Stuck Filters

Haven't checked in here in a long time. Greetings to all the
regulars. I've got a Vivitar cicular polarizer (77 mm) stuck to a
Firecrest IRND 18 sunfilter (77 mm). They seem to have become welded
together. Any advise on how to get them apart. Tried putting on some
heavy duty latex surgical gloves and seeing if that would give me a
better grip, but no use. Any suggestions?.

On Nov 4, 2017, rwalker wrote
(in ):

Haven't checked in here in a long time. Greetings to all the
regulars. I've got a Vivitar cicular polarizer (77 mm) stuck to a
Firecrest IRND 18 sunfilter (77 mm). They seem to have become welded
together. Any advise on how to get them apart. Tried putting on some
heavy duty latex surgical gloves and seeing if that would give me a
better grip, but no use. Any suggestions?.

It sounds as if you are in need of a filter wrench of the appropriate size.
Available at B&H, or Amazon.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Other-Filter-
Accessories/ci/122/N/4026728365

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Regards,
Savageduck

On Sat, 04 Nov 2017 17:27:15 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On Nov 4, 2017, rwalker wrote
(in ):

Haven't checked in here in a long time. Greetings to all the
regulars. I've got a Vivitar cicular polarizer (77 mm) stuck to a
Firecrest IRND 18 sunfilter (77 mm). They seem to have become welded
together. Any advise on how to get them apart? Tried putting on some
heavy duty latex surgical gloves and seeing if that would give me a
better grip, but no use. Any suggestions?.

It sounds as if you are in need of a filter wrench of the appropriate size.
Available at B&H, or Amazon.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Other-Filter-
Accessories/ci/122/N/4026728365


I think I'm going to invest in one. Finally got them unstuck. After
I had them inside for a couple of hours warming they loosened up.
Arthritis in my fingers, particularly my thumbs, makes these things
much harder than they used to be.

On 11/04/2017 08:33 PM, rwalker wrote:
On Sat, 04 Nov 2017 17:27:15 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On Nov 4, 2017, rwalker wrote
(in ):

Haven't checked in here in a long time. Greetings to all the
regulars. I've got a Vivitar cicular polarizer (77 mm) stuck to a
Firecrest IRND 18 sunfilter (77 mm). They seem to have become welded
together. Any advise on how to get them apart? Tried putting on some
heavy duty latex surgical gloves and seeing if that would give me a
better grip, but no use. Any suggestions?.

It sounds as if you are in need of a filter wrench of the appropriate size.
Available at B&H, or Amazon.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Other-Filter-
Accessories/ci/122/N/4026728365


I think I'm going to invest in one. Finally got them unstuck. After
I had them inside for a couple of hours warming they loosened up.
Arthritis in my fingers, particularly my thumbs, makes these things
much harder than they used to be.


I once used a plumber's pipe wrench on a filter stuck on a lens. I
mounted the lens in the workshop bench vise.
Fortunately it was a filter I didn't care about. And while I cared about
the lens, it was a common one and not too expensive.

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Ken Hart

On Sat, 4 Nov 2017 20:46:42 -0400, Ken Hart
wrote:

On 11/04/2017 08:33 PM, rwalker wrote:
On Sat, 04 Nov 2017 17:27:15 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On Nov 4, 2017, rwalker wrote
(in ):

Haven't checked in here in a long time. Greetings to all the
regulars. I've got a Vivitar cicular polarizer (77 mm) stuck to a
Firecrest IRND 18 sunfilter (77 mm). They seem to have become welded
together. Any advise on how to get them apart? Tried putting on some
heavy duty latex surgical gloves and seeing if that would give me a
better grip, but no use. Any suggestions?.

It sounds as if you are in need of a filter wrench of the appropriate size.
Available at B&H, or Amazon.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Other-Filter-
Accessories/ci/122/N/4026728365


I think I'm going to invest in one. Finally got them unstuck. After
I had them inside for a couple of hours warming they loosened up.
Arthritis in my fingers, particularly my thumbs, makes these things
much harder than they used to be.


