10 uses for old oil filter. 1. container for shop table 2. put hole in center and cut vanes on side to make lawn whirligig. 3. clean out make drink container 4. clean out make jello mold 5. apply false bottom to make hidden oil filter safe 6. use as end cap on pvc pipe 7. make alcohol can or wood stove 8. paint black, put big hook on end and make pirate hand 9. plant flowers in them for wife 10. attach long pole to make gadget to snag fruit from trees bonus- make wind chime with oil filters and spark plugs
I run filter magnets on 2 vehicles and now I can cut one open thanks to your helpful video! And as another viewer stated that poke a hole in the filter can unless you want to save it for your handy tool holder....I love it!
I found that a good way to drain the filter first is to punch a hold on the bottom (top?) of the filter by inserting a straight pick or screwdriver through the threaded part. Then I invert the filter and let it drain out. Now after watching your video, I know how to open the filter at least! :)
I used this technique recently when I compared a USA made Baldwin oil filter with a potentially counterfeit Baldwin oil filter made in Morocco. Both of them put up quite a fight with a brand new pair of Wiss aviation snips so I just ended up getting a dedicated oil filter cutter because it's just going to be better for on-camera results, plus it should take less time on thick can filters or filters with the sealing lip in an inconvenient location relative to the baseplate.
I use a muffler pipe tubing cutter with cutting wheels, no filings left behind. Funny I thought I was the only person who can't throw the old canister away and have one or two on my work bench. Great minds think a like. ;-)
This gives me an idea for a custom made cartridge filter. I was going to use a roll of toilet paper or paper towel roll. Now if like your video suggests I can cut open a brand new cheaper priced spin on filter with ease I’ll just pull out the element and use that instead. 👍😁
I just tried this when showing my daughter how to change the oil on our Suburban. Apparently the NAPA Platinum filter has a much thicker case than the Motorcraft because we couldn't even cut the lip. We had to resort to a hammer and chisel before finally realizing it wasn't going to happen.
I tried this with both Toyota OEM and Hyundai OEM filters. It didn't work well. I still like the air chisel with the sheet metal trimer chisel methode best.
I have made paper fiber washers from gasket material, wrapped the threads with teflon, put nylon washers on, put copper washers on and used thread sealant(#2 gasket sealant); all seamed to work really well.
It needs to be cut from the side, so a conventional one wouldn't work. You may be able to get a safety/side cutting can opener to work, but this method is extremely easy.
Great video, love the idea, but boy I had a heck of a time getting this to work on my OEM Mazda Miata filter. The lip was much thicker (the rolled area) and, perhaps, with the tighter radius of the smaller (4 cylinder) filter, made for a tough job cutting around the perimeter. I rewatched your video and it went much smoother for you. I'll try again in the future (loved the idea) but really had to work hard at it (brace the handle of tin snips on the bench and push down with the other hand, etc.). Took forever. Not being critical, just wish it went as easy for me as it looked for you. Or maybe I just need to build up my hand strength some more! :-) Nice tip, thank you!
But I've never met a filter I couldn't cut with this method. Even the thickest filters are only around 24 gauge(.020). Double that up and you're maybe 18 gauge(.040)which is easy for a pair of tin snips to cut through.
@@sixtyfiveford You must have the strength of the Hulk! I fought one for an hour before giving up. A friend of mine tried as well, and he's a really big guy. Using a filter cutter now. These SRT performance filters are tough! I can easily flex the sides of a normal filter by squeezing it with one hand and cannot flex the SRT at all with two hands.
@@artillerybuff2000 On some of them starting it on that rolled lip is the hardest part and I've had to use dykes or something similar. I think once I even used the angle grinder just to nip a little groove in that rolled lip. But then a nice sharp set of tin snips went right through.
Could you imagine if dozen of filter need to be cut off like this, what would happen to hand? It will be more tiredness and slowest progress rather then use grinder it could be efficiency.
Nice way to open it :-D Maybe glue an old speaker magnet in the newly made dip, it may stop it skidding around on a metal work bench, maybe :-) Somehow I expected you to have an old massive pipe cutter, the ones with the sharp wheels that you keep adjusting on every rotation. If they ever made them that big.
