He's ALMOST got it right. After cutting hundreds of bottles I have found that 1. You need boiling water, 2. A bucket of ice water. 3. Rubber O rings. I got them from the hardware store and they make different sizes, the larger ones obviously for the wine bottles. I have a hot water maker with a pointed spout, I slide the o rings on both sides the score. ( this concentrates the boiling water directly onto the score. while turning the bottle by the neck of the bottle I pour the hot water directly onto the score. For medium thickness glass I do this for 20 seconds, for thicker glass like Grey Goose bottles 30 seconds while turning the bottle. Then I immediately dip the bottle neck first into the ice water. When you put it in neck first this creates pressure with in the bottle and this actually helps to separate the glass. I have a success rate of about 80% using this method.
I I have 2 that I use The Green thing that fits in the top (Mouth) of the bottle and you score around the bottle. Got it at Hobby Lobby, it was pretty cheap at the time. (I can't remember the exact name of it) The one thing you have to remember with this one is to apply equal pressure throughout the entire score or the score could come out uneven, This is a good bottle cutter but does take some practice to get it right. Another one that is on the market is the Bindu. this is the type where you lay the bottle onto plastic wheels and turn the bottle. They have a website where you can order it, I I think a couple of years ago I paid 50 bucks for it. The Bindu takes less practice. In all cases make sure you wear gloves when scoring the bottles, I have had a few come apart in my hand, luckily I wasn't cut but very easily could have been.
why is there so many haters in bad comments on this guy he's not trying to sell anything to anybody he's just simply giving people the general idea of who may want a hobby you people need to lay off men watch it enjoy it or don't simply my opinion
My mom cut bottles back in the 70s. She said you'd use the lightest pressure, just enough to disrupt the surface, and only slightly overlapping. Then she'd use a candle to slightly warm one side, (and only one side, other side she'd have a wet dish towel on the other side) and a flick of her finger. The tops would just pop off. The "cut" was so incredibly clean, every time. Often have a hard time even seeing the cut. She'd even do spirals, dips and other shapes. Imagine instead of cutting around, she'd cut vertical lines, along the length. Sorta kinda like a rounded off sawtooth pattern. My dad also made her a device that used electricity to do the breaks, and another device that did the same job, just a different way.(no heat of any kind) both were instant.
I just purchased a bottle cutter with wheels and glass cutter, In their video, they use the hot water and cold method. As in your video, it works perfectly. I thank you for confirming that this method works. I'm now reassured I made the right decision.
Stop by a a local bar or cidery. Ask them if you can have a box of their empty bottles. Tell them you're practicing glass cutting IF THEY ASK. Dont tell them, if they dont ask. They might charge you for them. Happy cutting to you!
This is the most informative and helpful video on this subject that I have seen. I took your method and then came up with a way of doing it pretty quickly. I boiled a pot of water and kept it on the range at a nice boil. I had several bottles scored. As you mentioned, just one time around with a light score... Then I laid the scored bottle on top of the boiling water and rolled it for a bit. Once I figured it was good and heated, I took it to my sink. I ran cold water over the outside score line all the way around, then filled the bottle with the cold H20. The stress line is then cooled outside and inside. The bottom of the bottle falls out when I'm filling it (and keeping the bottle as close to the bottom of the sink as possible). I had placed a wooden cutting board in the bottom of the sink to prevent the bottom piece from breaking when it drops out. Perfect cut line! I then took another bottle, and repeated the process over and over because I still had boiling water on the range and plenty of scored bottles ready. If the bottle doesn't cut the first time around while being cooled at the sink I just stick it back in the boiling water and it snaps right off. I think having even heating and cooling around the circumference of the bottle also helps to ensure you get a nice clean cut. Thank you, thank you, and thanks again. I had given up on the process till I ran across your video.
One of the best videos about cutting glass bottles. Skip to 4:15 to see the cutting process Skip to 6:32 to see the splitting process I recommend watching all from minute 4:00
Just cut my very first bottle using this method. Followed the steps exactly and got a perfect cut. I love that the only 'specialty' item needed is the glass scorer. Thanks for the great info.
I tried, with disastrous results, to cut a bottle with my 4" angle grinder with a diamond blade on it. Hands down, that is the coolest trick I've seen yet. Better still, you showed all the flaws in the "tried" methods, and gave me a working procedure for cutting my bottles. Thanks
Great video. Best technique I’ve seen. It works really well. Instead of buying a bottle cutting jig I screwed my glass cutter to my workbench and attached two pieces of 2 by 4 to the bench as well for positive stops for each bottle. Pulley adjustable. Cost me nada. Thanks for technique.
My mom bought a bottle cutter in the 70's. After a few projects with soda and beer bottles she quit it and sold it cheap to someone else. She basically made a few soda and beer glasses but even after sanding them everyone was afraid to drink from them because of the glass being able to be rubbed off. The next thing she bought was a rock polisher. That was around and in use for quite awhile longer. 70's project tools were fun enough but going picnicking at a dam , reservoir or lake had much more appeal. Edit: She wanted to make stemware from the tops but never got around to it. So her following project was make " tuits " in circular shapes...and would hand them to people after they would mention that they need to get around to it, to get something going. She would reach into her purse and hand them one little paper circle and say " there you go ". They would ask what it is or why she handed it to them. She would say, " you said you just needed to get a round tuit and I just handed you one. You knew when it happened because you would hear an exasperated voice moaning " Lydia ! " and my mom laughing really hard.
