RE: [Histonet] Re: Blade Angle on Microtome

2010-08-19 Thread Charles . Scouten
The blade angle should always be so the final bevel face on the bottom of the blade is parallel to the direction of motion. This is discussed in Dr. Peter’s book, “A Practical guide to frozen sections” Cordially, Charles W. Scouten, Ph.D Product Manager, MNL Biosystems Division Leica Biosystem

Re: [Histonet] Re: Blade Angle on Microtome

2010-08-12 Thread Emily Sours
We always section at 4 degrees, paraffin and frozen. This is for fixed chick or mouse embryo tissue. Emily -- Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Poole, Kimberly < kimberly.po...@drdc-rddc.gc.ca> w