PLEASE NOTE the line should read as follows  you have to cut the filters
open and this you SHOULDN'T try if you are clumsy. please excuse this mess
up. mark
-----Original Message-----
From: ferreter <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: Dredge Material


>Good point , I once was able to get   in-line hydraulic filters    they
have
>four different meshes of screen the last so fine it looks like a solid
piece
>of metal!!! now that's fine. anyway , you have to cut the filters open and
>this you should try if you are clumsy, in all seriousness do not try this
>unless you have very steady hands . stainless steel mesh makes great knives
>and they don't dull well as this is high tensile
>but it will work great to screen micros. anyone out there have access to
>these filters i will pay for them (i need them for those models and such)
>thanks ,
>Peta & Mark Bethke
>Hollywood , Florida
>"I have friends who tell me how much it cost to keep me in poverty" Mahatma
>Gandhi 1946
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Philip L. Poland <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 7:44 PM
>Subject: Re: Dredge Material
>
>
>>Am I the only snailer who freezes and jets out the specimens in the 0.5 to
>5
>>mm range? It makes a huge difference in appearance and dissuades the
>fungus.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 7:47 PM
>>Subject: Re: Dredge Material
>>
>>
>>> My preferred method is to transfer the material into alcohol for a few
>>days,
>>> then dry it thoroughly.  It dries virtually odorless after the alcohol
>>> treatment, and can then be stored indefinitely with no special
>>requirements -
>>> just like sand.
>>> Paul M.
>>>
>>
>