I've just had to cut hundreds of bottles for a home project. I started with a rotary cutter which took ten minutes per bottle. I then found this video, and was able to cut each in less than 20 seconds. I owe you weeks of my life, thank you for this video! So much simpler than the ice cube and burning thread methods..
I just tried your method to break bottles, and I have to say it is the best and quickest. I only sumerged the bottles in iced water to make the impact even stronger.
Green bottles and especially wine or champagne bottles are great for beginners and learning the process. Clear glass and thin walled beer bottles require more experience. The thinner glass on beer bottles have many inconsistencies so the thermal stressing process requires a bit of skill.
Thanks for a great video. You've covered all the methods of cutting a bottle and saved me a lot of trial and error (and bottles). Another fine example of "Internet Intelligence".
I just tried this method about 20 minutes ago. I have never cut a bottle in my life but my first, and only 2 wine bottles that I used this method with came out PERFECT. Thanks Dan for such an awesome idea. my mom has about 100 bottles she wants to do projects with and you just saved us a lot of time.
Amazing! It worked perfectly! My only feedback: Rather than a sink I used a large boiling pot of water and a large bowl of ice water. I used a measuring cup to pour boiling water over the bottle then I used a measuring cup to pour ice water over the bottle. I was able to control the final cracking so the wine bottle broke in the ice water. Thank you for this video!
I wanted to do some projects with wine bottles for sometimes now but was too intimidated to cut it myself. I have watched a few videos but something about yours gave me the confidence to do it and have a clean cut. I am getting ready to buy it a bottle cutter today. Thank you. By the way I loved the cat, it was like comic relief. I laughed my head off.
Your system works. I used it last weekend while making beer bottle guitar slides. In the past I would dunk the bottle in boiling water--with mixed results. Your video shows a better way. Thanks.
My daughter bought me a bottle cutter some years ago. It cost about $10. She bought it at an arts & craft store and its quick and allot easier than any of the ways you've shown. I've used it for years on all kinds of bottles and never had a problem.
@@desmondthomas4531 I would think at any arts & crafts store. It was awhile back,but I imagine that Hobby Lobby or at Micheals. Micheals is where my daughter bought mine. If I find out, I'll pass it on to you.
Wow, this 14 year old video is the best I have found on the bottle cutting subject. I seems to have done everything wrong on my first bottle cutting experiment :D
Your hands down best I seen. Saw all videos of guys doing what you show not to do. Results all the same, jagged edges and unacceptable sloppy breaks. You had the cleanest , near perfect breaks out of all videos I found. Sweet technique thanks for lesson.
Awesome technique ! Was wanting to make guitar slides, so I got out my glass cutter from 1969, same one you used. But I had forgot my skill of cutting a clean edge. Will try your method ! Thank you.
Used to cut bottles a lot when I was a kid, using the bottle cutter you have. I used the tapper it came with to break the tops off, and seldom got a clean break. Later I learned about using a candle and that was better, but still unpredictable. If I'd'a known your technique, I'd've got the results I was looking for. Too bad there was no Internet in the 70s. Thanks for the video!
You used that kids glass thing every one got for Christmas making drinking glasses by Boxing Day down hospital for stitches wish I thought of wax before
I have tried this method and it WORKS !! I use a wood lathe. I find a set of chuck jaws that will fit the base of the bottle, be it a beer bottle or a wine bottle. I then install my live center in the tail stock to receive the mouth of the bottle. I set up the tool rest with two pieces of wood to center the glass cutter between them and hold it exactly perpendicular to the lathe axis (center). I then score the bottle once around, being careful not to double score. As this video instructs, I then pour boiling water SLOWLY over the bottle at the score (in the sink) as I rotate it. I then hold the scored bottle under a small stream of cold water from the sink faucet. Sometimes it takes two doses, but at some point the sides just separate noiselessly and cleanly. Beer bottles are more difficult because they usually have a seam of thicker glass that runs parallel to the bottle's axis. The method still works but sometimes that seam needs some sanding. Wine bottles work great.
I do the same as you except I use a metal lathe. I use leather between the jaws and live center then mount the cutter in my tool post, also mounted with so leather (for a bit of flexibility) and I just do the cold/hot thing right there.
Very cool, thanks for the great tip. About 50 years ago my grandfather taught me to to use the flaming string method. Your method is obviously much better. It just goes to prove that sometimes a gentle touch is better than a lot of force.
Awesome job! Besides loving how nearly perfect that cut is, there are 2 other things that really impress me. One, is that you did it using simple tools that everyone would either already have or could get, AND USE, very easily (the glass cutting tool), and second, that ALL the "experts" said you're never going to get a perfect cut, AND YOU PROVED THEM WRONG AND FOUND A WAY TO DO IT. For everybody that is afraid to do something differently, or to even TRY, because you think that there CAN'T be a better way to do whatever it is, DARE TO BE DIFFERENT AND PROVE THEM WRONG. Just because everyone has been making a wheel the same way for thousands of years (okay, maybe not thousands), that doesn't mean you can't find a BETTER way. LOVE, LOVE LOVE THIS!
after watching this a couple times threw and trying it each time, i figured out that i was getting the bottle to hot and it was cracking the side of the bottle. after i did what the video says, lightly heat bottle with hot water then cool, add a little hot water, it snapped correctly, thank you.
