A tool for lepidopterists

Kenelm Philip fnkwp at aurora.alaska.edu
Tue Dec 3 21:53:47 EST 2002


	Any of you that do much spreading may find this item of interest.

	A couple of years ago I picked up a useful tool from a company
that sells woodworking (and related) tools. It's a small but powerful
magnet on a shaft that collapses to 5", and extends to 25" (like an
aerial on a small TV set). Anyone who spreads leps is going to end up
with insect pins on the floor, and picking those up normally involves
getting down on your knees. Not with this tool--just extend it and wave
its business end around on the floor below your work surface, and the
magnet will pick up all the pins. No more crawling around on the floor...
Works like a charm (if you don't mind having some of your insect pins a
bit magnetized).

	If you're interested, call 1-800-871-8158 (Lee Valley & Veritas)
and ask for item # 99W63.20 (Pin & Needle Retriever). Price is $4.95 in
their current Holiday 2002 Gift Catalog.

	They made this for retrieving small parts in the shop, but found out
recently that people who do sewing find the tool very useful. So now
they're pushing it as a retriever for dropped needles and pins--which it
does very well indeed.

							Ken Philip




 
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