I use a Pentel 0.5 mm mechanical pencil and the eraser gets some use. After a few years I have to raise it up in its little metal sleeve but it always slides down when I try to use it.
How the hell does the factory set it perfectly?
And what's the secret to keeping it in place once you've moved it up in its sleeve?
Just like the lead, they sell eraser refills.
In the field I wad up a small corner of paper to put under the eraser, think spitball.
Anyway after a few years it is time for a new pack of pencils.
Paul in PA
I've used that method. But my Pentel eraser sleeve has an open bottom.
In cross section its just a "C" shaped sleeve.
:pissed:
I forgot.
I broke so many 0.5mm leads I finally switched to 0.7mm for all field work. The surveyor I work with calls it a crayon.
The only 0.5mm I have around now are the freebie give aways.
My leatherman could put a small crimp in at the top corner to bite into the eraser.
Scott, you may just have to stop making mistakes.
Paul in PA
Paul in PA, post: 372211, member: 236 wrote: Scott, you may just have to stop making mistakes
There ya go!
Well. I can't argue against that sort of logic.
Rarely use it but bite the tip by the erasure, lol
I can't use 0.7
I hope no one's erasing in their fieldbooks... at least not with observations 🙂 I have modified drawings in my FB with an eraser in the past-
On another note, I sure wish those mechanical pencils were available with 2H lead from the factory. Much more smear-resistant than HB in my opinion, and one of the best tips I got from an old-timey PC.
The only superior evidence is that which you haven't yet found.
Pentel makes http://www.amazon.com/Pentel-Twist-Erase-Automatic-Assorted-QE515BP2-K6/dp/B0034QTFXU/ref=sr_1_8?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1463239085&sr=1-8&keywords=0.5+pencil&apos ;">a pencil that is a huge upgrade in the eraser department. I really like a pencil with a retractable tip. http://uedata.amazon.com/Pentel-Client-Automatic-Pencil-AL905BP/dp/B002HI5H6K/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&apos ;">These are OK, but have the same wheeny eraser that the common Pentel has.
jaxsmitty, post: 372214, member: 11693 wrote: Rarely use it but bite the tip by the erasure, lol
...no 'lol' required...
That's what I've done for years; deform the eraser holder wit me toof. works great..
I wish I wouldn't make mistakes, but I'm computing the intersection of a theoretical squinch and existing curved steel.
Try that on for size...
For desk work, I have a white vinyl block eraser. If you make a lot of mistakes when writing away from the desk, it is handy to buy one of those eraser holders that looks like a fat pencil and takes the long stick of eraser material.
I prefer a pen for taking data (cross out, never erase raw data), but you have to watch out for ones that smear.
The twist erasers that Mark mentioned have worked very well for me. I use a 0.9 lead, which is too thick for a lot of applications, but works very well for photocopying geometry constructions and hand-written quick quizzes.
Watt our thees missteaks of witch ewe speek?
SellmanA, post: 372216, member: 8564 wrote: I hope no one's erasing in their fieldbooks... at least not with observations 🙂
This topic belongs in the same category as UCS versus DVIEW TWIST -- each has its passionate adherents and detractors. (I prefer UCS, and I also erase in my field books, including observation data when entered incorrectly.)
Scott Zelenak, post: 372205, member: 327 wrote: I use a Pentel 0.5 mm mechanical pencil and the eraser gets some use. After a few years I have to raise it up in its little metal sleeve but it always slides down when I try to use it.
How the hell does the factory set it perfectly?
And what's the secret to keeping it in place once you've moved it up in its sleeve?
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Scott-
I use a KOH-I-NOOR Technigraph 5611 C (4H lead I think) for making mistakes
and
'The Surveyor's Helper' -a SANDFORD PINK PEARL PENCIL ERASER 400-A
seen here: http://draftingsupplies.com/094.pdf
My KOH-I-NOOR has never run out of battery power.
Cheers,
Derek
there are a gazillion of these type of eraser holders out there, some heavy duty metal ones and some of these quick cheep throw aways... buy a box or two.
I just buy those big packs of cheapo plastic mechanical pencils from staples and keep it in the work truck. They get lost faster than the eraser even has a chance to wear down.
I buy the Pentel Sharplet 2 by the dozen which around here is costs about $15. I save on erasers by just single lining through the error/mistake/boo-boo. I'm the only one that sees my notes and its sometimes nice to see what I didn't like or did wrong. Scott, send me an address and I can send you the erasers I don't use. 🙂