How to Make a Glass Bottle Cutter | How to Cut Glass Wine Bottles WITHOUT a Store-bought Cutter!
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Whether if you want to learn how to cut a glass bottle, how to make a glass bottle cutter, or how to score glass, this video will show it all!
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Cut glass bottles can be used for many different types of DIY projects, since as drinking cups (when polished properly!), candle holders, "self-watering" planters (when flipped), and much more - many of which you can find online.
I find it kind of weird where pretty much every DIY glass bottle/wine bottle cutter requires a store bought glass cutter and a bunch of complicated mechanisms. In this video, I will show you how to make an adjustable wine bottle cutter, made from a super cheap carbide bit and some wood, which you can use to cut a glass bottle and turn it into a drinking cup!
Let's get started!
#bottlecutter #winebottle
15 year old, sick with a deadly disease called DIY-itis!
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Long version:
I clamped both pieces of wood together tightly, drilled three pilot holes for screws, and drove the screws in, securing both pieces of wood tightly together. Screws, or glue, it doesn't really matter, I normally don't want to wait for wood glue to dry so I use screws instead.
I wanted to create a notch in the top of the piece of wood, where the carbide cutter can slide back and forth so I can adjust how much it sticks out, but didn't want it to move from side to side.
I placed the carbide cutter in the notched that was drilled previously, drilled one hole into the piece of wood on each side of the cutter, and drove two screws gently enough to not crush the cutter, but with enough force to make sure it won't move accidentally.
Since carbide is a very hard material, it doesn't take a lot of force to break it, the cutter should be mounted so the tip sticks out by only a few millimeters, so most of the cutter will be supported if it catches or digs into the glass bottle while you are still turning it.
Sure, you could use a ball bearing drawer slider and t-track and a fancy clamping mechanism, but there's no need to!
A simple scrap of wood, clamped to the vertical piece of wood works perfectly as a stop for the wine bottle, super easy to remove and adjust, and can also be used on a table saw sled.
I started turning the bottle, making sure not only to push it into the cutter, but to also push it slightly in the direction of the stop block, keeping it aligned properly. FYI, the dust created here is close to nothing, however, this is silica dust, and breathing it can cause cancer. Do this in a ventilated environment!
We wrapped some cotton rope around the part of the bottle where I scored the glass, and then poured some type of 70% alcohol over the rope, and lit it on fire! I think we waited around thirty seconds for the bottle to heat up, and then dipped in a bucket of water. It pretty much exploded as soon as it hit the water [caught on video!] and didn't break properly.
We decided to try again, this time with the clear glass jar you can see above. We lit the rope, and then turned the jar while on its side, since I thought part of the reason the bottle broke immediately when it hit the water was since heat (from the fire) rises, the top part of the bottle was hotter than the scored part. This time when we dipped it into water the score turned into a crack, and then I tapped on it gently, the top fell off. It was better than the first time, but still not good enough.
Now since I was actually more enthused about trying to make a bottle cutter, seeing if it would actually work (which it did, and well!), sharing my idea, and less about actually cutting a glass bottle for a project, I decided that it was enough. And that is why this video is more on how to make a glass bottle cutter, and less on how to actually cut glass, though if I knew if I tried a few more times I would eventually succeed, but I prefer spending my time on new ideas I'm bringing to the table. Perhaps the lack of success that I had might be due to the fact that I used an olive oil bottle and not a wine bottle. I don't know!
Subscribe to get updated when I upload new videos!►yonatan24
BUILD INSTRUCTIONS (Instructable) ► https://www.instructables.com/id/How-...
The Instructable includes detailed instructions, a full parts/materials and tools list, high quality pictures, and more!)
Cut glass bottles can be used for many different types of DIY projects, since as drinking cups (when polished properly!), candle holders, "self-watering" planters (when flipped), and much more - many of which you can find online.
I find it kind of weird where pretty much every DIY glass bottle/wine bottle cutter requires a store bought glass cutter and a bunch of complicated mechanisms. In this video, I will show you how to make an adjustable wine bottle cutter, made from a super cheap carbide bit and some wood, which you can use to cut a glass bottle and turn it into a drinking cup!
Let's get started!
#bottlecutter #winebottle
15 year old, sick with a deadly disease called DIY-itis!
-------------------------------------------------------
Long version:
I clamped both pieces of wood together tightly, drilled three pilot holes for screws, and drove the screws in, securing both pieces of wood tightly together. Screws, or glue, it doesn't really matter, I normally don't want to wait for wood glue to dry so I use screws instead.
I wanted to create a notch in the top of the piece of wood, where the carbide cutter can slide back and forth so I can adjust how much it sticks out, but didn't want it to move from side to side.
I placed the carbide cutter in the notched that was drilled previously, drilled one hole into the piece of wood on each side of the cutter, and drove two screws gently enough to not crush the cutter, but with enough force to make sure it won't move accidentally.
Since carbide is a very hard material, it doesn't take a lot of force to break it, the cutter should be mounted so the tip sticks out by only a few millimeters, so most of the cutter will be supported if it catches or digs into the glass bottle while you are still turning it.
Sure, you could use a ball bearing drawer slider and t-track and a fancy clamping mechanism, but there's no need to!
A simple scrap of wood, clamped to the vertical piece of wood works perfectly as a stop for the wine bottle, super easy to remove and adjust, and can also be used on a table saw sled.
I started turning the bottle, making sure not only to push it into the cutter, but to also push it slightly in the direction of the stop block, keeping it aligned properly. FYI, the dust created here is close to nothing, however, this is silica dust, and breathing it can cause cancer. Do this in a ventilated environment!
We wrapped some cotton rope around the part of the bottle where I scored the glass, and then poured some type of 70% alcohol over the rope, and lit it on fire! I think we waited around thirty seconds for the bottle to heat up, and then dipped in a bucket of water. It pretty much exploded as soon as it hit the water [caught on video!] and didn't break properly.
We decided to try again, this time with the clear glass jar you can see above. We lit the rope, and then turned the jar while on its side, since I thought part of the reason the bottle broke immediately when it hit the water was since heat (from the fire) rises, the top part of the bottle was hotter than the scored part. This time when we dipped it into water the score turned into a crack, and then I tapped on it gently, the top fell off. It was better than the first time, but still not good enough.
Now since I was actually more enthused about trying to make a bottle cutter, seeing if it would actually work (which it did, and well!), sharing my idea, and less about actually cutting a glass bottle for a project, I decided that it was enough. And that is why this video is more on how to make a glass bottle cutter, and less on how to actually cut glass, though if I knew if I tried a few more times I would eventually succeed, but I prefer spending my time on new ideas I'm bringing to the table. Perhaps the lack of success that I had might be due to the fact that I used an olive oil bottle and not a wine bottle. I don't know!
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