LOL all these people buying fancy oil filter cutters when they have 3 sets of tin snips in the toolbox. Great video, thank you. P.S. holy cow that oil is pitch black
I personally don't have much need to inspect the innards of an oil filter. But, this is a handy tip if that day should ever come. As for cups, I'm rather fond of those camping stove/lantern mini propane cylinders. They are quite beefy and substantial. I just cut the tops off with an abrasive metal-working chop saw. Be sure they're empty first otherwise there'll be a bit of warm orange and yellow drama. To dispose of old oil filters, I welded up a simple cylinder/piston combination for the 20 ton hydraulic press. Works perfectly to crush the spin-on filters squeezing out all the oil allowing the remaining metal hockey puck slug to enter the standard curb-side weekly recycling bin pickup stream. Love your garage musings. Always something interesting and helpful going on.
10 uses for old oil filter.
1. container for shop table
2. put hole in center and cut vanes on side to make lawn whirligig.
3. clean out make drink container
4. clean out make jello mold
5. apply false bottom to make hidden oil filter safe
6. use as end cap on pvc pipe
7. make alcohol can or wood stove
8. paint black, put big hook on end and make pirate hand
9. plant flowers in them for wife
10. attach long pole to make gadget to snag fruit from trees
bonus- make wind chime with oil filters and spark plugs
Time to start collecting more oil filters. I need to find a proper hook!
#8 lmao
Wow! So many useful tools!.
@@sixtyfiveford silencer for sound, of a shot. NOT LEGAL!!
DON'T DO IT!!!!
I read that somewhere!!! Not the legal part, that's a "DUH"!!!
You forgot suppressor
The things you come up with are amazing.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
65ford - you did it again - made an approach simple, inexpensive and better than most. Thanks for sharing
Good stuff Bud!! I like the idea of the storage can, looks more appropriate in the garage then my soup cans!!☺
I end up getting too many and have to clean house once in a while.
Great tip, also love the idea of reusing the can for cleaning parts etc.
I end up with a fair amount more little cans than I need but they come in very handy.
That's the best way I've seen for opening them. Everyone else was using an angle grinder.
I've seen some cringe worthy moments of people trying to cut these open in a myriad of ways.
Way better than an expensive filter cutter. Great video. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Wow, what an amazing and simple video to help us DIY folks. Thanks man!
Okay this is the most useful UA-cam video I've seen in a long time. I just opened up a fuel filter from an old GM car using the same method
Great to hear!
That's definitely less messy than my current method of putting them in the lathe.
That would be exciting.
@@sixtyfiveford it keeps you on your toes lol
Really good idea. If anyone's worried about the sharp edge, you can get rubber moulding for next to nothing. 👍
Man this is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you! No special nonsense needed!
I run filter magnets on 2 vehicles and now I can cut one open thanks to your helpful video! And as another viewer stated that poke a hole in the filter can unless you want to save it for your handy tool holder....I love it!
Do not do that. The oil has metal in it for lubecriating
Better than my old dremel! Thankyou. I will try my retired snips!
I found that a good way to drain the filter first is to punch a hold on the bottom (top?) of the filter by inserting a straight pick or screwdriver through the threaded part. Then I invert the filter and let it drain out.
Now after watching your video, I know how to open the filter at least! :)
I used this technique recently when I compared a USA made Baldwin oil filter with a potentially counterfeit Baldwin oil filter made in Morocco. Both of them put up quite a fight with a brand new pair of Wiss aviation snips so I just ended up getting a dedicated oil filter cutter because it's just going to be better for on-camera results, plus it should take less time on thick can filters or filters with the sealing lip in an inconvenient location relative to the baseplate.
Yeah, I was excited to cut open filters easily after seeing this video, but both Wix filters I tried were a huge pain to cut open
You always come with the most simple way to do things..you must be a engineer...Cheers 🍻🍻🍻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Sadly my car and my wife's now take cartridge's while its good for inspection I feel cheated out of a dandy cup for the workbench. Great video!
Dude - your always coming up with good ideas and tricks. 👏👏
Dude... I subscribed just because your video was 2 minutes long. Told me exactly what I wanted to know. And was funny. Thanks again!
What an awesome idea. Great way to open them up too. I just watched the video on making a cup holder. My next project.
I use a muffler pipe tubing cutter with cutting wheels, no filings left behind. Funny I thought I was the only person who can't throw the old canister away and have one or two on my work bench. Great minds think a like. ;-)
I end up having to clean house sometimes as I collect to many of these cans.
Cool, even looks easier than using a pipe cutter, and dang it, I never thought of re-purposing that can. Well done!