I have looked at every bloody video of how to do it, and I've broken more bottles and glasses than you've had hot meals! Thank you for showing us... Great job, Cheers Sean
Aha! My method was too sudden with the hot water... slowly seems to be the key. It works now!! Thanks! Now I need to get more bottles! I wish I could show a pic of how easy it is.
yes he knows what he talking about .works great only thing i could add is [lease remove the screw down lid the pressure was enough to blow it up in 20 peaces and it was a thick bottle !throw away lid .that way your heart won't try to jump out threw back bones ! took 10 yr's off my life span ! good to ya all.
Your bottle cutting method is awesome. I did modify my old Stanley thermos for exacting pour over the cut line. 1. Drilled 1/16 hole in lid for air vent. 2. Drilled 1/8 hole and installed 1/8 brass tubing for precision pour. I also rolled the edge of the tubing to keep water flowing even like a faucet. Please note, any small diameter of tubing will work. Like metal brake line
I have a simple glass scoring plate that I use. Then I use hot & cold water alternately and get near perfect results almost every time. Happy to see a video that shows the same. I liked for the info but I subbed for the cat. 👀😁
The trick my father and I used to open radio tubes was a trigger type soldering gun , we removed the tip and used a piece of bare 12 guage copper wire long enough to wrap around the glass , turning the glass as the wire is heating up . The progressive heat and vibration of the wire scoring the glass came out perfect every time 👍
@@davidgraemesmith1980 Yes but my mom would have shot my dad for taking apart the toaster to cut the radio tubes so I could build a FM receiver in the tubes for my 6 th. grade science fair project , LoL
@JASON VOORHEES I'm currently retired but I used to do air-conditioning, building maintenance and remodeling. Physics, electro chemistry, and electronics have been a hobby since grade school.
@JASON VOORHEES The radio tubes we were opening where for my sixth grade science fair project , building an FM radio on the leads inside the tubes , was a spin off of micro chip construction.
@JASON VOORHEES You can get a dual temperature trigger type soldering gun from Harbor freight for under twenty dollars , but as a make shift device , find an old laptop charger . They usually run 12 - 14 Volt's DC at around 1.2 to 2.5 amps which is enough to heat resistance wire like Toaster wire , but you may want to use a reostat ( variable resistor ) or make one to control the heat so you don't shatter the glass.
Not bad, but I have gotten even cleaner cuts _with no scoring in advance_ by wrapping a *nichrome wire* almost all the way around the bottle/jar and applying a large current through the wire to produce *very concentrated thermal stress.* The wire needs to be fed through a heavy conductor like small copper tubes to prevent the part of the wire not in contact with glass from overheating. Getting the power level right is important, and the wire should not be too thin nor too thick. Something like 1/5 to 1/10 the thickness of the glass seems good.
This has been used for years by people in the know. Another very important piece of information is that you never go over a score line. It dulls the carbon steel cutting wheel. You use steady pressure and listen. Once you go all the way around and the score line connects you stop.
The wheel on the cutter is not sharp at all and I don’t hear any scoring sound. If I look at the bottle I can’t even see that it’s scoring all the way around. What is the problem?
@@daviddewitt9365 the wheel doesn't have to be sharp. It just has to be harder than the glass. And if you don't hear it score you aren't using enough pressure. The cutting is considered dull if it skips. Never go over a score line it puts minute imperfections in the wheel that will cause it to skip while you try to score the glass.
Thanks for the video! I got a bunch of liquor bottles from a local bar I attend and I want to turn them into hanging pendant lights and thanks to you now I know the best way to start cutting them!! =)
Did you ever made the video on how to make the wine cutter with a regular one? I want to make a chandelier but I can only find the regular glass cutter at home depit.
GREENPOWERSCIENCE Hey dude, is it possible to reseal the bottle with glue after you cut it and make the score line invisible? I'd really appreciate a response.
SuperElite27000000 Yes it is possible. I do it all the time as you can see here at www.LucidLightLamps.com The score line will be virtually invisible if you get a nice clean bottle separation and use the proper technique to bond the bottle back together. In order to get a perfectly clean cut you might need to try this bottle cutting process: th-cam.com/video/QE28BZPcX9A/w-d-xo.htmlrel=0
Super, thanks for the straight forward and simple info! Been wanting to cut a bottle that got stuck into one of my terra cotta watering cups.. they are not coming apart so I need the bottom cut off the soda bottle. Why should I break a good bottle? Thanks again!
I made a bottle cutter by making a v-box you can lay the bottle in on its side with a glass cutter screwed down; scored a line; then used a nichrome wire in a circuit to heat it red hot. put the wire around the score line hit the power for a few seconds and the top falls off.
Put an elastic band each side of the score line. It will put the water exactly in the right place, hot then cold. Unfortunately not my idea, can't remember who told me.
I have been playing slide for over 30 years. Using other methods on TH-cam I used over 15 bottles I got 4 that will work. Doing it this way that Dan shows here, I had 3 bottles left, and I got 3 out of 3.....
Being a glazier for 35 yrs now,there's one way & only one way to a perfect cut every time & this is where ever the cutter finishes is the place you need to tap or apply pressure as quickly as you can because believe it or not the cut becomes cold the longer you leave it thus more often than not a uneven cut or a broken cut
@@lir2670 It’s an informative video for crying out loud! Geez! Go watch some more advanced videos on the subject. This guy’s trying to educate people that have never done this before. Just move on and quit bitching.
You are a true expert in glass. You know the properties of glass like no one I've seen out there. This is the best video and the best method I've seen. Thanks for your work and sharing with us.
