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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on August 31, 2010 at 4:35am

The Dremel should have worked. I would have used a diamond disc tho. It will pop off and may leave sharper or bulging ends but that can be taken care of with a grinding wheel and/or running it flat over 150 grit sandpaper then 400 grit.

-WY

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Permalink Reply by Craig Cox on August 31, 2010 at 5:28am

Take a look at this vid (you can skip the first 5 minutes as he shows you how NOT to cut glass). I have not tried this method, but it looks promising.
http://www.greenpowerscience.com/BOTTLECUTTING.php3
pretty cool website, too.

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Permalink Reply by ChiBob on August 31, 2010 at 5:30am

Thanks, Wes! Just got the Dremel, haven't accumulated many extras yet. That should do the trick. I didn't want to apply too much pressure; thus, I didn't use enough!

PS Guess you're a Linux user by your "photo." Which distro?

Wes Yates said:

The Dremel should have worked. I would have used a diamond disc tho. It will pop off and may leave sharper or bulging ends but that can be taken care of with a grinding wheel and/or running it flat over 150 grit sandpaper then 400 grit.
-WY

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on August 31, 2010 at 5:43am

Fedora 10/11/12/13 Originally RH 4.3 but have done geez Debian, SuSE, Caldera, Solaris, HPUX, Mandrake, mini-dirstros. You name it. Anything since 1997.

-WY

Robert Novickas said:

Thanks, Wes! Just got the Dremel, haven't accumulated many extras yet. That should do the trick. I didn't want to apply too much pressure; thus, I didn't use enough!
PS Guess you're a Linux user by your "photo." Which distro?
Wes Yates said:

The Dremel should have worked. I would have used a diamond disc tho. It will pop off and may leave sharper or bulging ends but that can be taken care of with a grinding wheel and/or running it flat over 150 grit sandpaper then 400 grit.
-WY

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Permalink Reply by ChiBob on August 31, 2010 at 6:38am

I tried the glass cutter and hot water. My problem was that I didn't have any kind of stabilizing frame or bracket to enable a straight cut around the circumference of the bottle. Still, it seems like a good way to go if you can solve that one problem. Thanks for the link, Craig.

Craig Cox said:

Take a look at this vid (you can skip the first 5 minutes as he shows you how NOT to cut glass). I have not tried this method, but it looks promising.
http://www.greenpowerscience.com/BOTTLECUTTING.php3
pretty cool website, too.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Miller on August 31, 2010 at 6:56am

Robert, If you are using a cordless dremmel you could try to drip some water onto the glass and bit as you cut. several companies sell drip kits , or you could make one from some type of reservoir/tube/and clamp. Keeping the glass cool stops it from cracking. If the dremmel has an adjustable speed you could also slow it down a bit.

There are other methods of cutting a neck. A hack saw will work. I use a wet band saw. A glass etching wheel would also do the trick.................Good luck.

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Permalink Reply by Don Thompson on August 31, 2010 at 11:26am

Well for $45 dollars I can afford to bust a few bottles. Not very cost effective for a few slides.
Don

Robert Novickas said:

I tried the glass cutter and hot water. My problem was that I didn't have any kind of stabilizing frame or bracket to enable a straight cut around the circumference of the bottle. Still, it seems like a good way to go if you can solve that one problem. Thanks for the link, Craig.

Craig Cox said:

Take a look at this vid (you can skip the first 5 minutes as he shows you how NOT to cut glass). I have not tried this method, but it looks promising.
http://www.greenpowerscience.com/BOTTLECUTTING.php3
pretty cool website, too.

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Permalink Reply by Keni Lee Burgess on August 31, 2010 at 12:45pm

I have made a few slides in my day. This method works, but it is slow.
Draw a line around the bottleneck where you want to cut it.
Lay the bottle on it's side.
Using a hacksaw, cut around the neck following your line.
First create a groove and then just keep going round and round turning the bottle.
At a certain point, this stress line will be deep enough and "pop" it will release.
Usually a beer or two does the job.
I use crocus cloth to smooth the edge.
Enjoy.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Werner on August 31, 2010 at 12:59pm

The last couple I made I used my Dremel. I used the reinforced cutting wheel, the ones with the fiberglass reinforcement.

Just cut a shallow groove all the way around the neck and give it a little tap. Should pop right off.

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Permalink Reply by Spencer on August 31, 2010 at 1:09pm

I made two last month with a dremel. Diamond-coated cutoff wheel acquired via ebay and a few minutes of patience led to two successful slides. A 100% success rate and less than ten dollars for a package of wheels. The wheel I used is still as big as it was prior to using it, so they probably go for a while.

(I highly doubt glass dust is a lot of good for your lungs so a respirator makes things easy, along with other obvious forms of protection)

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Permalink Reply by ChiBob on August 31, 2010 at 2:14pm

Thanks to everyone who contributed to my enlightenment about glass cutting. I should be slippin' and slidin' soon! Gracias!

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Permalink Reply by ChiBob on August 31, 2010 at 2:18pm

Last week I was worried about lead solder fumes; now I've got glass dust to contend with. Well, if those hard-scrabble guys in the '30's could do it, i guess I can tough it out too.

Robert Novickas said:

Thanks to everyone who contributed to my enlightenment about glass cutting. I should be slippin' and slidin' soon! Gracias!

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