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.
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Hope the bottle project is of interest,and the photo link works
Regards
John
Spain.