First go prepping a Pulalius vulgaris

[Neanderthal Shaman]

Finally got my compressor and air scribe set up, and am now getting to work on the concretions I gathered over the summer and fall. Just to see if I could do it, I took a crack at the smallest one I knew had a crab in it, at barely more than 3 cm wide. My friend lent me a scribe with a smaller bit than the one I bought 3 months ago, and it handled itself pretty well here. Did ding the carapace a handfull of times, but pleased with the outcome of this first crab venture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Prepping one this small was stressfull, so I'm looking forward to working on larger ones that don't demand as much precision.

Edited December 28, 2023 by Neanderthal Shaman
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[Ludwigia]

Very good! You're off to a good start.

[digit]

8 hours ago, Neanderthal Shaman said:

 Did ding the carapace a handfull of times, but pleased with the outcome of this first crab venture.

 

 Prepping one this small was stressfull, so I'm looking forward to working on larger ones that don't demand as much precision.

Looking great! The one thing I could suggest (and this would be especially useful for precision work on tiny fossils) would be to do your fossil prep with the aid of light and magnification. We often use binocular microscopes at the FLMNH when doing detailed prep work. For your purposes even a small lighted magnifier would likely make things a whole lot more fun and comfortable.

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=magnifier+lamp&tbm=shop

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[Neanderthal Shaman]

4 hours ago, digit said:

Looking great! The one thing I could suggest (and this would be especially useful for precision work on tiny fossils) would be to do your fossil prep with the aid of light and magnification. We often use binocular microscopes at the FLMNH when doing detailed prep work. For your purposes even a small lighted magnifier would likely make things a whole lot more fun and comfortable.

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=magnifier+lamp&tbm=shop

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

Yes, I think that's next on my list!

[digit]

2 hours ago, Neanderthal Shaman said:

Yes, I think that's next on my list!

Cheaper than an air scribe and compressor.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[fossil35]

Looks good

[Jaybot]

I also look like I’m ready for battle in my fossil prepping ppe:

 

 

(eyes blacked out for privacy reasons

 

 

Edited December 28, 2023 by Jaybot

[Randyw]

This is starting to look like a cheap Star Wars knockoff.

great looking prep so far!

[digit]

This is not the preparator you are looking for....

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[Jaybot]

16 hours ago, Randyw said:

This is starting to look like a cheap Star Wars knockoff.