+SR212787 yeah I saw it too. But still, this was one example. And that 30sec cut was already worth 50 of the last bottles I cut so who cares. His method is superior.
I "like" how your entire existence is clearly so pathetically miserable and meaningless that you had the time to spend watching such a creative and useful video (shared FREELY and generously to those of us who appreciate increasing our knowledge in areas which add value and enhance our ability to positively and creatively pass time), yet you were incapable of absorbing anything more intelligent than what your comment pathetically says about your insecurity and shallowness. ** Thanks for the video! I've been wanting to find a way to accomplish this to make self-watering herb planters out of wine/champagne bottles from bottles I've been collecting for years from special and memorable occasions over the years for a windowsill herb garden all year long, yet have been reluctant to use some of the more dangerous methods, being a woman with no experience with a blowtorch/saw blade, etc. I took a couple to a lady who etches glass and paid for results not nearly as nice as yours, so I'm looking forward to experimenting on a bottle with no sentimental value, as it's always more fulfilling and fun to complete the entire process one's self! :) I look forward to learning from some more of your posts as it looks like you've quite a lot of amazing info to share! Thanks for sharing! :)
I made a glass guitar-slide using this method! It really works. -And, I didn't even need that fancy bottle-scoring rig. I simply, carefully used a regular glass-scoring knife. ~Thanks!
Half the reason I cut bottles it to get the top half for kitchen FUNNELS. You can make a graduated set, tiny Tabasco, up to gallon jar sized with this method. Thanks. Using my tile saw gave me sloppier results or just shattered the bottle.
This is exactly what I needed to hear!! This is so much easier than what everyone else was telling me. I can do this!! I've been wanting to make colored bottle wind chimes and bottles with tiny lights in them to decorate our backyard. Thank you for showing us just how to cut bottles without so much hassle. Pam
Hi, I was wondering about how hot the water should be? I have been using this method to cut bottles, but I keep getting inconsistent results :( Also, I have to repeat these steps many many times. Maybe the water I have been using is too hot? I boil it on the stove and usually it is steaming. Sometimes I get perfectly cut bottles, other times the bottle breaks below the score line with an ugly dip and is unusable. I want to correct this before I use nicer bottles as they need to be perfect.
Tiffany Tofurkey boiling hot use a full pot of water in one go. Heat the entire score line make sure not to get it to hot or it will crack. Then stunt it with ice water should break perfect 99% of the time
I'm so glad I found this, thanks Dan 👍I have a collection of bottles saved for upcycling but the problem is always how to cut them, and I'm an utter novice at this game! Some fab tips certain to come in handy and not ruin some of the nicer bottles I have bigger plans for ♻️✔😁
you can use the neck or mouth of the wine bottle and bury most of it beside your baby tomatoe plants so you can directly water your plant and save water
LoL, finally someone who Knows ;) TY! I've throw so many bottles I wanted to use away because I couldn't find a good tool or demonstration. Now all I need is to drink more and I can make Xmas gifts 😉 thanks so much👍☺
cut and (kat) is pronounced the same as in Afrikaans. Though kat in Afrikaans is actually a cat as in English..so when he mentioned cut and the cat appeared it was really bizarre to me
I will try this, this week. I just got two dozen wine bottles. Last time, I used a torch, got 50% and a shit load of sanding. I had good results with large absolute bottles, scored and string. It is a fun hobby.
I'm guessing at least that 1% or 2% of the time that this method fails is because of a flaw in the glass, not in the technique. The most important part of this tip is to not overscore the glass. It seems counter-intuitive, but it's the same with cutting tile with a manual tile cutter: if you score it several times, the tile is more likely to shatter than to break on the line.
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing, I tried out the thing with the string around in nailpolish remover and alcohol. Not worth the time spent on it, with the rough edges. You are simply my new hero for bringing this video. Thanks heaps! And happy new year!
He's ALMOST got it right. After cutting hundreds of bottles I have found that 1. You need boiling water, 2. A bucket of ice water. 3. Rubber O rings. I got them from the hardware store and they make different sizes, the larger ones obviously for the wine bottles. I have a hot water maker with a pointed spout, I slide the o rings on both sides the score. ( this concentrates the boiling water directly onto the score. while turning the bottle by the neck of the bottle I pour the hot water directly onto the score. For medium thickness glass I do this for 20 seconds, for thicker glass like Grey Goose bottles 30 seconds while turning the bottle. Then I immediately dip the bottle neck first into the ice water. When you put it in neck first this creates pressure with in the bottle and this actually helps to separate the glass. I have a success rate of about 80% using this method.
Roger, what type of glass cutter do you recommend. I see so many online, but I am not sure of the quality.
I I have 2 that I use The Green thing that fits in the top (Mouth) of the bottle and you score around the bottle. Got it at Hobby Lobby, it was pretty cheap at the time. (I can't remember the exact name of it) The one thing you have to remember with this one is to apply equal pressure throughout the entire score or the score could come out uneven, This is a good bottle cutter but does take some practice to get it right. Another one that is on the market is the Bindu. this is the type where you lay the bottle onto plastic wheels and turn the bottle. They have a website where you can order it, I I think a couple of years ago I paid 50 bucks for it. The Bindu takes less practice. In all cases make sure you wear gloves when scoring the bottles, I have had a few come apart in my hand, luckily I wasn't cut but very easily could have been.
It's called "Generation Green" Bottle cutter.