I once used a plumber's pipe wrench on a filter stuck on a lens. I
mounted the lens in the workshop bench vise.
Fortunately it was a filter I didn't care about. And while I cared about
the lens, it was a common one and not too expensive.

Interesting approach!

On Sat, 04 Nov 2017 19:32:56 -0400, rwalker
wrote:

Haven't checked in here in a long time. Greetings to all the
regulars. I've got a Vivitar cicular polarizer (77 mm) stuck to a
Firecrest IRND 18 sunfilter (77 mm). They seem to have become welded
together. Any advise on how to get them apart. Tried putting on some
heavy duty latex surgical gloves and seeing if that would give me a
better grip, but no use. Any suggestions?.


3 point grip helps, sometimes. Thumb and two fingers. That way thr
filter doesn't distort so baddly.

On Sat, 04 Nov 2017 20:13:01 -0700, charles wrote:

On Sat, 04 Nov 2017 19:32:56 -0400, rwalker
wrote:

Haven't checked in here in a long time. Greetings to all the
regulars. I've got a Vivitar cicular polarizer (77 mm) stuck to a
Firecrest IRND 18 sunfilter (77 mm). They seem to have become welded
together. Any advise on how to get them apart. Tried putting on some
heavy duty latex surgical gloves and seeing if that would give me a
better grip, but no use. Any suggestions?.


3 point grip helps, sometimes. Thumb and two fingers. That way thr
filter doesn't distort so baddly.


Thanks. Good to know.

On Nov 4, 2017, rwalker wrote
(in ):

On Sat, 04 Nov 2017 20:13:01 -0700, wrote:

On Sat, 04 Nov 2017 19:32:56 -0400,
wrote:

Haven't checked in here in a long time. Greetings to all the
regulars. I've got a Vivitar cicular polarizer (77 mm) stuck to a
Firecrest IRND 18 sunfilter (77 mm). They seem to have become welded
together. Any advise on how to get them apart. Tried putting on some
heavy duty latex surgical gloves and seeing if that would give me a
better grip, but no use. Any suggestions?.


3 point grip helps, sometimes. Thumb and two fingers. That way thr
filter doesn't distort so baddly.

Thanks. Good to know.

Just go with a filter wrench, that is what they are designed for, and forget
the hare-brained schemes.

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Regards,
Savageduck

In article .com,
Savageduck wrote:

filter wrench

get four. two small and two big for different size of filters. you need
two so that you can lock the lense. cost nest to nothing... get them now
so that you have them when you need them:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/Filters/152...op=15&_nkw=fil
ter+wrench&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1
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teleportation kills

In article ,
rwalker wrote:

On Sat, 4 Nov 2017 20:46:42 -0400, Ken Hart
wrote:

On 11/04/2017 08:33 PM, rwalker wrote:
On Sat, 04 Nov 2017 17:27:15 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On Nov 4, 2017, rwalker wrote
(in ):

Haven't checked in here in a long time. Greetings to all the
regulars. I've got a Vivitar cicular polarizer (77 mm) stuck to a
Firecrest IRND 18 sunfilter (77 mm). They seem to have become welded
together. Any advise on how to get them apart? Tried putting on some
heavy duty latex surgical gloves and seeing if that would give me a
better grip, but no use. Any suggestions?.

It sounds as if you are in need of a filter wrench of the appropriate
size.
Available at B&H, or Amazon.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Other-Filter-
Accessories/ci/122/N/4026728365


I think I'm going to invest in one. Finally got them unstuck. After
I had them inside for a couple of hours warming they loosened up.
Arthritis in my fingers, particularly my thumbs, makes these things
much harder than they used to be.


I once used a plumber's pipe wrench on a filter stuck on a lens. I
mounted the lens in the workshop bench vise.
Fortunately it was a filter I didn't care about. And while I cared about
the lens, it was a common one and not too expensive.

Interesting approach!

the real thing is less than usd 2:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/Filters/152...op=15&_nkw=fil
ter+wrench&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1
--
teleportation kills