My wife, Jane & I have worked on fossil
preparation for years and grew weary of the poor selection and poorer
reliability of the tips for the pneumatic engraving tools at our disposal.
We were working specifically with the Chicago Pneumatic and became very
frustrated with the stylus (tips) that were sold with the CP. That became
the spring board for our business. Sound familiar??
I decided that there had to be a way to
build a solid tungsten carbide stylus for the CP, and
while I was at it, I knew longer tips would be invaluable.
Luckily, I am an engineer by trade, so the task became
a fun challenge. Our new tips with a new bushing for
the CP were introduced at SVP in 1998 at Snowbird, Utah.
They were an instant success. The tips last forever,
(almost) and the bushing has been designed with a close
tolerance hole for the stylus, thereby, eliminating
the "slop" and allowing for much more precise work to
be done.
Many of you came by our booth in 1998 and made
suggestions - styluses for the Ingersol Rand & ARO tools (extended
styluses, too); solid carbide needles to go in pin vises; a muffler
for the CP. These suggestions became the ideas for future research
& development and led to many new products. We also appreciate the
willingness with which many of you tested our "Proto-types" and gave
us feed back regarding performance. Thank You!!!
Our latest development seems to be something the paleontology
world has needed for many years - a pneumatic tool to remove the
hard, thick matrix surrounding bones in large jackets, but not doing
any damage to the bones themselves (unlike the pistol grip air chisels).
The PaleoTools Mighty
Jack - The Mother of all air scribes. (This idea also
came from a customer’s request.) Next came the "Micro-Jack" series.
This came about because a friend of mine ask one day, "Bill, can
you build me an airscribe that I can use under a microscope?".
On a personal note, we live in Utah, about
45 miles north of Salt Lake City. Our business is located
a further 20 miles north in Brigham City.
I do much of the production and all of the quality
control myself. If you don’t love our products, I want to know why.
No one has ever returned a tool to us or asked for a refund. I am
always looking for new ideas and will work with you if you have
special requests.
We look forward to working with you,
Bill and Jane Murray
pictures of some of our work in
the field and in
the lab
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