I made a bunch of drinking glasses. I used a jig to score and hot water to pop it off so it broke smooth and relatively even. Light polishing and there you go. After doing it a while I got the feel well enough to do with beer bottles which I would then drink liquor out of and shatter against the side of my house during bonfires. Unlimited possibilities
I used a jig with a small cutting wheel to score the bottle then heat the score line with boiling ( or near boiling for thinner glass) and then dip it in water to break along the line. Polish with emery cloth or high grit sandpaper. The less delta T between the hot water and the dip water the smoother the cut. Finding your preferred Temps for the thickness of the glass is the art.
Those square ones are harder for me to cut cleanly so good on this candle maker.
My cutter simply won’t handle some of what I’m seeing here. How do you think they did it?
something like this maybe. I haven’t shopped for this stuff in almost 15 years and the available options are much better/cheaper than they used to be
That’s a nice upgrade on mine! Much love.
Oh I try cutting it one and it was a disaster. Better to user professional equipment
please tell me why people cut these bottles, what is their end objective with this craft?
I made a bunch of drinking glasses. I used a jig to score and hot water to pop it off so it broke smooth and relatively even. Light polishing and there you go. After doing it a while I got the feel well enough to do with beer bottles which I would then drink liquor out of and shatter against the side of my house during bonfires. Unlimited possibilities
How do you cut them? I’ve thought of getting a tile saw and doing that.
I used a jig with a small cutting wheel to score the bottle then heat the score line with boiling ( or near boiling for thinner glass) and then dip it in water to break along the line. Polish with emery cloth or high grit sandpaper. The less delta T between the hot water and the dip water the smoother the cut. Finding your preferred Temps for the thickness of the glass is the art.
Edit: Boiling water