I find it a lot quicker than a pipe style cutter. Those also tend to smash/dent the can so you have to pry the filter media out.
I love you videos. I've made the wrench extender, I just got done making an oil filter cup. Great projects, keep them coming.
Hey Thanks.
I appreciate this vid fam! That looks dead easy too - I’m always wanting to check for particles and this looks like a simple method!
You NAILED IT again.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
wow, that was fast , the way you opened that can.
now i can make some wind chimes.
awesome video !!
1000 thumbs up !! ingenuity
Damn....I wish I had seen this video years ago!!!! Amazing and cheap, no mess!!!!!👍👍👍
great video thanks Robb this will help a lot since most cutters are terrible and consuming time.
This gives me an idea for a custom made cartridge filter. I was going to use a roll of toilet paper or paper towel roll. Now if like your video suggests I can cut open a brand new cheaper priced spin on filter with ease I’ll just pull out the element and use that instead. 👍😁
Great tip. I opened the last one with an angle grinder and it was very messy.
I have used a can opener with great results actually
Love it , brilliant bud.👍
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Great idea Mo, thanks!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
I just tried this when showing my daughter how to change the oil on our Suburban. Apparently the NAPA Platinum filter has a much thicker case than the Motorcraft because we couldn't even cut the lip. We had to resort to a hammer and chisel before finally realizing it wasn't going to happen.
I once used some side cut can openers.
I don't see why those wouldn't work. I'll have to try them out(when the wife is gone of course)
@@sixtyfiveford Exactly, when she's gone out shopping, you do what's needed.
Good job, I've looked for a good way to do this for quite a while.
My gosh, waste not, want not. Frugal to the Nth.
Heck Yeah.
The best video on opening a oil filter !!
You are a genius why didn't I think about it
Honestly good video thank you
Nice tips.
Congrats on 130k subs.
Thanks Man.
Thanks for sharing this video.
Wow very clever I was just about to spend $145 Australian till I saw your video awesome thanks for the upload mate
No problem 👍
Great vid as always. Thanks for sharing your wisdom.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Cool tip. there is a fuel filter for oil furnaces built the same way that may come in handy
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
I tried this with both Toyota OEM and Hyundai OEM filters. It didn't work well. I still like the air chisel with the sheet metal trimer chisel methode best.
The oil pan bolt is leaking a bit on an old 302 I have. Easiest fix to get it to stop? I thought about using a copper crush washer.
I have made paper fiber washers from gasket material, wrapped the threads with teflon, put nylon washers on, put copper washers on and used thread sealant(#2 gasket sealant); all seamed to work really well.
@@sixtyfiveford I'll give something a try. Thanks for the ideas.
Copper is always nice do to re usability.
Am I subbed? .... yeah I'm subbed... good! This guy is teaching UA-cam to think. Not buy something; THINK. Vigilante of thought, not credit card.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Another great tip, thanks Moe!!!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
There you go again being clever AF
I wonder if you could get a can opener to do it.
It needs to be cut from the side, so a conventional one wouldn't work. You may be able to get a safety/side cutting can opener to work, but this method is extremely easy.
Excellent tip! Thumbs up
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Excellent video u made it easy you made it really easy and you got a pencil holder now ingenius
Do Curved cutters work better or straight? OR.. does not matter.
It doesn't really matter. I generally use a pair of straight cutters.
This is a good idea, but the lip on my denso filter is way too thick to be opened this way, i tried several sets of snips...
Dam, That is some black oil. I use chain link tailpipe cutter to cut em open. makes a Nice clean cut...
I have never seen used oil that wasn't black.
Great video, love the idea, but boy I had a heck of a time getting this to work on my OEM Mazda Miata filter. The lip was much thicker (the rolled area) and, perhaps, with the tighter radius of the smaller (4 cylinder) filter, made for a tough job cutting around the perimeter. I rewatched your video and it went much smoother for you.
I'll try again in the future (loved the idea) but really had to work hard at it (brace the handle of tin snips on the bench and push down with the other hand, etc.). Took forever.
Not being critical, just wish it went as easy for me as it looked for you. Or maybe I just need to build up my hand strength some more! :-)
Nice tip, thank you!
Yeah I couldn’t do this on a Mobil1 filter either.
So simple and useful!
Super great idea. Thanks!
I thought I could recycle, reuse repurpose LOL Always learning! Thank you.
