Jeff,

I bought a heated forceps for embedding from this
place in England, our leica distributor ordered it in
for us.  Here is the info- it works great and appears
to be the unit on a Shandon embedding center, but is
stand alone.

Speci-Ceps Heated Forceps System: World leaders in
heated
     forceps embedding systems; Choice of 1mm, 2mm, or
4mm; Controlled tip temperature; ... 
     http://www.speci-microsystems.co.uk/speciceps.htm


--- Jeff Silverman  wrote:
> Karen- I've used Histoclear and most of the other
> limonene agents for years
> on IHC and never had any problems either with
> staining or with fading.
> Netters- Please tell me what is the best, hottest,
> fastest forceps warmer on
> the market today. I miss my bunsen burner. One of my
> techs brought in an
> alcohol lamp and I said she could use it for tough
> biopsies whereupon she
> sneeezed one Saturday afternoon when she was alone,
> tipped it over and
> torched the front of the embedding center. No flames
> now.
> Luckily I don't embed often anymore but I'd like to
> help them with a better
> unit.
> Jeff Silverman
> 
> 


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