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| John Lindo:
Thought I might share this little project I got involved with. I was asked if i could cut the ends of some EMPTY bottles to eventually they get put in a frame as a picture. I knew about ebay bottle cutters,G3 and I did not want to pay for a one time use. I have incorporated tooling I've made in the past,soft jaws,swinging tool holder,spring loaded center,hand crank and a tile cutter from a slider type machine. As the bottles were not concentric,I ran the machine backwards using my hand crank,it lifted up and down the swinging toolholder but with a gentle hand pressure I got a score line all the way round. After that,dunk the bottle in a pan of boiling water,and then immediately into a bowl of water and ice.They crack off straight away. I have 50 bottles, all empty to do,and as I live in a Spanish village,money does not really talk,we barter,so 2 x six packs of local wine (full) will be OK. Hope it's of interest.I do not drink to much beer.but local red wine without chemicals is the best health wise. Also,as I have an AXA toolholder (glad I did) so I made up support arms for more rigidity and added a compound slide lock at the same time. https://plus.google.com/photos/112848589944601328801/albums/5914610212346097633 Hope the bottle project is of interest,it's a bit different from the use of cans of WD 40 I read about in other groups.Yawn. hope the photo's work,please let me know. Regards John Spain. |
| ParCan:
Can I suggest an easier method of cutting the bottles. You need an old Turn Table (record player type thing). Put the bottles on and hit em with a Heat source (Blow lamp with a small hot flame) Then touch the bottle where it's hot with a bit of wet wire. I have done this and got a near perfic cut every time. |
| awemawson:
When I was a kid, we used to put oil in the bottle up to the level we wanted it cut off, then plunge a red hot poker in the oil. I assume that the very hot oil rises to the surface and causes a heat stress to form the crack |
| DavidA:
I have used the hot/cold water method. But by far the easiest way is to use a 1mm slitting disc in the 4" grinderette and taking very light cuts, just cut off the bottom. Works every time for me. Dave. |
| tom osselton:
Do you remember the commercials back in tne 70's they had a cone that was placed in the top of the bottle amd a arm came down to hold the cutter while you scribed around the bottle they would then glue them together to make a cup / goblet. |
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