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Does anyone have a good, safe way to dispose of used machine needles?

Thanks,

Ed

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Same as medical needles... use a plastic 16 oz water bottle... put the needles in and when full, dispose in your normal waste...

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Thanks. I've got some 12 oz containers around somewhere.

Ed

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Thanks, esantoro, for an old laugh. Reading your question reminded me of an old farm house we lived in when I was a child all too many years ago.

An earlier owner had installed a new medicine cabinet in the bath room, and in the center of the cabinet was a little slot about an 1/8 of an inch wide and maybe 1 1/2 inches long. There was a corresponding hole in the plaster behind the cabinet.

It was made to allow the discarding of razor blades, . . . then and there, . . . no muss, no fuss. I always wondered how many were in that wall. The house was torn down 6 or 8 years ago, so I guess I'll never know, . . .

May God bless,

Dwight

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Thanks, esantoro, for an old laugh. Reading your question reminded me of an old farm house we lived in when I was a child all too many years ago.

An earlier owner had installed a new medicine cabinet in the bath room, and in the center of the cabinet was a little slot about an 1/8 of an inch wide and maybe 1 1/2 inches long. There was a corresponding hole in the plaster behind the cabinet.

It was made to allow the discarding of razor blades, . . . then and there, . . . no muss, no fuss. I always wondered how many were in that wall. The house was torn down 6 or 8 years ago, so I guess I'll never know, . . .

May God bless,

Dwight

My son bought my mother-in-law's house about a month ago & came across the same thing when he replaced the bathroom medicine cabinet. He was absolutely astounded and confused as to why there were razor blades in the wall.

We had a good laugh telling him about 'the good old days'... :gathering:

russ

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Yes! Send them to me. I regrind them, add handles, and make precision scribers and awls from them!! Mail me at goboom@bellsouth.net . Bill

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