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Most successful cuts i have seen are done with an oil filter cutter.
https://www.amazon.com/slp/oil-filter-cutter/yse5akhwsvmq6vh
https://www.amazon.com/slp/oil-filter-cutter/yse5akhwsvmq6vh
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Tin snips work to not contaminate it, but are not the easiest to use on some smaller filters.
As said, a filter cutter is the "best", since it is designed for such. $45-70.
As said, a filter cutter is the "best", since it is designed for such. $45-70.
Purchase a filter cutter.
Originally Posted by rekit
So how? And not get metal shavings?
Get permission from wife to spend $50 on oil filter cutter.
Write down what you told her to justify it and post it here for the rest of us.
So how? And not get metal shavings?
Get permission from wife to spend $50 on oil filter cutter.
Write down what you told her to justify it and post it here for the rest of us.
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You can do it with a hacksaw with minimal contamination of the media with metal particles, IF you cut only most of the way through, then break off the base by striking the seam sharply to break it off the can.
That's a slow method, though. If doing more than a few, the price of a more efficient dedicated filter cutter might be justified.
That's a slow method, though. If doing more than a few, the price of a more efficient dedicated filter cutter might be justified.
Originally Posted by CR94
You can do it with a hacksaw with minimal contamination of the media with metal particles, IF you cut only most of the way through, then break off the base by striking the seam sharply to break it off the can.
That's a slow method, though. If doing more than a few, the price of a more efficient dedicated filter cutter might be justified.
I never had luck with a hack saw, I always got stuff in the filter, and does take forever. I used a dremel, but was horrible for contamination, and would go through cutting wheels like crazy.
Don't cheap out on one though, I bought the cheapest one I could find on e-bay ($35-40) and it works OK, but wish I had just spent another $20 to get a good one (Longacre or Lisle).
You can do it with a hacksaw with minimal contamination of the media with metal particles, IF you cut only most of the way through, then break off the base by striking the seam sharply to break it off the can.
That's a slow method, though. If doing more than a few, the price of a more efficient dedicated filter cutter might be justified.
I never had luck with a hack saw, I always got stuff in the filter, and does take forever. I used a dremel, but was horrible for contamination, and would go through cutting wheels like crazy.
Don't cheap out on one though, I bought the cheapest one I could find on e-bay ($35-40) and it works OK, but wish I had just spent another $20 to get a good one (Longacre or Lisle).
Originally Posted by blupupher
Originally Posted by CR94
You can do it with a hacksaw with minimal contamination of the media with metal particles, IF you cut only most of the way through, then break off the base by striking the seam sharply to break it off the can.
That's a slow method, though. If doing more than a few, the price of a more efficient dedicated filter cutter might be justified.
I never had luck with a hack saw, I always got stuff in the filter, and does take forever. I used a dremel, but was horrible for contamination, and would go through cutting wheels like crazy.
Don't cheap out on one though, I bought the cheapest one I could find on e-bay ($35-40) and it works OK, but wish I had just spent another $20 to get a good one (Longacre or Lisle).
Got my Longacre from Amazon with my points it cost me $32 and change it'll last a life time.
Originally Posted by CR94
You can do it with a hacksaw with minimal contamination of the media with metal particles, IF you cut only most of the way through, then break off the base by striking the seam sharply to break it off the can.
That's a slow method, though. If doing more than a few, the price of a more efficient dedicated filter cutter might be justified.
I never had luck with a hack saw, I always got stuff in the filter, and does take forever. I used a dremel, but was horrible for contamination, and would go through cutting wheels like crazy.
Don't cheap out on one though, I bought the cheapest one I could find on e-bay ($35-40) and it works OK, but wish I had just spent another $20 to get a good one (Longacre or Lisle).
Got my Longacre from Amazon with my points it cost me $32 and change it'll last a life time.
Originally Posted by blupupher
... with a hack saw, I always got stuff in the filter, and does take forever. ...
You could've avoided the first problem you're listed, and partially avoided the second by stopping earlier with the saw, then knocking the base off the can, i.e., tearing the remaining metal at the groove you had created with the saw.
... with a hack saw, I always got stuff in the filter, and does take forever. ...
You could've avoided the first problem you're listed, and partially avoided the second by stopping earlier with the saw, then knocking the base off the can, i.e., tearing the remaining metal at the groove you had created with the saw.
Dremel with a diamond wheel.
Originally Posted by CR94
You could've avoided the first problem you've listed, and ...
Correction in red above.
You could've avoided the first problem you've listed, and ...
Correction in red above.
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