The burning string method is fine as long as you have a belt sander to finish it.
@@MrCountrycuz id imagine you realistically could even hand sand with a sheet on a flat surface & being patient
why is there so many haters in bad comments on this guy he's not trying to sell anything to anybody he's just simply giving people the general idea of who may want a hobby you people need to lay off men watch it enjoy it or don't simply my opinion
My mom cut bottles back in the 70s. She said you'd use the lightest pressure, just enough to disrupt the surface, and only slightly overlapping. Then she'd use a candle to slightly warm one side, (and only one side, other side she'd have a wet dish towel on the other side) and a flick of her finger. The tops would just pop off. The "cut" was so incredibly clean, every time. Often have a hard time even seeing the cut. She'd even do spirals, dips and other shapes. Imagine instead of cutting around, she'd cut vertical lines, along the length. Sorta kinda like a rounded off sawtooth pattern. My dad also made her a device that used electricity to do the breaks, and another device that did the same job, just a different way.(no heat of any kind) both were instant.
Maybe your mum could do a video and upload to youtube?
I would definatly watch that !! ✌🏻❤
I just purchased a bottle cutter with wheels and glass cutter, In their video, they use the hot water and cold method. As in your video, it works perfectly. I thank you for confirming that this method works. I'm now reassured I made the right decision.
Stop by a a local bar or cidery. Ask them if you can have a box of their empty bottles. Tell them you're practicing glass cutting IF THEY ASK. Dont tell them, if they dont ask. They might charge you for them. Happy cutting to you!
This is the most informative and helpful video on this subject that I have seen. I took your method and then came up with a way of doing it pretty quickly. I boiled a pot of water and kept it on the range at a nice boil. I had several bottles scored. As you mentioned, just one time around with a light score... Then I laid the scored bottle on top of the boiling water and rolled it for a bit. Once I figured it was good and heated, I took it to my sink. I ran cold water over the outside score line all the way around, then filled the bottle with the cold H20. The stress line is then cooled outside and inside. The bottom of the bottle falls out when I'm filling it (and keeping the bottle as close to the bottom of the sink as possible). I had placed a wooden cutting board in the bottom of the sink to prevent the bottom piece from breaking when it drops out. Perfect cut line! I then took another bottle, and repeated the process over and over because I still had boiling water on the range and plenty of scored bottles ready. If the bottle doesn't cut the first time around while being cooled at the sink I just stick it back in the boiling water and it snaps right off. I think having even heating and cooling around the circumference of the bottle also helps to ensure you get a nice clean cut. Thank you, thank you, and thanks again. I had given up on the process till I ran across your video.
One of the best videos about cutting glass bottles.
Skip to 4:15 to see the cutting process
Skip to 6:32 to see the splitting process
I recommend watching all from minute 4:00
Just cut my very first bottle using this method. Followed the steps exactly and got a perfect cut. I love that the only 'specialty' item needed is the glass scorer. Thanks for the great info.
I tried, with disastrous results, to cut a bottle with my 4" angle grinder with a diamond blade on it. Hands down, that is the coolest trick I've seen yet. Better still, you showed all the flaws in the "tried" methods, and gave me a working procedure for cutting my bottles. Thanks
Great video. Best technique I’ve seen. It works really well. Instead of buying a bottle cutting jig I screwed my glass cutter to my workbench and attached two pieces of 2 by 4 to the bench as well for positive stops for each bottle. Pulley adjustable. Cost me nada. Thanks for technique.
My mom bought a bottle cutter in the 70's. After a few projects with soda and beer bottles she quit it and sold it cheap to someone else. She basically made a few soda and beer glasses but even after sanding them everyone was afraid to drink from them because of the glass being able to be rubbed off.
The next thing she bought was a rock polisher. That was around and in use for quite awhile longer. 70's project tools were fun enough but going picnicking at a dam , reservoir or lake had much more appeal.
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She wanted to make stemware from the tops but never got around to it. So her following project was make " tuits " in circular shapes...and would hand them to people after they would mention that they need to get around to it, to get something going. She would reach into her purse and hand them one little paper circle and say " there you go ". They would ask what it is or why she handed it to them. She would say, " you said you just needed to get a round tuit and I just handed you one. You knew when it happened because you would hear an exasperated voice moaning " Lydia ! " and my mom laughing really hard.
What a great story about your mom! I’m going to copy that, people still say that all the time 😂
Thanks for sharing! Great idea!
Excellent video and commentary! Thanks so much! Please ignore the jerks who feel compelled to criticize you.
I totally agree
I've just had to cut hundreds of bottles for a home project. I started with a rotary cutter which took ten minutes per bottle. I then found this video, and was able to cut each in less than 20 seconds. I owe you weeks of my life, thank you for this video! So much simpler than the ice cube and burning thread methods..
This is absolutely brilliant. thanks for being so generous with your hard-earned trial and error knowledge!
The best video I've seen so far for cutting glass bottles, and you have explained all the mistakes I did my first tries. Excellent job!
I just tried your method to break bottles, and I have to say it is the best and quickest. I only sumerged the bottles in iced water to make the impact even stronger.
Green bottles and especially wine or champagne bottles are great for beginners and learning the process. Clear glass and thin walled beer bottles require more experience. The thinner glass on beer bottles have many inconsistencies so the thermal stressing process requires a bit of skill.
Un Believable!! Great!! Amazing!! You are a ROCKSTAR!!
