Dear Archaeobots,
I am in the same situation - I can't remember how to unsubscribe from the
list, could someone please let me know?
With thanks
Emmie Lister
On 31/1/06 6:06 PM, "Jill, Duchess of Hamilton" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Dear Gill,
> Can't recall who I should email to take my name off the list. At the
> moment it isn't, alas, really relevant to my work. Later, perhaps!
> Best wishes, Jill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "CAMPBELL, Gill" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 10:02 AM
> Subject: Re: sewing buckets
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> We use plastic bowls with a large grid in the bottom that are sold here
> as sieves for screening compost etc. We then clip nylon mesh into the
> bowls for flotation and remove he mesh from the bowl after each
> sample/or when it is full. The flot can then be dried on the mesh and a
> new mesh attached to the bowl for the next sample.
>
> With best wishes,
>
> Gill Campbell
> Head of Environmental Studies
> English Heritage
> Fort Cumberland
> Fort Cumberland Road,
> Portsmouth
> P04 9LD
> tel: 02392 856780
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The archaeobotany mailing list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jacqui Huntley
> Sent: 27 January 2006 12:45
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: sewing buckets
>
> Hi Stephanie,
> half to an hour a sieve once you've done a few, which probably makes
> them less
> than half the price of the, too small, 100mm diameter brass Endicote
> type
> sieves. The mesh, which we do get from Locker Wire Co (shame that I
> never
> noticed they produced wire mesh but may have decided against it 25 or so
> years
> ago on the grounds of how do you fasten it to bowls!!) is nylon and
> extremely
> robust. I think it correct to say that the bowls and/or stitching have
> always
> given way first and several of our bowls have been in service for some
> years.
> Bowls are the most vulnerable because the dryng ovens too easily get
> turned up
> too high. We tend to use 2mm, 1mm, 500 and 300 micron although sometimes
> use
> commercial garden sieves, ca 8mm, to remove the largest stones after the
> sample
> has been weighed/volume taken.
>
> Does no-one else out there make their own sieves?
>
> Jacqui
>
> Quoting Stefanie Kahlheber <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> Dear Jacqui,
>>
>> thanks a lot for your detailed description! Though, I have the
>> impression it is a lot of work - how long took it to sew one bucket?
>> Another question, how durable is the plastic mesh you use? Is it
>> suitable for coarse stony sediment, or is it easily cut by sharp
> stones
>> and ceramic fragments?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Stefanie
>>
>>
>> Jacqui Huntley schrieb:
>>
>>> Dear Stephanie,
>>>
>>> We've tried various methods over the years although only with plastic
> mesh
>> as I
>>> don't know of a British source of wire mesh. We use plastic washing
> up bowls
>> as
>>> these often have a convenient ridge around the base that is easy to
> cut
>> against
>>> when removing the base.
>>>
>>> We've found the most reliable to be a double set of stitching, each
> with
>> saddle
>>> stitch, using either nylon fishing line or a heavy linen thread. For
> the
>> non-
>>> sewers, saddle stitch uses two needles and threads; pass one up
> through a
>> hole
>>> and the other down through the same hole, pull tight and move onto
> next
>> hole.
>>> We use a fine mounted needle heated in a Bunsen to make the holes
> but you
>> have
>>> to be careful not to make them too large. Alternatively use robust
> leather
>>> needles and a pair of pliers.
>>>
>>> As long as the mesh is cut quite closely to the outer line of
> stitching the
>>
>>> sieve is easy to clean of the little material that gets caught under
> the
>> mesh.
>>> We have tried all sorts of materials to seal this edge but they are
> either
>>> rigid and quickly break/flake or are flexible and get soft and sticky
> when
>> we
>>> put the bowls in the ovens to dry the flots. A thin layer of ordinary
> gloss
>>
>>> paint works quite well for the finer mesh sizes and I have a 300
> micron
>> sieve
>>> made more than 10 years ago still in good working order - it has only
> had
>> 'one
>>> careful owner' though and not a lot of work recently! The mesh is
> white and
>> by
>>> using pale coloured bowls (luckily 'fashioinable' today!) it is easy
> to
>> check
>>> for possible contaminants.
>>>
>>> Look forward to seeing what other methods have been used....
>>>
>>> Happy sewing,
>>> Jacqui
>>>
>>> _________________________________________
>>> Jacqui Huntley,
>>> English Heritage
>>> North East Regional Science Advisor,
>>> Bessie Surtees House,
>>> 41-44 Sandhill,
>>> Newcastle upon Tyne
>>> NE1 3JF
>>>
>>> Phone:
>>> Durham University: +44 (0)191 334 1137 (also fax/answer machine)
>>> Regional Office: +44 (0)191 269 1200 (Mondays: ... 1222)
>>> Mobile (preferred contact): +44 (0)771 3400387
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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