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Safe disposal of old blades
Just a quick tip, when i change my scalpel blades on site i stick the old scalpel blades in an old tic-tac box. This also works for 9mm & 18mm snap off type blades.
When you finished job you don’t have to worry about picking them up off the floor and cutting yourself or other people, just dispose of safely when you get back to work.
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Ive just got a medical sharps bin, just the ticket…………..
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good idea mate…
i have one of these… think its a great tool for snap off blades which i use for my olfa scalpel’s and Stanley blades.
http://www.jagsignsupplies.com/aqshop/c … php?id=175
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Seems a good bit of kit Rob must get one of them, can you empty it or do you just bin it when full ??
Paul 🙂
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I use a jam jar with a hole in the lid. Strawberry works well. Also, I never throw sharps in the bin. I give them to my dentist who puts them in their sharps bin.
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I just use an coffee jar with a slot cut in the lid,
put a bit off salty water in the bottom, the blades then rust away, no danger of them cutting anyone,
simplesPeter
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That’s a good idea Peter. I might nick that. The salty thing.
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you can empty them paul… cheap and easy. because its yellow its difficult to loss…
the good thing about this one is its made so you can snap the blades off easy without touching them. you slide your blade into the metal slot and bend back. the blade cannot ping off anywhere but inside the container.
it also "always" gets a nice clean break every time which leaves a very sharp blade left to use.
i remember before i got it i could snap 3-4 blades off at a time trying to get a good break. your also turning away doing it in case a bit breaks off and pings into your eyes. very H&S conscious me…. 😉 :lol1: -
Did you know that if you connect one blade to the positive supply of 240v and the other to the negative, you can put them in a cup of water and make a cup of tea, handy on site if no facilities available.
Peter
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I use a coffee jar the same as Peter although mine doesn’t have the salty water in it. Like the idea of the one Robert posted as well for the fitting box, have to admit that quite often I forget to remove the old blades from my fitting box if I have changed a blade on site. At least with something like that I won’t have old blades lying about in the box 😳
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quote Graeme Harrold:Ive just got a medical sharps bin, just the ticket…………..Me too. Its a workplace issue, and these are the only thing that is OK by the standard.
They take forever to fill, so its not expensive. When full, they have a lid that is clipped into place and can’t be opened.
Then you dispose of properly.
I have one for my work van too. Better to be safe than sorry.
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quote Peter Normington:Did you know that if you connect one blade to the positive supply of 240v and the other to the negative, you can put them in a cup of water and make a cup of tea, handy on site if no facilities available.Peter
Just remember to turn it off before you put the spoon in to stir it. (hot)
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quote Martin Oxenham:Just remember to turn it off before you put the spoon in to stir it. (hot)
spoil sport! 😉
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I just give mine to the local primary school kids to play with coz they are shiny 😕 ………..wot (puppy-eyes)
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Shiny things……never thought of that, I’ll just leave them out for the crows to take, Stop the Bas***ds waking me up at 5.00am
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