Thanks so much for sharing Dan!
Scott Frank Thank you for the nice comment Scott!
I use a cheap Harbor Freight wet saw with a diamond blade. Makes perfectly smooth cuts in any glass bottle. My thing is guitar slides.
@@theyoungupstarts1243 no, from the belly...big fingers..
Thanks for a great video. You've covered all the methods of cutting a bottle and saved me a lot of trial and error (and bottles). Another fine example of "Internet Intelligence".
+Richard Reynolds Thank you Richard!
I just tried this method about 20 minutes ago. I have never cut a bottle in my life but my first, and only 2 wine bottles that I used this method with came out PERFECT. Thanks Dan for such an awesome idea. my mom has about 100 bottles she wants to do projects with and you just saved us a lot of time.
I love that "why" is the first thing you say to your cat when he meows.
TBH I thought I was the only one 😂
Lol Ive done that 😂😁
I'd say, "you gotts score your own tail"!
The cat jumped up right as I read this
Stunning! I'm very impressed! Finally the correct and proper way to separate a glass bottle. Thank you Dan for sharing your knowledge.
Amazing! It worked perfectly! My only feedback: Rather than a sink I used a large boiling pot of water and a large bowl of ice water. I used a measuring cup to pour boiling water over the bottle then I used a measuring cup to pour ice water over the bottle. I was able to control the final cracking so the wine bottle broke in the ice water.
Thank you for this video!
I wanted to do some projects with wine bottles for sometimes now but was too intimidated to cut it myself. I have watched a few videos but something about yours gave me the confidence to do it and have a clean cut. I am getting ready to buy it a bottle cutter today. Thank you. By the way I loved the cat, it was like comic relief. I laughed my head off.
You are the first I've seen that recommended safety eyewear. thanks for that.
I am finally able to cut a glass bottle!!!! U are genius!! Much simple and easy way to cut! Save water save energy!
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congratulations!, a very informative and inspiring video, as they all are!
Can that cutter be extended so I can cut near the bottom instead?
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Your system works. I used it last weekend while making beer bottle guitar slides. In the past I would dunk the bottle in boiling water--with mixed results. Your video shows a better way. Thanks.
My daughter bought me a bottle cutter some years ago. It cost about $10. She bought it at an arts & craft store and its quick and allot easier than any of the ways you've shown. I've used it for years on all kinds of bottles and never had a problem.
Where can i get one
@@desmondthomas4531
I would think at any arts & crafts store. It was awhile back,but I imagine that Hobby Lobby or at Micheals. Micheals is where my daughter bought mine. If I
find out, I'll pass it on to you.
Wow, this 14 year old video is the best I have found on the bottle cutting subject. I seems to have done everything wrong on my first bottle cutting experiment :D
Best I've seen, and very generous of you to share this technique. Thanks so much
Agreed 👍🏻
Your hands down best I seen. Saw all videos of guys doing what you show not to do. Results all the same, jagged edges and unacceptable sloppy breaks. You had the cleanest , near perfect breaks out of all videos I found. Sweet technique thanks for lesson.
Awesome technique ! Was wanting to make guitar slides, so I got out my glass cutter from 1969, same one you used. But I had forgot my skill of cutting a clean edge. Will try your method ! Thank you.
Did you ever find a good way to make the slides? I want to do the same.
Used to cut bottles a lot when I was a kid, using the bottle cutter you have. I used the tapper it came with to break the tops off, and seldom got a clean break. Later I learned about using a candle and that was better, but still unpredictable. If I'd'a known your technique, I'd've got the results I was looking for. Too bad there was no Internet in the 70s. Thanks for the video!
You used that kids glass thing every one got for Christmas making drinking glasses by Boxing Day down hospital for stitches wish I thought of wax before
If you keep a Styrofoam sheet in the bottom of the sink when you pour water over it, you can prevent the top from breaking when it falls off. :)
I have tried this method and it WORKS !! I use a wood lathe. I find a set of chuck jaws that will fit the base of the bottle, be it a beer bottle or a wine bottle. I then install my live center in the tail stock to receive the mouth of the bottle. I set up the tool rest with two pieces of wood to center the glass cutter between them and hold it exactly perpendicular to the lathe axis (center). I then score the bottle once around, being careful not to double score. As this video instructs, I then pour boiling water SLOWLY over the bottle at the score (in the sink) as I rotate it. I then hold the scored bottle under a small stream of cold water from the sink faucet. Sometimes it takes two doses, but at some point the sides just separate noiselessly and cleanly. Beer bottles are more difficult because they usually have a seam of thicker glass that runs parallel to the bottle's axis. The method still works but sometimes that seam needs some sanding. Wine bottles work great.
I do the same as you except I use a metal lathe. I use leather between the jaws and live center then mount the cutter in my tool post, also mounted with so leather (for a bit of flexibility) and I just do the cold/hot thing right there.
Very cool, thanks for the great tip. About 50 years ago my grandfather taught me to to use the flaming string method. Your method is obviously much better. It just goes to prove that sometimes a gentle touch is better than a lot of force.
This should be the only video on how to do this. I wish I'd seen this when I first researched this topic.
Thank you for this!
Ditto.. I'm exhausted lol
Best bottle cutting video I've found. Thank you for the great information and your time!
