How to Make a "Hockey Stick" (cell spreader)

The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics are well under way, so here's our special video for the Olympics.
With just a Bunsen burner, a glass Pasteur pipette, and some creativity, Charlie shows you how to make a "hockey stick"....note the quotation marks.
Come on, we're in a science lab, so we're actually talking about cell spreaders (also known as hockey sticks). You can buy plastic, metal or glass spreaders, but that's expensive -- so why not make your own and keep reusing it by sterilizing it every time?
**Remember to be careful with the open flame!!
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[@RSinton]

I can only imagine that 12 people must have been searching for actual hockey sticks. This is actually the exact video I was searching for, since I'm doing this in my Microbiology 101 Lab next week! Thanks! Think I'll just stick with the basic one this first time though.

[@CaddyWack]

Thanks so much for this video. This is just what I was looking for. I was begrudging the cost of purchase the overpriced commercially available versions of cell spreaders. Minimum $15 bucks a piece for a glass one, and multiple hundreds of dollars and eco waste for disposable plastic ones.

[@MrBOURBONKID2]

come on guys, the channel is called labtricks and the title says: "hockey stick" (CELL SPREADER)
...it cant get more obvious that this is not about the sports-tool
#brainz

[@sabrarostami4465]

smart !

[@prizonmike2]

cool

[@McDanglesFTB]

Lol "and of course by hockey stick we mean cell spreader" ya of course right?

[@EvgeniSnell15]

duuuude really?

[@JustinW71]

LOL WTF

[@Jellyfishhie]

Looks fragile x.x

[@andrew4356789]

waste of time