I agree. We got one of these a couple years ago and the techs love it. It is a heated block on which you rub the cassette. The paraffin melts away. It is especially good for preserving barcodes (but don't press the printed surface on the heat block too long - you can soften the print and cause some damage, but nothing like can happen with scraping).
Tim Morken Supervisor, Histology, Electron Microscopy and Neuromuscular Special Studies UC San Francisco Medical Center San Francisco, CA CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential, proprietary, and/or privileged information protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy, or distribute this email message or its attachments. If you believe you have received this email message in error, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Goins, Tresa Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 8:29 AM To: gayle.cal...@bresnan.net; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Re: Embedding I agree with Gayle. We finally purchased a trimmer from Ted Pella - lowest price by far - and are saving our finger joints. The amount of wax remaining on the cassette also appears to depend on the brand of mold used. Tresa -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Gayle Callis Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 9:11 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Re: Embedding After years of never winning the battle of paraffin on cassette edges after embedding, we purchased a paraffin block trimmer. It saves time and the stress on finger joints compared to scraping cassettes daily. No matter how careful we were during embedding to keep excess paraffin off cassette edges, we were never successful. Several vendors have these and you may be able to find a refurbished one. Gayle M. Callis HTL/HT/MT(ASCP) _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
