Filter stuck on your lens? Absolute surefire way to get it off!
Aug 22, 2020 14:35:00 #
Aug 22, 2020 14:57:24 #
I use a Sawzall with a hacksaw blade. Sometimes a Skillsaw with a diamond cutter
Aug 22, 2020 16:13:39 #
daiqngo
Loc: San Diego, CA
I had a stuck filter for over 2 years. Last week, I got a tip to take the lens, put it in a ziplock bag and leave it in the freezer for about 30 secs. Afterwards, with a good filter wrench, that thing came off right away!
Aug 22, 2020 16:33:11 #
GeneS
Loc: Glendale,AZ
Send the lens and camera to me at my undisclosed mail box and I remove it for free
Aug 22, 2020 16:33:26 #
GeneS
Loc: Glendale,AZ
Send the lens and camera to me at my undisclosed mail box and I remove it for free
Aug 22, 2020 17:29:03 #
Aug 22, 2020 17:49:36 #
KTJohnson wrote:
1. Secure camera in vice
2. Use a large 14 inch pipe wrench
3. Don't be afraid to use some muscle on that bad boy!
4. Works every time.
2. Use a large 14 inch pipe wrench
3. Don't be afraid to use some muscle on that bad boy!
4. Works every time.
Looks like a “wrenching” approach, but sure success. A friend of about 50 yrs in Omaha would just use a hammer. But Gary uses a hammer for damn near everything. Even appears on his license plate on his C4 Vette convertible!
Aug 22, 2020 18:44:12 #
KTJohnson wrote:
1. Secure camera in vice
2. Use a large 14 inch pipe wrench
3. Don't be afraid to use some muscle on that bad boy!
4. Works every time.
2. Use a large 14 inch pipe wrench
3. Don't be afraid to use some muscle on that bad boy!
4. Works every time.
Just buy a new lens and help the economy, and of course another filter you can't get off yet again.
Aug 22, 2020 20:31:35 #
KTJohnson wrote:
1. Secure camera in vice
2. Use a large 14 inch pipe wrench
3. Don't be afraid to use some muscle on that bad boy!
4. Works every time.
2. Use a large 14 inch pipe wrench
3. Don't be afraid to use some muscle on that bad boy!
4. Works every time.
It helps to put a 26 inch length of pvc pipe on that handle; makes the turning much easier.
Aug 22, 2020 20:57:14 #
Last used lens I bought with a stuck filter also came with the filter removal tool - a wide rubber band wrapped around it.
Aug 22, 2020 20:58:31 #
Posted just in time. I got a filter stuck as we talk. Going to the hardware store to buy a vice and wrench. Thanks.
Aug 22, 2020 22:37:18 #
Aug 22, 2020 22:40:55 #
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
I've always believed in the sledgehammer mechanic's creed, "If it doesn't work the first time get a bigger hammer." In this case substitute pipe wrench for hammer.
In the old days we called that an Italian speed wrench.
Aug 22, 2020 23:41:37 #
wthomson wrote:
Your process looks a little crude--have you considered explosives?
Monty Python had a sketch on the use of explosives to treat tooth decay. The results were something like 10 cured, 20 dead and 25 missing presumed cured.
Aug 23, 2020 00:31:12 #
hpucker99 wrote:
Monty Python had a sketch on the use of explosives to treat tooth decay. The results were something like 10 cured, 20 dead and 25 missing presumed cured.
...but I bet all the tooth decay was gone, right?
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