Summary

This is a double-ended tube opener/uncapper. It is very much like KaiLun's tube decapper, except that it can be used to uncap:

1500 uL Eppendorf tubes
500 uL Eppendorf tubes
200 uL PCR tubes

And it has a bent handle so that you can maneuver around other samples when you're working with racked tubes (you bend it yourself using a bit of heat).

Print Settings

Rafts:

No

                                            <p class="detail-setting supports"><strong>Supports: </strong>                     <div><p>No</p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting resolution"><strong>Resolution: </strong>                     <div><p>0.2 mm</p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting infill"><strong>Infill: </strong>                     <div><p>15 % or more.</p></div></p>                                                        <br>                        <p class="detail-setting notes"><strong>Notes: </strong>                    </p><div><p>I use 2 perimeters and 4 top/bottom solid layers.</p></div>

Post-Printing

The keen-eyed reader will notice that you need to bend the handle yourself. Simply warm the bend area over a candle, and then press it against the curvy part of a spoon's handle to set the new shape (see photo above). Remember to bend it in the right direction! The side that printed face-down on your printer should stay face-down on the spoon.

Changelog

2017 Apr 25

Initial release.

Microcentrifuge tube opener (Eppendorf and PCR)