ST16 CENTRIFUGE BUCKET INSERT (for slightly wider tubes)

Description

Centrifuge swing-bucket insert for chunky/slightly larger than standard sample/transfer tubes (15ml conical tubes,etc...) for Thermo Scientific Sorvall ST16 centrifuge. Our centrifuges came with a swing bucket insert for larger tubes (not super fat/huge tubes), but when we use them, samples break at the bottom in the middle of a cycle, leaving us with nasty, bio-hazardous messes that take at least 30 minutes to clean up, and when our centrifuges need to spin 24/7/365 it is quite frustrating. When we try using buckets for regular tubes, larger sample tubes tend to get VERY, VERY stuck in the tube wells (bad enough that the tubes need to be destroyed to remove them), This is my attempt at designing a bucket insert that doesn't break samples, or basically eat them. If anyone makes this please let me know how it works for you.