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The Different Types of Air Scribes

When we have very delicate material like this beautiful vertebrae or dinosaur claws, we actually work, so with these tools, but under the microscope. So, of course, one of the first things you have to do when you're working with this is you use earmuffs because it's a very strong noise. But basically, these tools, they are very powerful, okay? And they destroy, with high precision, the rock around the bone, but most importantly, they don't transmit vibrations to the bone.

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