oil quart cutter

[rdsk8ter]

I'm not sure if this is the right section but here goes nothing.
I am looking to cut a lot of quart size oil just for organizing parts (around 150) and am trying to make life a little easier. What I did on the first 20 is placed a razor on the edge of my bench and a piece of angle 3" away clamped both down and rolled the oil jug around while it worked ok it was a mess!!!! I was thinking it would be nice to make some kind of jig to hold the razor and let the bottle sit upside down and roll it around . Please save me a huge mess anyone got any ideas?

Here is an idea of what Im doing with them

 

[3oheight]

Fill them up with water and cut them in half like this:

 

[4BT]

Know anyone with an old rusty bandsaw that could use an oiling?

 

[91bronc300]

I would flatten out the center of the quart bottles then cut them with a pair of stout scissors over a drip pan. Should go pretty quick like that I'd think.

 

[TOOL MASTER]

hot wire cutter set to height...

 

[rdsk8ter]

that video is pretty neat very temping! I tried the scissors and it left the ends out of square the 4 corners were higher then the middle.

 

[PCO6]

rdsk8ter - I like your razor blade jig idea. "I'll get on it"

I use clear plastic juice bottles for a lot of my hardware storage. I set the fence on my table saw at 4", lay the bottles flat then run them through. It's fast but it leaves a slightly rough edge. The final step I take is to trim of each cut with aviation shears. It leaves a nice clean edge and it's not that time consuming. I haven't tried it but I might get a better cut and be able to eliminate the final trimming if I used a finer blade on my table saw.

I also thought of filling the bottles up with water and freezing them before running them through my table saw ... but I haven't got around to that yet.

Here's what mine look like ...

 

[BMB]

I've been doing the same thing (cutting bottles) and c clamped a box cutter to the top of a piece of scrap box tubing. I can rotate and cut the bottles upright this way.

I'm still trying to think of a better way.

I have a Dremel flex shaft and have been thinking of trying to make a jig to hold it and use a fiber wheel to cut them.

I may look into the hot wire cutter too.

 

[bullnerd]

I used to play with a soldering iron type thing my dad had whan I was a kid. It looked just like the pencil style iron except the tip held x-acto blades.This went through plastic like.....melted plastic. That might work with a height fixture. I would probably try the hot wire if I were doing it ,just for the cool factor.

 

[zkling]

I could let you borrow a katana

How about a pair of properly sharpened hedge shears? I use mine all the time for non hedge related stuff. If you cut a block of 2x4 as a height jig, I think you could get them cut pretty quick and accurately. I mean, you ain't exactly building rockets. Short of that, maybe a large paper cutter type machine. I think anything with power is going to be super messy and possibly dangerous as the side walls will want to flex.

 

[rdsk8ter]

guess I overlooked wood that would be well to easy that gave me a vision that will come to life tomorrow.

 

[AlexNGreen]

Take a couple 2x4's and make a small wood box to fit oil container to whatever height you want. Screw to bench. Take plumbers strap or something metal and attach to top of box. Get some long paint scraping razor blades and press onto plumbers strap and pull through oil container. Not tested but sounds good in theory.

 

[Dustball]

Try this- http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/f...ral-guide-home-made-hot-wire-foam-cutter.html

 

[rdsk8ter]

heres what I figured out after I remembered the KISS theory. Guess I overthought and didn't think about using wood. next time I would make it from 2x6 but the 2x4 worked fairly well


did all these bottles in about 20 mins

 

[KPSquared]

Why not just leave them upside down until really empty then use a mitre saw?

 

[PCO6]

heres what I figured out ...

Nice job. I made a similar jig after seeing yours and it works well on the bottles I use too. Mine are clear plastic and a bit lighter than the oil bottles you use. Thanks.

 

[rdsk8ter]

I messed a couple up but once I figured the speed out I was set

 

[MillerMav]

This is a great little idea! I am definitely not throwing away my used oil containers after the next couple changes. I have a lot of little nuts/bolts that could use some organizing!