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(Sorry, I messed up addressing my last post.<br>
I hope Kevin and/or the List doesn't get this twice.)<br>
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EMT/medical snips are used to cut heavy bandages, <br>
and casts, etc. <br>
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Way back when, I mostly prepared small bird skins, <br>
so I never used a hacksaw, but it might be good for <br>
large bones. It would prolly make a cleaner cut. <br>
Replacement blades are inexpensive. Soft rubber <br>
jaws on a vise might be good when using a hacksaw. <br>
Amazon [soft jaw pad].<br>
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Best<br>
Sam Sumida<br>
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On 9/23/2015 10:49 AM, Kevin Winker wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Yeah -- we use aviation (or compound) snips on
heavier bones and sticks.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 9:22 AM, sam <span
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Hi Ellie, and all- <br>
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Try a pair of tin snips. <br>
They are not expensive. <br>
Their blades are hardened. <br>
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Best<br>
Sam Sumida <br>
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On 9/23/2015 9:52 AM, Elizabeth Wommack wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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.
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<div>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.
<div>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.</div>
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<div>Does anyone have a particular brand of
large scissors they find works really well for
general lab use animal preparation?</div>
<div>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?</div>
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<div>Any recommendations or advice is greatly
appreciated.</div>
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<div>cheers,</div>
<div>Beth Wommack<br clear="all">
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