Re: [Histonet] AO microtome

2011-01-13 Thread Jay Lundgren
Bonjour! There is a big screw which holds the fine advance wheel to the body of the microtome. Take a HUGE screwdriver and loosen the screw a bit. Et voila! The AO 820 was my first lovesigh. Jay A. Lundgren M.S., HTL (ASCP) __

[Histonet] AO microtome

2011-01-12 Thread Liette Tougas
Hi everyone, At our College some of the microtomes we teach microtomy with are good old 820 AOs! We have 6 that were impeccably maintained and work very well. However, one of them is very stiff but, again, provides very good 5 um sections. It had been put away but, as a new teacher to this c