Awesome job! Besides loving how nearly perfect that cut is, there are 2 other things that really impress me. One, is that you did it using simple tools that everyone would either already have or could get, AND USE, very easily (the glass cutting tool), and second, that ALL the "experts" said you're never going to get a perfect cut, AND YOU PROVED THEM WRONG AND FOUND A WAY TO DO IT. For everybody that is afraid to do something differently, or to even TRY, because you think that there CAN'T be a better way to do whatever it is, DARE TO BE DIFFERENT AND PROVE THEM WRONG. Just because everyone has been making a wheel the same way for thousands of years (okay, maybe not thousands), that doesn't mean you can't find a BETTER way. LOVE, LOVE LOVE THIS!
Still the best tutorial and explanation after all these years.
I was searching on TH-cam and I almost gave up ... Fortunately I found your video. Thank you.
after watching this a couple times threw and trying it each time, i figured out that i was getting the bottle to hot and it was cracking the side of the bottle. after i did what the video says, lightly heat bottle with hot water then cool, add a little hot water, it snapped correctly, thank you.
I usually use water to cut bottles. Tried your method of pouring the water slowly and 20 out of 22 bottles have been successfully cut perfectly!!!!!!
I've tried dozens of times and could never get a clean break. First time up after seeing this and boom ! Thanks a lot
Just tried this technique and it worked perfect. Thanks
Worked exactly as demonstrated. I appreciated the explanation of how it works, too.
I have looked at every bloody video of how to do it, and I've broken more bottles and glasses than you've had hot meals! Thank you for showing us... Great job, Cheers Sean
Aha! My method was too sudden with the hot water... slowly seems to be the key. It works now!! Thanks! Now I need to get more bottles! I wish I could show a pic of how easy it is.
yes he knows what he talking about .works great only thing i could add is [lease remove the screw down lid the pressure was enough to blow it up in 20 peaces and it was a thick bottle !throw away lid .that way your heart won't try to jump out threw back bones ! took 10 yr's off my life span ! good to ya all.
I'm a tiler and use a fine abrasive glass diamond blade in a wet saw for cutting glass mosaic. It also cuts bottles perfectly.
Is this equipment expensive? Do you have recommendations? Should I as a novice try this? Thanks!! 😎
Your bottle cutting method is awesome. I did modify my old Stanley thermos for exacting pour over the cut line.
1. Drilled 1/16 hole in lid for air vent.
2. Drilled 1/8 hole and installed 1/8 brass tubing for precision pour. I also rolled the edge of the tubing to keep water flowing even like a faucet. Please note, any small diameter of tubing will work. Like metal brake line
Thank you John, I will give that a try. Makes sense, great idea!!!
I have a simple glass scoring plate that I use. Then I use hot & cold water alternately and get near perfect results almost every time. Happy to see a video that shows the same. I liked for the info but I subbed for the cat. 👀😁
The trick my father and I used to open radio tubes was a trigger type soldering gun , we removed the tip and used a piece of bare 12 guage copper wire long enough to wrap around the glass , turning the glass as the wire is heating up . The progressive heat and vibration of the wire scoring the glass came out perfect every time 👍
The wire from old electric toasters did similar with 24vDC
@@davidgraemesmith1980 Yes but my mom would have shot my dad for taking apart the toaster to cut the radio tubes so I could build a FM receiver in the tubes for my 6 th. grade science fair project , LoL
@JASON VOORHEES I'm currently retired but I used to do air-conditioning, building maintenance and remodeling. Physics, electro chemistry, and electronics have been a hobby since grade school.
@JASON VOORHEES The radio tubes we were opening where for my sixth grade science fair project , building an FM radio on the leads inside the tubes , was a spin off of micro chip construction.
@JASON VOORHEES You can get a dual temperature trigger type soldering gun from Harbor freight for under twenty dollars , but as a make shift device , find an old laptop charger . They usually run 12 - 14 Volt's DC at around 1.2 to 2.5 amps which is enough to heat resistance wire like Toaster wire , but you may want to use a reostat ( variable resistor ) or make one to control the heat so you don't shatter the glass.
Not bad, but I have gotten even cleaner cuts _with no scoring in advance_ by wrapping a *nichrome wire* almost all the way around the bottle/jar and applying a large current through the wire to produce *very concentrated thermal stress.* The wire needs to be fed through a heavy conductor like small copper tubes to prevent the part of the wire not in contact with glass from overheating. Getting the power level right is important, and the wire should not be too thin nor too thick. Something like 1/5 to 1/10 the thickness of the glass seems good.
I have a project for biology that required me to cut a few wine bottles in half and your technique really helped me out, thanks
Asking "what?" To the cat and the cat responding makes this video gold!
This has been used for years by people in the know. Another very important piece of information is that you never go over a score line. It dulls the carbon steel cutting wheel. You use steady pressure and listen. Once you go all the way around and the score line connects you stop.
back in the 70s it was all the rage :) we had a lot of fun making things ... good times :)
The wheel on the cutter is not sharp at all and I don’t hear any scoring sound. If I look at the bottle I can’t even see that it’s scoring all the way around. What is the problem?
@@daviddewitt9365 the wheel doesn't have to be sharp. It just has to be harder than the glass. And if you don't hear it score you aren't using enough pressure. The cutting is considered dull if it skips. Never go over a score line it puts minute imperfections in the wheel that will cause it to skip while you try to score the glass.
@@briannelms5853 Thank you so much! Nobody ever explains this including the instructions in the bottle cutter device that I bought ...
