Dear Neil,
You could try to put a new edge on your IEC anti-roll plate by placing it
vertically onto a 1000 grit piece of wet & dry paper, placed onto a flat
surface. Move the anti-roll plate on its length, and make sure that you hold
it firmly to achieve a straight edge. This will renew the damaged area.

Another alternative is to purchase from:-

Hacker Instruments Inc.
17 Sherwood Lane
Fairfield
New Jersey 07004
USA

Tel. (973) 226-8450 or 1-800-4-HACKER
Fax. (973) 808-8281
e-mail: HACKERLAB@AOL.COM

a Magna Plate Anti-Roll Plate, Part No. 50300-1, this will fit all cryostats
and is placed directly onto the knife or blade without requiring any setting
up, it does not need to use any of the positioning mechanism fitted to the
cryomicrotome microtome. Hacker Instruments  will also be able to supply a
disposable blade system too.

Best Regards

Alan Bright

Bright Instrument Co.Ltd.
St Margarets Way
Huntingdon
PE18 6EB
England

Tel No:+44 (0)1480 454528
Fax No:+44 (0)1480 456031
Email: AlanBright@brightinstruments.com
Web Site: www.brightinstruments.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: Neal Beeman <neal.beeman@uchsc.edu>
To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 12:02
Subject: DisposableMicrotomeBlades


>I have been cutting frozen sections on a Minotome model cryostat from
>Damon/IEC.  It holds a basic Reichert microtome knife.  The microtome is a
>multiuser instrument and the knifes get beat up as fast as they can be
>sharpened.  An even bigger problem is that the plastic antiroll plate has
>become ragged and does almost as much harm as good.  I want to go to a
>disposable blade system with a nice shiny new anti roll device.  Any
>suggestions?
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>Neal
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