I was sick of opening filters with a hacksaw so it was the time to get an oil filter cutter, but none of the shops of my area sell those things. There was the option of buying a pipe cutter, but that was too expensive at more than a $100 USD.
So, the only sensible option was to make one myself, the only thing that I had to buy was a replacement blade for a tube cutter that cost me $4.00 USD for a package of two. All the other bits are scrap or remnants from other projects that I have collected over the years, including: a piece of aluminium, bearings and the axle from a mountain bike, an assortment of nuts and bolts, and the left over reinforcements from a kitchen cabinet that I built some time ago. Anyway, next are the pictures of my prototype that performed well beyond my expectations.
This is the blade that I had to buy.
The end result. Now I want to cut many more filters.
So, the only sensible option was to make one myself, the only thing that I had to buy was a replacement blade for a tube cutter that cost me $4.00 USD for a package of two. All the other bits are scrap or remnants from other projects that I have collected over the years, including: a piece of aluminium, bearings and the axle from a mountain bike, an assortment of nuts and bolts, and the left over reinforcements from a kitchen cabinet that I built some time ago. Anyway, next are the pictures of my prototype that performed well beyond my expectations.
This is the blade that I had to buy.
The end result. Now I want to cut many more filters.
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