[NHCOLL-L:5637] Re: Freeze Drier

[Couteaufin at aol.com]

I used to use an old Edwards EF2 for freeze-drying large-bodied moths to  
prevent abdominal distortion/shrinking, ditto for spiders and it was 
extremely  useful for preparing whole specimens of macrofungi and insect larvae.  
Yes,  they can be used to finish off a taxidermy specimen to speed the drying 
out  process as well but many prefer just to let normal air-drying finish 
off a  specimen.  
 
With all good  wishes, 
Simon Moore MIScT, FLS, ACR,
Conservator of Natural  Sciences,
20 Newbury Street,
Whitchurch RG28 7DN. UK
T. 01256  892335
_www.natural-history-conservation.com_ 
(http://www.natural-history-conservation.co.uk/) 

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In a message dated 07/09/2011 21:32:01 GMT Daylight Time,  
Kmorton at natureandscience.org writes:

 
Dear List Members, 
We currently possess a Northstar brand freeze drier.   It has not been used 
in over 15 years, partly because nobody can get it  working and partly 
because we have not had a vertebrate zoologist on staff in  that amount of time. 
  
We were wondering if it is worth the effort to try to get  it working 
again.  Do zoologists use them anymore?  Or is it just  for taxidermy purposes?  
Is there any benefit to keeping it for now in  case we want to add a 
vertebrate zoologist to the staff in the  future? 
We welcome any thoughts or suggestions. 
Sincerely, 
KAREN  MORTON 
Collections  Manager |  Museum  of Nature & Science 
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