Impossible to do this with the Ryco filter I have. The edge is too thick for tin snips.
Great tip!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Another great video! Thanks a bunch🙏🏾❗️
Hey thanks
Had no clue thanks for letting the world know again.
Great innovation bro!
Works well for standard duty filters, but the metal in the heavy duty SRT & WIX filters is nearly twice as thick.
But I've never met a filter I couldn't cut with this method. Even the thickest filters are only around 24 gauge(.020). Double that up and you're maybe 18 gauge(.040)which is easy for a pair of tin snips to cut through.
@@sixtyfiveford You must have the strength of the Hulk! I fought one for an hour before giving up. A friend of mine tried as well, and he's a really big guy. Using a filter cutter now. These SRT performance filters are tough! I can easily flex the sides of a normal filter by squeezing it with one hand and cannot flex the SRT at all with two hands.
@@artillerybuff2000 On some of them starting it on that rolled lip is the hardest part and I've had to use dykes or something similar. I think once I even used the angle grinder just to nip a little groove in that rolled lip. But then a nice sharp set of tin snips went right through.
Could you imagine if dozen of filter need to be cut off like this, what would happen to hand? It will be more tiredness and slowest progress rather then use grinder it could be efficiency.
Good tip!
Thanks!
If you poke holes in the anti drain back valve and flip it over the oil within will drain
Very cool tid bit. Now if you can build one a them spectrographic analysis SOAP machines out of stuff from the auction. I know, you can!
Now that's a fantastic idea!
What a EXCELLENT tip!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏❤ it, thankyou!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
I always used an air chissel with a sheet metal cutter but your way is much better.
Dam you come up with a lot of great ideas. I’ve been copying a lot of them. This one for sure 👍👍
Hey Thanks.
Just what I needed, thanks!
Do you personally run a neodymium along the inner element to find metal or do you break it down with petrol ⏳ tip it out later/visual
I just pry the filter pleats open and visually inspect them.
Your tin snip is a right handed tools ? Or straight?
Either work fine
@@sixtyfiveford oh thank s
That oil filter came out of diesel? How many miles on the oil?
70's Carbureted engine with around 2500miles. Diesel oil is nasty stuff.
Oil Filter CUP works great for hot tea in winter. Keeps your hands warm while you drink :-0)
Nice n simple. Good work.
Nice way to open it :-D
Maybe glue an old speaker magnet in the newly made dip, it may stop it skidding around on a metal work bench, maybe :-)
Somehow I expected you to have an old massive pipe cutter, the ones with the sharp wheels that you keep adjusting on every rotation.
If they ever made them that big.
The magnet is a good idea.
LOL all these people buying fancy oil filter cutters when they have 3 sets of tin snips in the toolbox. Great video, thank you.
P.S. holy cow that oil is pitch black
🙏 thank you! You are smart man
Excellent video!
Did you use left (Red) Aviation tin snips?
Yes and I go around counter clockwise. You could use green right and go around the other direction.
Right on ! Thanks.
Parts cleaner container.... Brilliant idea.
Wow! Thanks, I finally put my grandmother to sleep!
I really liked this video thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome! You da man!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Wow, good idea, thanks.
I personally don't have much need to inspect the innards of an oil filter. But, this is a handy tip if that day should ever come.
As for cups, I'm rather fond of those camping stove/lantern mini propane cylinders. They are quite beefy and substantial. I just cut the tops off with an abrasive metal-working chop saw. Be sure they're empty first otherwise there'll be a bit of warm orange and yellow drama.
To dispose of old oil filters, I welded up a simple cylinder/piston combination for the 20 ton hydraulic press. Works perfectly to crush the spin-on filters squeezing out all the oil allowing the remaining metal hockey puck slug to enter the standard curb-side weekly recycling bin pickup stream.
Love your garage musings. Always something interesting and helpful going on.
Hey Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.
Thank you!!
Hey Thanks for watching.
WoW …. I have the expensive tools you spoke of 🤦🏼 dang
You are a smart dude.
Straight, left curve or right curve snips?
Right is what I used in the video and went counter clockwise. You can use left of your left handed just work around clockwise.
I've never tried it but would a can opener work..🤔
Unfortunately no. There's just no lip for it to grab.
Wow that was easy! great tip!
Thanks man.
1:50 glue a magnet at the bottom then you have a magnet part can.
Maybe a high quality can opener could also open one of these?
Thanks for this!