In reading my initial posting, I realized I had failed
to complete my thought.  After picking up the section
on the glass rod/toothpick, it can be rolled out onto
the surface of the water.  I have done this both onto
a water bath (usually a glass staining dish) or
directly onto a drop on a slide.  
Roger Moretz

--- Roger Moretz <stamptrain@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Gary:
> Don't know if this will work for you, but I used to
> (when I did a lot of methacrylate work in the late
> 70's) pick up the sections from the knife by rolling
> them around a fine glass rod or even a wooden dowel
> (actually a round toothpick).  It takes practice and
> a
> lot of patience, but this was the most reliable
> method
> I have found.
> 
> Roger Moretz
> Dept of Toxicology
> Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
> 
> --- Gary Radice <gradice@richmond.edu> wrote:
> > We are cutting glycolmethacrylate sections, around
> 1
> > micrometer thick, with
> > glass knives and are having a difficult time
> > transfering sections to
> > microscope slides without the sections folding.
> How
> > do you do it/ Does
> > anyone have a favorite technique they would care
> to
> > share?
> > 
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> > 
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