There were various stations set up around the hall, one of them had Stephen Loughborough making insemination tips, using a Schley manufactured device that was available during the 1980s. It consists of an electrically heated coil, a drop weight and there is a small grinder attached to the stanchion that can be used for shaping the tip once the glass tube has been drawn.

First a piece of capillary tubing is passed through the bush at the top, though the coil and then clamped to the collet at the top of the cylindrical weight. This weight runs up and down on a central spigot which keeps everything in alignment. The weight is raised to the desired height and the glass tube gripped in the top collar. Application of power to the coil heats the capillary tube until it starts to melt and gravity extends and draws down the tube to a reduced diameter.

The drawn tube can be removed after a few seconds cooling time and the narrow neck can be gauged either internally or externally so that it may be nicked and snapped to length. However snapping can give a rather granular finish to the business end of the tip so trimming can be done using the diamond impregnated disc that is fitted in the grinder unit.