Product Description

The X-ACTO Model 41 commercial grade heavy duty electric sharpener has a quiet powerful motor. Its receptacle can hold large shavings. Comes with X-ACTO dual hardened steel cutters.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #725 in Office Product
• Color: Champagne
• Brand: X-Acto
• Model: 1606
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.50" h x 5.50" w x 11.50" l, .0 pounds

Features

• Commercial Grade
• Quiet
• Large Shavings Receptacle
• Powerful Motor
• sold as 1 each

Customer Reviews

Great!
I have worked at three different schools in our school district and all three of them own this sharpener. We usually sharpen over 700 pencils at one sitting for state testing. It's super fast. It's awesome!

X-Acto is just the same as the Boston 1606 on the inside - It just has a new look outside.
My Boston 1606 finally appeared to have burned out its motor after 15 years of constant, heavy classroom use. I tried tinkering with it, but no go. So I ordered the model on this page, which is actually the X-Acto pictured, along with a replacement cutters (sold separately), which I knew would be useful since I had replaced the cutters in my old one about five years ago when the pencils started coming out "furry." The X-Acto worked like a dream, just as good as the Boston, whipping through boxes of new pencils efficiently, reasonably quietly, and without overheating. Then the replacement cutters arrived, and I noticed they looked exactly like the ones in the old Boston 1606. I tried them in the Boston, they fit perfectly, and the old one now works great, too! The motor wasn't burned out after all. It was a bent prong on the cutters where they insert into the motor. I don't know if the X-Acto will have the incredible endurance of the Boston 1606, since I've only had it a month, but I do recommend it to anyone who needs a high-volume, heavy duty sharpener.

Incredible sharpener
I am the testing director at a high school with over 2000 students. We routinely have to sharpen hundreds, sometimes thousands, of pencils at a time. We already own the Boston heavy duty model, but I was looking to get another. I decided to try this model as the design is a bit updated and it had good reviews. I'm glad I did!

This model is much more attractive than the Boston High Volume sharpener. The rubber pads do a good job of holding the unit solidly in place when sharpening. It instantly starts and by the time you are done putting the pencil into the opening the pencil is already sharpened. I have yet to take a pencil out and need to resharpen it because it didn't sharpen properly the first time. The shavings receptacle is large and well designed. The fittings dial is easily changed for different size pencils up to and including 3/8 inch pencils. It's pricey, but if you need to sharpen lots of pencils you will be glad you invested in this model.