1. Temporary Mounts for Preparation Amy Davidson American Museum of Natural History

2. Finger pressure Temporary mount

3. Finger pressure on a plaster backing plate Embedding in Carbowax Tacked with adhesive

4. Plaster: the blob and press technique

6. Plaster: the partial burial technique

8. A surform tool

9. Tacking at a few points with blobs of Paraloid B-72

10. The plaster bed and Carbowax technique

13. The plaster bandage backing plate technique

18. Plaster bandage and foil: the burrito technique

20. Aluminum foil: lips and bases

21. a clamp for freshly repaired bone a quick base

22. Blu-tack

26. Carbowax

32. cyclododecane

33. Carbowax cyclododecane

34. Some wax working tools

35. electric wax pen with rheostat

36. a battery operated Max-Wax pen

37. an electric kistka