2006-10-17 20:56:22 · 14 answers · asked by alan p 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
With a glass cutter. Sand the edges after you are done.
2006-10-17 20:57:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of a method, but I never tried it so I don't know if it works or not. You take some heavy string and tie it tightly around the bottle where you want to cut it. THIS IS THE DANGEROUS PART!! Put some lighter fluid on the string so it is wet all around. CAREFULLY light it and let it burn out. Immediately plunge it into some ice water being sure to get the hot part under the water as quickly as you can. This should fracture the glass where the flame was. I never tried this, but it seems that it should work.
2006-10-18 04:10:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There used to be a gadget you could get to do this. It was a glass cutter on a stick, you hung it inside the bottle and rotated it. Then you tapped the bottle to snap the top off the bottom, then you ground down and polished the sharp edges.
If these are no longer available, you need some kind of vice to hold the bottle, one that you can rotate to get an even cut.
2006-10-18 04:07:33 · answer #3 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You score it with a glass cutter. They are cheap and can be found at ACE (Truevalue) Hardware. You "score" the bottle while it is between two rolling pins... such as you would find at some grocery stores or freight docks that roll packages across rollers.
Learning how to score glass is a little tricky. You do it much harder than you would expect and you must "quickly" break the part off the score. This is usually done with the glass cutter as it is used as a tapper (ball end). Just don't be gentle with it, and expect to screw up maybe 6 to a dozen bottles. IOW, don't do that good bottle first... I guarantee you it will not be right.
Or buy one of these:
http://www.khue.com/dept/cutt/bott0.htm
2006-10-18 04:04:31 · answer #4 · answered by Raylene G. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy Paul Mason wine then you have a ready made vase already!
2006-10-18 04:00:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
fill up the bottle to the level required with hot oil,then tap the bottle above the oil level and you will get a nice clean break....
2006-10-18 04:39:39 · answer #6 · answered by mike o 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
So as to miss the trip to the A&E take it to a glazing firm
2006-10-21 16:29:14 · answer #7 · answered by SH1T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A friend of mine used a Dremmel and it worked.
2006-10-18 04:04:49 · answer #8 · answered by gzg7 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Carefully...
2006-10-18 04:17:02 · answer #9 · answered by Out of Africa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe their is a glass bottle cutter available try here:-
http://www.e-pastimes.co.uk/acatalog/e_pastimes_Bottle_Cutting_145.html
2006-10-18 04:05:01 · answer #10 · answered by philipscottbrooks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