You can find lapidary saws on the website "www.dadsrockshop.com" or 
     call 1-520-763-3311 for information.  We use the 6 inch "HI-Tech Trim 
     Saw" featured in their lapidary saws and supplies-trim saws section.  
     A smaller version is also available.  We use it to trim rat and larger 
     animal bones down to a thickness of 2-4mm.  This is a "wet saw" which 
     uses water to cool and lubricate the blade during cutting.  If your 
     budget is limited these saws are inexpensive and have worked well for 
     us.
     
     Richard Rodriguez
     Schering-Plough Research Institute
     Lafayette, NJ 
        


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Subject: Re: miniature bone saw?
Author:  "Philip Oshel" [SMTP:peoshel@facstaff.wisc.edu] at S-P_EXHUB_AM
Date:    5/31/2000 1:39 PM


     How about a jeweler's or fine lapidary saw? Some of these have blades 
     with very fine teeth, or diamond-coated wire. These can make fine, 
     controlled cuts in both soft and hard stones, so mouse bone should be 
     no trouble.
     
>Does anyone know of a miniature bone saw (or a brand name) that would cut 
>through mouse bone that is not fixed and undecalcified?  Thanks!
>
>Deb Boswell Lane
>The Jackson Laboratory
     
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