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Bottle Neck Slides
Went and bought a glass cutter and planned on using the boiling water / cold water technique to pop the ends off of some beer bottles. First bottle, the cutter seemed to score a line but of course it was crooked so I tried again. This time the cutter would not score the bottle. I turned the blade to another one and still nothing. Is there a secret to using a glass cutter? I tried scoring it with a cutting wheel on my Dremel. This seemed to score it but when I tried the boiling water cold water treatment, no luck.
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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on
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A word of caution, wear a dust mask if you are cutting/grinding glass. Inhaling fine glass particles just can't be very good for you.
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Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on
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Good advise, also use it for cutting wood, thats not so great either.
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Permalink Reply by anotola humbuckker on
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most of you guys seem to be in awfull hurry to make loads of these slides (i know, they break, but not THAT often right??)
What i do is take a file and file a line all around the (wine)-bottle which i hold in place with some glue clamps, then when te line is deep enough i knock with a wrench or another blunt object laying around on the bottom, and it falls of magically. Takes about 15 minutes.
Oh, and then you got to find some concrete and "rub" the sharp edge off the bottom of your slide.
No power tools needed!
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Permalink Reply by FretMonkey on
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I've tried a number of times but could never get what I wanted so I ordered a Diamond Bottlenecks custom made for my digit (ring sized) - tapered the way I wanted and the color I wanted. I would cry a river if I lost or broke it - and then I would immediately trick my wife into letting me order another one. I love it.
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The sidewalk rub is OK for the outside edge, but your finger goes inside so emery cloth or a grinder wheel are in order there.
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Permalink Reply by Jim Woods on
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I had mixed results with the glass cutter, boiling water/ice water methods as well. They seemed to take forever as well.
Harbor Freight has a diamond cutting wheel set with an angled one. Chucked in my droll press, it cuts a wedge into the bottle neck that breaks it off pretty well in about 10 seconds.. A little sanding to take the sharp edge off & done. Works for me.
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Wayfinder,
Here it is, I think it is ten bucks,
http://www.harborfreight.com/4-piece-large-diamond-grinding-wheel-s...
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