[Histonet] bone saws

2008-11-26 Thread Stephen Peters M.D.
Dear Jacquie,   We have been using a combination of a $100 power hand saw made by Bosch with a vice  I origially made for our labs use. After 4 years of success in our lab I have designed a "bone vice" for tightly holding bone specimens while using this inexpensive saw. When  I originally intro

[Histonet] bone saws?

2008-11-24 Thread Jacqueline Farnsworth
Greetings I am wondering if anyone can share how they are cutting femoral heads, extremities for tumour, etc. We currently use a 20 yr + meat saw (band saw), but would like to find something safer/newer. We freeze all our bones (pre-fixation and pre-decalcification) prior to cutting. Vendors