[Nhcoll-l] Question about vertebrate specimen preparation equipment

[Kevin Winker]

Yeah -- we use aviation (or compound) snips on heavier bones and sticks.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 9:22 AM, sam <sam at qty.com> wrote:

> .
>
> 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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