[Nhcoll-l] Drums, etc

[Paul R Sweet]

Hi Tonya

At AMNH we use stainless steel tanks for large specimen storage.

See: https://www.steelfixture.com/products/tanks/tanks.shtml

Best, Paul

Paul Sweet | Collection Manager | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural History | 200 Central Park West | NY 10024 | Tel 212 769 5780 | Mob 718 757 5941

On Apr 27, 2022, at 12:29 AM, Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace) <Tonya.Haff at csiro.au> wrote:


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Hello all,

I am trying to figure out a nice solution for housing larger specimens. Right now we have them stored in either old canning jars (really rammed in, not great), or in buckets (don’t seal properly and aren’t archival) or drums with rubber (?) gaskets (they seem to leak when you tip them, no matter how much they are tightened). I really want a good, leak-proof or at least minimising solution, and I feel I haven’t found it yet. It’s really frustrating – the drums are even made for brewing, so you would think they would form a nice seal, but they don’t seem to. If any of you have a solution you like for housing medium to larger specimens (and I actually mean anything over a 2L jar), or a solution for making gasketed drums work, I would love to hear it.

Thank you!

Cheers,

Tonya

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Dr. Tonya M. Haff
Collection Manager
Australian National Wildlife Collection
CSIRO

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