Disposing of used blades.

PanzerWulff

Member since
November 2004
From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA

Posted by PanzerWulff on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 3:10 AM

i keep mine in a good sized shotglass topped with duct tape i just push it through the tape when its full or wheni have some epoxy mixed up i drop the blades in the throwaway mixing cup noone is getting poked by my trash except maybe by beef teriyaki skewers

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 19, 2005 8:44 PM

Most medical supply stores sell small designated 'Sharps Containers" I end up putting all the little nails, pins and blades in them, then disposing of the whole container as medical waste to get melted down and not cause unintentional cuts. Andy

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gar26

Member since
July 2003
From: Canada

Posted by gar26 on Tuesday, August 9, 2005 7:56 PM

check with your local pharmacy they give sharp containers to diabetics or some ask for a small deposit for the container

gpebernat

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RadMax8

Member since
February 2005
From: Cleveland, OH

Posted by RadMax8 on Saturday, July 30, 2005 10:46 PM

I use a pop bottle. All i did was cleaned the thing out, then cut a small slit in the lid. I can just drop em in!

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qmiester

Member since
May 2003
From: Central USA

Posted by qmiester on Monday, May 30, 2005 5:41 PM

Michael

I have a tool that is designed to sharpen #11 blades with the blade in the handle. It works very well, but I've had it long enough I really don't know where I got it (may have got it at the big flea market we have here every year in June - find a lot of modeling tool bargains there - last years big buy was #61 to #80 drill bits for 5 bucks a set).

I believe that Micro Mark sells the same Item - you might check there.

I put my used blades in a 35mm film can that has been painted red and dispose them at the dump.

Quincy

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:35 AM

Well.... I just..... ummmmm..... toss them in the garbage.
Blush [:I]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 6, 2005 5:59 PM

I use an old coffee jar with a slot cut into the lid which is sealed with 2 part epoxy glue been using it for the past 5 yrs and it's only half full and kept out of the reach of little stubby fingers.
Happy Modelling.
Regards panzermann.

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albert_sy2

Member since
May 2004
From: Singapore

Posted by albert_sy2 on Monday, May 2, 2005 8:57 AM

Old Listerine Pocket Paks containers! Usually by the time I finish a pack, I've also "finished" a blade!

Groovy baby

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Trigger

Member since
February 2004
From: Moooooon River!

Posted by Trigger on Friday, April 22, 2005 7:32 PM

Take an empty plastic bottle of your favorite soft drink or water and clean it out. Cut the bottlew into two pieces; you want to cut it right where the bottle straightens out. Take the top, with it's curved shape, turn it over (cap off of course) and insert it into the bottle. tape it secure and there you have it - an easy to deposit bin for used blades. As long as it's not full of blades, your old ones will never fall out.

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Jim Barton

Member since
February 2003

Posted by Jim Barton on Friday, April 22, 2005 5:30 PM

I have a bunch of the little plastic cups that restaurants use to hold salsa, ketchup, parmesan cheese or whatever for take-out food. I just use one of those and when it's full, throw it away. Once in a great while, I'll fish out one of those used blades (VERY carefully!), dull the blade further by scraping it on the concrete sidewalk outside my door and then put it in my putty knife.

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Lufbery

Member since
December 2002
From: Harrisburg, PA

Posted by Lufbery on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 2:13 PM

The X-acto No. 11 blades that I buy come in a small dispenser that has a slot for used blades. Big Smile [:D]

Regards,

-Drew

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FreedomEagle1953

Member since
December 2012

Posted by FreedomEagle1953 on Sunday, April 17, 2005 6:01 PM

I live in an older home that has medicine cabinets installed in the bathrooms that include a slot labeled "used razor blades" ... you know the old fashioned "safety razor" blades ... dropping my used xacto blades into this slot gives them a safe "burial" inside the wall cavity. I am not sure that newer medicine cabinets have this slot ... most razors today are of the newer disposable kind ... just take a quick look in your medicine cabinet at home and see if you have a blade cemetery in your bathroom ... Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

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Chicago, IL area

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jinithith2

Member since
January 2005
From: returning to the FSM forum after a hiatus

Posted by jinithith2 on Sunday, April 17, 2005 4:29 PM

I take my dremel and put in the roughest sanding drum, and then grind the edge of my blade so it looks like a triangle with round edges, yaknow
throw some sparks!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:22 AM

I've got my dad's honing block, which is a big grey thing. Add a drop of oil, run the #11 blade back and forth relatively slowly and voila! New blade from old.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 17, 2005 7:10 AM

Scalpel blades should be classed as true "sharps" and as you noted disposed of responsibly. I would suggest you take them to your Veterinarian, Chemist, Doctor etc and ask them nicely to dispose of them for you. All these groups would have designated sharps containers thus ensuring safe disposal My 2 cents [2c]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:20 PM

i usually wrap mine in a small piece of tape
but if you got alot, stick em in a jar

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 16, 2005 6:05 PM

I do the soda can trick, and sometimes I buy them in a cylindrical container that I will reuse for disposal as well.

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AH1Wsnake

Member since
December 2002
From: Modeling anything with "MARINES" on the side.

Posted by AH1Wsnake on Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:56 PM

I drop them in an empty plastic soda bottle and screw the cap on tight. Just remember not to throw it in with the rest of the plastic recyclables.

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roadkill_275

Member since
September 2003
From: North East Texas

Posted by roadkill_275 on Saturday, April 16, 2005 2:02 PM

I always used an empty soda can. I paint the top of it red so I don't grab it by mistake though.

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