From pinned to riker?

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akraider
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From pinned to riker?

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When putting a pinned lep into a riker mount are there any tips or suggestions that I should be aware of? Any help will be greatly appreciated...thanks.
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Re: From pinned to riker?

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I've done it, I can't recall why, but the pin probably needs removed, and for that, I had to soften the area around the pin and use pliers to hold the pin,
and tweezers to push the body off, It worked 99% of the time without a problem.
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Thanks for the reply...did you rehydrate the specimen(s) a bit before putting them in the Riker?
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