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Post by Adam Cotton on Jul 13, 2021 9:41:34 GMT -8
My old UK boards from way back when I was a kid were all made of cork on a plywood base. I guess it's a difference between British (European too?) and American equipment.
Adam.
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Post by papiliotheona on Jul 13, 2021 12:10:21 GMT -8
I haven't had any issues with the adjustable board I bought from Bioquip, I use setting pins most of the time to hold down glassine, or make sure the glass slides don't slide around, and those are thicker and sturdy. I did have to customize my board to hold large winged specimens, and that wood from the craft store is hard, I made the board wider by glueing some removable extensions together, so it could accommodate wide winged material.I don't spread that many gigantic specimens--when I have one of those true monster multicaudata or rutulus on the board, my little trick with the (oversized) glassine piece is to depress a pin in at the edge of the flap (so that it won't curl upward in the drying oven). |
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