Joel Corwith wrote:

"alexkuzn" wrote in message
om...
There is a short metal tube sleeve of soft metal that holds eraser in
the pencil.

Does anyone know what exactly that metal is?

Is this kind of tubing available anywhere?

I've a bunch of pencils with the eraser worn down. Could let them go pretty
cheap.

Joel. phx



Brings to mind:

"So what if it's wrong, that's what they put erasers on pencils for."

"Yes, but you're supposed to use up the lead before the rubber."

Jeff


--
Jeff Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"If you can keep smiling when things go wrong, you've thought of someone to
place the blame on."