[Nhcoll-l] Question about vertebrate specimen preparation equipment

[sam]

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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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