[Nhcoll-l] 2nd Re: Question about vertebrate specimen preparation equipment
sam
sam at qty.com
Wed Sep 23 14:30:07 EDT 2015
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(Sorry, I messed up addressing my last post.
I hope Kevin and/or the List doesn't get this twice.)
EMT/medical snips are used to cut heavy bandages,
and casts, etc.
Way back when, I mostly prepared small bird skins,
so I never used a hacksaw, but it might be good for
large bones. It would prolly make a cleaner cut.
Replacement blades are inexpensive. Soft rubber
jaws on a vise might be good when using a hacksaw.
Amazon [soft jaw pad].
Best
Sam Sumida
On 9/23/2015 10:49 AM, Kevin Winker wrote:
> Yeah -- we use aviation (or compound) snips on heavier bones and sticks.
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 9:22 AM, sam <sam at qty.com
> <mailto:sam at qty.com>> wrote:
>
> .
>
> Hi Ellie, and all-
>
> Try a pair of tin snips.
> They are not expensive.
> Their blades are hardened.
>
> Best
> Sam Sumida
> _________________________________________
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> On 9/23/2015 9:52 AM, Elizabeth Wommack wrote:
>> The UWYMV is gaining more preparation students and volunteers,
>> which is fantastic, but I've run into a problem that I'm hoping
>> someone may have a solution for.
>>
>> The museum maintains a collection of cheaper preparatory
>> equipment (forceps, probes, scalpels, hemostats, etc.) for our
>> volunteers, but we go through our scissors really quickly.
>> The volunteers have been better about being careful with the
>> small detail scissors, but our larger pairs of scissors have been
>> dulling fast. This is partially because we're working on a lot of
>> larger size specimens, which is great for the collections but bad
>> for having to reorder equipment every year.
>>
>> Does anyone have a particular brand of large scissors they find
>> works really well for general lab use animal preparation?
>> One alternative I've also starting to look into is sharpening the
>> scissors. Does anyone have a particular sharpening kit that they
>> find they really like? Would people recommend sharpening general
>> use lab equipment?
>>
>> Any recommendations or advice is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Beth Wommack
>>
>> --
>> Elizabeth Wommack, PhD
>> Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates
>> University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
>> Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
>> University of Wyoming, Laramie
>> Laramie, WY 82071
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