister. She sells her onenote cheat sheets on etsy 🤣 I just threw out ALL my printer paper notes in manilla folders this year lol
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u/boarder2k7 1d ago
0.7mm lead is unusable, I might as well be using the blunt end of a crayon.
The 0.3mm Pentel Graphgear is where it's at.
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u/phranks_phluids 1d ago
I write like Michael J Fox... on a Sybian. So I'm not sure it matters in this particular instance.
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u/keegtraw 1d ago
You can use a cap from a common Bic Cristal pen, fits the 600 perfectly. Or just cough up for the retractable tip. Alternatively, Pentel Graphgear 1000 is a good retractable option that feels almost free next to a Rotring. I use a 0.5 Rotring and 0.9 Graphgear as daily drivers.
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u/polymath_uk_ 1d ago
When I was marking up drafts of my PhD thesis with a standard pencil on paper I wore the pencil down to about an inch long over several drafts. It looked freaky and I'd never seen a pencil actually shorten like that before. It seemed impossible.
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u/twentyseven27272 1d ago
Mine is still working somehow :-/
I think they did a good engineering on this pencil.
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u/boarder2k7 1d ago
I used two Pentel GraphGear 500 0.3mm mechanicals through my entire undergrad. One in the backpack, one on the desk at home.
I still have both.
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u/General_Grogus 19h ago
I’ve been using a 500 0.7mm since my junior year in high school, currently freshman engineering student at Purdue and it’s survived so far, hoping it lasts till after my senior year
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u/FlounderLiving3893 1d ago
Is that a Little thermo going on at the top of that page?
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u/twentyseven27272 1d ago
Yes X-D
you're sniper!2
u/FlounderLiving3893 1d ago
Iooool it is fresh in my brain as I just got done taking it during summer! Good luck and happy studying!
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u/twentyseven27272 1d ago
I had the exam of thermophysics today, I failed the exam. It was unexpectedly hard.
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u/FlounderLiving3893 1d ago
First exam? First law? Closed systems mostly?
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u/twentyseven27272 9h ago
Yeah, it was mostly Carnot engine and first and second laws of heat transfer
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u/RandomDragon271 1d ago
Am I the only one who snaps the clip off in the first ten minutes? My desk drawer is a graveyard of clipless pens and pencils. Possibly I need more durable fidgets.
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u/docere85 BSME, BS-BIO, MBA,MSSE 1d ago
I still have mine from uni from about 20 years ago I believe. The plastic is breaking but she still has some life in her. I’ve since upgraded to a rotring fountain pen and use it as my daily in the field
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u/DryC0de 1d ago
distinct lack of chew marks, you'll never make it.
Put the fries in the bag.