why do builders and carpenters use those extra big square pencils instead of the regular pencils the rest of the population uses?

Question

why do builders and carpenters use those extra big square pencils instead of the regular pencils the rest of the population uses?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

Squares don’t roll and their size makes them less likely to fit into small cracks. Their worksite might have numerous places that a normal pencil would roll away and fall into some crack somewhere. Especially if working on the upper framework of whatever you’re building, you don’t want your pencil to get away from you when you’re up high.