This video shows how to recycle silver wire from old electrophoresis boxes into worm picks that are durable, reliable, and easy to build. The picks are great for newbies and for the classroom. They are built in under two minutes, and last a long time. The handle assembly was Paul Sternberg's contribution which you can read on the Worm Gazette: http://wbg.wormbook.org/2011/12/14/a-better-worm-pick-handle/
Bill of materials:
- X-acto knives with caps (~$5 ea)
- old silver wire (recycled)
- 1cm of aluminum foil (recycled)
- A&D AX-36 Tweezers ($10 ea)
- a vice (~$20)
