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Permalink Reply by Brendan deVallance on June 3, 2010 at 1:16pm

I have only used Wine bottles for slides so far. I trounced all over a Makers Mark bottle and ended up with a pile of shards. A lot of good liquor bottles have too much going on in the neck to make a good slide. And i go thru plenty of wine in my house. Drinking and making stuff are 2 of my favorite hobbies. —B

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Permalink Reply by Hey, TURN IT DOWN! on June 3, 2010 at 1:29pm

I find a good Shiraz is the best choice...like the 2003 Yellowtail Premium. Of course, after such a delectable bottle, I usually find it wise to stay away from tools and glass...unless I want a trip to the ER!

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Permalink Reply by Chester Winowiecki on June 4, 2010 at 2:06am

Wine bottles for sure....most liquor bottles are either too thin or are all funky near the neck. (the only exception I can think of are higher end scotch bottles which are similar to wine bottles)
Check your local recycling center or look in the blue bins at the side of the road (if you're not too proud) for bottles. Get as many as you can: the success to failure ratio is pretty low.

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Permalink Reply by Bruce on June 4, 2010 at 9:39am

I have a Boyd & Blair potato vodka bottle I've been eyeing up for just this purpose. Thanks for asking the question first, Isaac.
The neck on this bottle is fairly straight but the opening will only fit my pinky finger. The bottle was also wax dipped over the top so that will have to be removed prior to any cutting/breaking.

Plus it's a damn fine vodka.

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Permalink Reply by Keni Lee Burgess on June 4, 2010 at 10:17am

Grey Goose Vodka and port wine bottles work well because the glass is thick. Imported glass from Italian wine bottles tends to be of superior quality too. Enjoy.

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Permalink Reply by the factory throw out on June 4, 2010 at 2:06pm

get a coricidin bottle....antiques stores about 10 bucks

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Permalink Reply by Outhouse Instruments on June 4, 2010 at 3:17pm

Anything thick, with a straight neck.
Cut green glass slides have the most mojo, blue is second with the coricidin bottle being 3rd.

lol

Matt

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on June 5, 2010 at 8:21am

Vino.

-WY

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Permalink Reply by Isaac on June 5, 2010 at 5:56pm

Thanks guys! Looks like I'll have to stock up on some wine! Oh darn! :)

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Permalink Reply by rockcity on June 5, 2010 at 11:55pm

Yep green or blue wine bottles..

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Permalink Reply by Wild Rover on June 8, 2010 at 9:11am

Just thought I would throw this in. Once you got the bottle, you need to get the neck off of it. Here is a good video that shows how to get the neck off using a rotory tool with diamond cut off wheels. http://www.youtube.com/user/bigdaddysmojo#p/u/133/oNfyWl4N6Xs

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Permalink Reply by Isaac on June 8, 2010 at 5:02pm

THanks for that link! Great tutorial!

Wild Rover said:

Just thought I would throw this in. Once you got the bottle, you need to get the neck off of it. Here is a good video that shows how to get the neck off using a rotory tool with diamond cut off wheels. http://www.youtube.com/user/bigdaddysmojo#p/u/133/oNfyWl4N6Xs

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