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I have three sets of Sheaffer's Javelin pens/pencils, and am having trouble finding erasers for the pencils. Does anybody know which erasers will fit my beautiful pencils? I hate to give them up!

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Most people don't know the dimensions of the erasers for that model off the top of their head. But I would bet that if you said something like "the erasers are 1/2 inch long, and 5/16th inch diameter", then people would be able to help you out.

Assuming they are some inconcievably strange dimensions, you can alway buy a larger eraser, and cut/trim/spin-and-shave-in-a-hand-drill it to the correct dimensions.

 

or... the super-clever fix....

Go to Ace Hardware, buy brass tubing which has an inside diameter the size of the outer diameter of your current eraser (or, ever so slightly larger).

Get a set of needle files while you are there, needle files are tiny little files about 1/8th inch to 1/4 inch wide. A Dremel tool with a narrow slotting wheel will work too, if you already own one.

Get a brass/steel/aluminum rod which will slide into the brass tube you just got while you are at the hardware store.

 

Go to a place that sells office supplies, buy one of those big rectangular erasers.

 

Cut the brass tube to about 3 inches of length.

Using the needle files (or Dremel), file "saw teeth" on one end of the 3 inch brass tube. (hint: you are making a miniature hole saw).

 

Chuck your home made hole saw in your hand drill, or grip it in your hand if you don't own a drill.

 

press the saw teeth against the big rectangular rubber eraser as you rotate brass home made hole saw. (pro-tip: put something like an old magazine under the eraser)

Drill baby Drill.

 

Remove brass hole saw tube from drill.

 

Use that rod which fit inside the brass tube to press out your new eraser.

 

Make a few more.

Use your needle files to restore the teeth on your hole saw as needed.

 

Pat yourself on the back for becoming your own supply chain for making a part you will need in the future.

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I have three sets of Sheaffer's Javelin pens/pencils, and am having trouble finding erasers for the pencils. Does anybody know which erasers will fit my beautiful pencils? I hate to give them up!

 

For the cost of next-to-nothing buy a cheap plastic mechanical pencil and see if the eraser from that will fit.

 

I know you're talking about Sheaffer's and I know that the sizes may be different but I had the same issue with Parker 51 pencil that was rubberless and the eraser from that cheap pencil fitted nicely. I could be very wrong but I can't see there being that much difference in eraser diameters.

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