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    A Homemade Piece of Lab Equipment With A Terrible Purpose
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    Image of Dorilys Dorilys
    07/09/09

    In reply to A Homemade Piece of Lab Equipment With A Terrible Purpose
    I work in biomedical research. And yes, researchers tend to make their own equipment - a lot. Supplies and equipment for biomedical research tend to be really expensive, much more so than similar objects would cost for non-research use.

    So yes, for equipment that we can theoretically make/fix ourselves, we try to. There are some fantastic stories floating around every lab about the guy who tried to make his own PCR machine/centrifuge/etc and ended up either exploding/setting on fire/shooting through the roof whatever he was working on at the time.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/09/09

    In reply to A Homemade Piece of Lab Equipment With A Terrible Purpose
    My wife, who used to work with lab rats, always tells people that it was just quicker and easier to snap their necks with the handle of a pair of scissors than to use gas, though I guess this could be a close second.
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    Image of foolish-rain foolish-rain
    07/09/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I used to work with a neurology group. They preferred the guillotine--easier to store just the heads, more fit in the freezer.

    Some days I am really glad I'm not a grad. student anymore...
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    Image of Castleknight75 Castleknight75
    07/09/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.:
    you could always freeze them, they fall asleep and pass, that is what some petstores do with kittens
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    07/09/09

    @Castleknight75: NOOO! Nobody does that to kittens! Day ruined.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/09/09

    In reply to A Homemade Piece of Lab Equipment With A Terrible Purpose
    ... we can repurpose to make sausage, yes?
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    Image of oojoo oojoo
    07/09/09

    In reply to A Homemade Piece of Lab Equipment With A Terrible Purpose
    I actually used that rat guillotine when I worked in a lab during college. Very quick and painless...for me
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    Image of Julio Bermudez Julio Bermudez
    07/09/09

    In reply to A Homemade Piece of Lab Equipment With A Terrible Purpose
    Oh god, for a second thier i thought it was intended for my man parts O_o
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/09/09

    @Julio Bermudez: That was my initial thought as well.
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    Image of alphanumeric1971 alphanumeric1971
    07/09/09

    @Julio Bermudez: Ahem,
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