Only a few more days until a three-site visit in the state of NY. I've not been idle on the fossil front -- at least in terms of associated activities. This post features new tools and drawings. My new scribes arrived from Paleo Tools! I ordered these last week and they arrived lightning fast. Haven't had a chance to take them out for their first spin yet, but I will soon. The Paleo Aro will take over for my Aro clone (finally, a decent stylus!). The ME-9100 is pretty much the same deal as the CP-9351: it is used for bulk matrix removal. No more grinding ineffectively away at tough matrix! The next order of business was to replace my tiny 3 gallon air compressor; these scribes like to be around 125 PSI, and the tiny tank will not keep up unless I want to suffuse the house with the smell of a burning motor. So I'll be unpacking this 20 gallon beauty and hooking it up tomorrow. None of this was cheap! I doubt I'd ever be able to sell enough surplus to break even, but I suppose I could have a more expensive hobby, like collecting yachts or Faberge eggs. More drawings! It's Cthulhu! I do have a small list of experiments I want to try next week to go beyond drawing the more standard "portrait" style of trilobites. And yet another spiny chap.
For ease of seeing all the drawing in one place, I set up a gallery page (it is the blue button link to the top right, below the Trilobite Gallery, but here's a link). I do have some Russian matrix on its way for me to play with, but first is the weekend trip to NY state. For now, I'll have my hands full reorganizing the prep lab. Comments are closed.
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Kane Faucher
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