A tool for lepidopterists

Grkovich, Alex agrkovich at tmpeng.com
Wed Dec 4 11:05:08 EST 2002


I just get my mother-in-law to go pick them up; she's so concerned about my
"bug expenses" anyway (remember, "dead flies") (she has asked me whether I
re-use my stamp envelopes, how much they cost, etc.). She's into telling me
how to spend my own money now...Of course, just ask her if she wants to go
to Mt. Washington for the day and she's into the car in the moment...Maybe I
oughta leave her there...

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mark Walker [SMTP:MWalker at gensym.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, December 04, 2002 10:53 AM
> To:	'fnkwp at aurora.alaska.edu'; leps-l at lists.yale.edu
> Subject:	RE: A tool for lepidopterists
> 
> Cool.  I have had my share of pins through the finger following a broad
> sweeping motion over carpeted floors where I've just lost a pin...
> 
> Human flesh provides very little resistance to quality insect pins.
> 
> Mark.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kenelm Philip [mailto:fnkwp at aurora.alaska.edu]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 6:54 PM
> > To: leps-l at lists.yale.edu
> > Subject: A tool for lepidopterists
> > 
> > 
> > 	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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