You asked "how long does it take to (approx) to do 40 blocks an hour", well it takes an hour. If you meant "how long does it take to do 40 blocks", the answer is 1.7 hours, because the average cutting speed is 24 blocks per hour. René J.
--- On Sat, 12/31/11, Teresa Moore <tmoor...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Teresa Moore <tmoor...@gmail.com> Subject: [Histonet] Cutting speed To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Saturday, December 31, 2011, 8:44 AM I graduated from a histology program in June/11 and just got a job a week ago. My speed on the microtome is not great. Everyone says it takes time but I feel my technique may be wrong. To make matters worse the only other histotech in the lab is going on vacation the third week of January and I will be alone!!!!! I don't have the overall flow of the lab down yet and have no idea how they expect me to handle the cutting all by myself. My biggest concern is my cutting speed right now. How long does it take (approx) to do 40 blocks an hour. Currently, I'm about half that! I'm panicking and I've only been on the job 8 days. Help!!!!!!!!!!! -- Teresa Moore _______________________________________________ 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