That is so cool!! I wish I had one of those!! "By bitching and bitching and bitching, they could exhaust the drama of their own horror stories. Grow bored. Only then could they accept a new story for their lives. Move forward."
-Chuck Palahniuk, "Haunted" On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 1:59 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > We also use the para-trimmer. In my view, it is worth its weight in gold! > I can melt 5 blocks at a time, works like a charm. I am one who does not > mind the wax on the sides, as I am most confident that there is enough > paraffin to support the cassette. > > Michelle > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 21, 2015, at 11:41 AM, Morken, Timothy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Goins, Tresa > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 8:29 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > 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: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Gayle Callis > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 9:11 AM > To: [email protected] > 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 > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
