I bought a Dunlop glass slide and it fits over the whole finger. I would like to cut it in half and just use it on the end of my ring finger. Is it possible to just score it all the way around and tap it to break in half????
It is tempered glass and feels very good but just too long for me.
I do have a dremel drill with lots of different bits to grind or score it. I've never cut any glass before but don't think it would be hard to do. Just don't want to ruin it before I can use it. It says the wall is 2mm thick.
Richard
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It'll break, don't do it. Dunlop slides are rather thin borosilicate, (laboratory glass), which is a pain to work, and to be frank, not generally well-regarded by a lot of top slide players. If it works for you, that's fine, but just buy another slide...and another..and another until you find the right one!
Thanks ChickenboneJohn for the info. Yep, won't cut it. I bought a couple of brass slides a while back but don't really like them. Guess i'll have to dig a little deeper in the wallet for more.
Yep you will never cut it without ruining it. I use a Dunlop 212 which is a heavy walled 2" glass slide. Fits on the pinky.
Thanks Milt for the info. I'll check out the 212 and see how it works.
Thanks Ron for the info. It looks like I am going to have to just try different kinds and find the ones I like. I play pedal and lap steels and just recently gotten into CBG's building and playing.
The 3 I have built so far are with frets and not used a slide but the next will be fretless and will use the slide.
Thanks
Richard
If have any friends with a water-fed tile cutter, you should be able to cut the slide with it. I have one and use it to cut bottle necks for slides. Very clean, very smooth, no chips. The Dunlop is relatively cheap, so you won't lose much if it doesn't work out for you.
Thanks Tom
I had thought of that way but didn't know if it would work. I have a friend that has a cutter and I'll check with him.
Richard
NO don't Do it! what i learned for doing it whit a wine bottle, you measure your size then take a stong piece of rope dont use nylon, tigh it on the spot real tight circling the bottle only two times, soak it in a burning liqued ,wipe of the exces from the glass so only the rope will burn, light it , let it burn out, Now a fjew things can happen or the glass pops and breaks at the spot or it just cracks, if so you help it along by tapping it gently. and then sand down the edge on a flat surface whit fine waterproof sanding paper, it helps by rolling the bottle so the flame don't stay on one spot , and it can crack on a place besides the rope, you can use a glass cutter as well but thats a entirely diverend story, Bee careful using these instructions, protect eyes at all times, don't proseed in the presents of children and animals, keep clear of other flammeble material and use your common sens doing it, Take Care & Good luck !! if you dont succeed whit one bottle try again till you do!
Thanks Andries
At one point in thinking about this, I thought maybe scoring the glass and then taking a propane torch and heating it all around the score mark and then tap it but I decided to wait and see how others might do it. It didn't cost that much and even if I break it, it wouldn't matter since it is very uncomfortable to play with. I think I have arthritis in my left wrist and it is very uncomfortable using anything other than a short end of finger slide
Maybe if I score it and wrap cotton thread around the score mark. How's that idea sound.?????
Thanks
Richard
With glass that thin, i'd not try, but for bottles, i have in the past, scored a line with glass cutter/ grinder or similar, place in boiling/ hot water for a few minutes, then plunge in ice water, usually they snap off and just need a touch up with sandpaper
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