Follow-up. The zero-stat gun seems to be around $150.00 most everywher. But it does work and will last for years.
William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Lead Histologist Good Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hawkins, Hal K. Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 11:43 AM To: Emily Sours; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Histonet] Stupid, stupid static!! There are devices used in cryo-ultramicrotomy that might help. I have no experience myself. Also, I found this interesting article via Google. http://www.diatome.ch/en/products/staticlineii.asp http://jhc.sagepub.com/content/37/7/1157.full.pdf ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Emily Sours [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 8:24 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Histonet] Stupid, stupid static!! You know, all of it sounds so easy...unless you're cryosectioning!! Does putting a humidifier outside help with static in a cryostat? Because the static is driving me nuts. Why aren't there teams of people working on this issue? It keeps coming up, yet there is no one good answer, Calling all engineers!! Emily Writer Richard Suflet recommended drinking large doses of strong vinegar with fleas to cure the illnesses that resulted from swallowing the horse-leeches that were common in drinking water. -Every Home a Distillery, Sarah Meacham On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 7:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > wipe the microtome and knife holder with a Bounce laundry softener sheet. > It works for us. > > > In a message dated 1/5/2011 3:38:19 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > This has SO many possible responses but I'll not go there. Someone > might videotape it and leak it to the press... > > _______________________________________________ > 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
