Browncbr1 Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 Hey guys, I thought I would upload this simple hack. Most portable/handheld Garmin units come with a yoke mount. Mine sat on the shelf until now. This aluminum yoke mount can be used as a oil filter cutter. All you need is the little cutting wheel and this one dollar packet of hardware from Lowe’s. It works just as well as the $100 cutters out there. 5 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 Mr. Brown, You have tremendous recycling skills! I know that garmin mounting device... Best regards, -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vance Harral Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 Do you have a video or photo of this in action? It looks like a really clever idea, and I have one of those yoke mounts just sitting in my basement gathering dust. But I'm having trouble understanding how you set the oil filter into the clamp in such a way that the cutting wheel rotates around the part of the filter you want to cut while applying pressure via the screw knob. The setups I'm visualizing would "grind" rather than slide/rotate, and that just seems like it wouldn't work very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Question for @Browncbr1 above... -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yetti Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Seems like you would use the clamp part around the threaded part of the filter. I just chuck mine up on the lathe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browncbr1 Posted March 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 So you use a vise to hold the filter by the nut end with the threaded end pointing up vertically. You put this device on top so it is resting on the rubber gasket seal and the cutting wheel pointing down so it is next to the filter side wall. You use the threaded knob to tighten the clamp against the threads of the filter until just a little pressure is on the cutting wheel. Spin the device around the filter a few times. Usually just some of the white paint comes off.. continue doing this process and gradually tighten the threaded knob little by little each time. If still confused, I’ll post a video next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browncbr1 Posted March 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) Goes like this.. you can remove the rubber gasket to help keep an exact cut line, as the rubber compresses if you give inconsistent down pressure while spinning Edited March 15, 2021 by Browncbr1 U 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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