Make an eraser for a dry-erase marker

So, the other week I was sitting through class at the community college trying to keep up with what the instructor was saying. I noticed she kept having to put her book down every time she needed to erase something, taking up precious minutes of class time. I thought, "hey, I have that problem too, why don't I figure out some way to make life easier."
I thought maybe a third arm would work but I was too lazy for that. I made this instead. :-P

This really isn't all that high tech or difficult, but I made it, so I'm going to share it.

Step 1 Materials

You will need:
-an old whiteboard marker that doesn't work
-something soft to use as the eraser, I just used a piece of an old eraser, but a piece of cloth would work too.
-a saw, or something to cut with.
-glue
It should take about 5 minutes to make this, plus drying time.

Comments

[brighterfusion]

You could probably make a coil of cloth or felt and fit it into the cap, for a simple solution. No glue, no sawing.

[X_D_3_M_1]

true drink more coffee. frappucinno preferably. nice idea

[ShadowJPD]

Very kewl. I don't use that type of marker often, but I can see where it would come in handy to have an eraser.

[Coffee bean]

i normally take felt and glue it to the side.

[jeffreyf]

Why bother with the sawing? IE, couldn't you just glue the eraser to the spare cap, or the marker itself?

[lemonie]

Good idea.
As ®SkankinCow your college bought the wrong markers (these things can be bought).

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[StepsoftheSun]

I've been thinking of the same thing! Hah, but with considerably less finesse in the execution. I like the use of the dead marker--far better than just gluing the eraser onto the back (as I was planning). And yeah, as you mentioned to another commenter, building>>>buying.

[®SkankinCow]

dude why not just buy one?

[drinkmorecoffee]

'Cause I wanted to make one. Things are a lot more satisfying when you do it yourself. (at least for me)