Best tutorial I have seen so far thanks xx
Thanks for the video! I got a bunch of liquor bottles from a local bar I attend and I want to turn them into hanging pendant lights and thanks to you now I know the best way to start cutting them!! =)
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Did you ever made the video on how to make the wine cutter with a regular one? I want to make a chandelier but I can only find the regular glass cutter at home depit.
GREENPOWERSCIENCE Hey dude, is it possible to reseal the bottle with glue after you cut it and make the score line invisible?
I'd really appreciate a response.
SuperElite27000000 Yes it is possible. I do it all the time as you can see here at www.LucidLightLamps.com The score line will be virtually invisible if you get a nice clean bottle separation and use the proper technique to bond the bottle back together. In order to get a perfectly clean cut you might need to try this bottle cutting process: th-cam.com/video/QE28BZPcX9A/w-d-xo.htmlrel=0
I got one of those glass cutters at very young age "Score then tap tap tap"
They never came out worth A crap.I will try this.
Super, thanks for the straight forward and simple info! Been wanting to cut a bottle that got stuck into one of my terra cotta watering cups.. they are not coming apart so I need the bottom cut off the soda bottle. Why should I break a good bottle? Thanks again!
Years ago they sold a wine bottle cutter and then you could use the top as a base for fancy stemware! Thank You for this video
just 1 thing. the vacuum u create when u place yr hand on top stops the leak not the pressure. excellent job. thanks
Bon Jovi has a TH-cam channel?! AND he’s a glass cutting expert? The wonders never cease.
Please provide link to Bon's TH-cam channel where you viewed the glass cutting.
@@mocandie … you’re joking, right?
This is the link to the cutter with the best cutting wheel available designed for round glass.
greenpowerscience.com/BOTTLECUTTING.php3
GREENPOWERSCIENCE great info. Thanks
Super underrated ! I tried all the others unsuccessfully until I came across yours ! TY very much !
Great job explaining how, Top Level!
Thanks. 👏🏼✊🏼🙏🏼
I made a bottle cutter by making a v-box you can lay the bottle in on its side with a glass cutter screwed down; scored a line; then used a nichrome wire in a circuit to heat it red hot. put the wire around the score line hit the power for a few seconds and the top falls off.
Put an elastic band each side of the score line. It will put the water exactly in the right place, hot then cold.
Unfortunately not my idea, can't remember who told me.
Dan, you are a genius. The magnetic bearing, the solar death ray, and now this, the most delicate of all observations. Keep going forever please.
I have been playing slide for over 30 years.
Using other methods on TH-cam I used over 15 bottles I got 4 that will work.
Doing it this way that Dan shows here, I had 3 bottles left, and I got 3 out of 3.....
Being a glazier for 35 yrs now,there's one way & only one way to a perfect cut every time & this is where ever the cutter finishes is the place you need to tap or apply pressure as quickly as you can because believe it or not the cut becomes cold the longer you leave it thus more often than not a uneven cut or a broken cut
I was getting aggravated, saying 'just get to it, will ya' and then I saw the cat. I'm glad I didn't fast forward. Love that cat.
ja jane yeah, this video had about one whole minute of actually useful info. I just skipped through until I found it.
wiljee that too :/
@@lir2670 It’s an informative video for crying out loud! Geez! Go watch some more advanced videos on the subject. This guy’s trying to educate people that have never done this before. Just move on and quit bitching.
You are a true expert in glass. You know the properties of glass like no one I've seen out there.
This is the best video and the best method I've seen.
Thanks for your work and sharing with us.
Get a tile saw. $29 wet saw from harbor freight. Takes a few seconds to do
I like how you are using your finger to cover up the part of rim that isn't flat :P 7:22
+SR212787 looks pretty flat at 7:17 after it breaks.....
+Jimmy Sharp He covered up the part that wasn't flat. I slowed down the video to .025 and it was there.
+SR212787 yeah I saw it too. But still, this was one example. And that 30sec cut was already worth 50 of the last bottles I cut so who cares. His method is superior.
I "like" how your entire existence is clearly so pathetically miserable and meaningless that you had the time to spend watching such a creative and useful video (shared FREELY and generously to those of us who appreciate increasing our knowledge in areas which add value and enhance our ability to positively and creatively pass time), yet you were incapable of absorbing anything more intelligent than what your comment pathetically says about your insecurity and shallowness. ** Thanks for the video! I've been wanting to find a way to accomplish this to make self-watering herb planters out of wine/champagne bottles from bottles I've been collecting for years from special and memorable occasions over the years for a windowsill herb garden all year long, yet have been reluctant to use some of the more dangerous methods, being a woman with no experience with a blowtorch/saw blade, etc. I took a couple to a lady who etches glass and paid for results not nearly as nice as yours, so I'm looking forward to experimenting on a bottle with no sentimental value, as it's always more fulfilling and fun to complete the entire process one's self! :) I look forward to learning from some more of your posts as it looks like you've quite a lot of amazing info to share! Thanks for sharing! :)
+SR212787 your a nitshit, do us a favor and dont breed children
Good video!!. Thanks .maybe also wear Gloves for beginners .
I made a glass guitar-slide using this method! It really works.
-And, I didn't even need that fancy bottle-scoring rig.
I simply, carefully used a regular glass-scoring knife.
~Thanks!
Nice 😉 never give up till you figure it put perfectly 😉
Half the reason I cut bottles it to get the top half for kitchen FUNNELS. You can make a graduated set, tiny Tabasco, up to gallon jar sized with this method. Thanks. Using my tile saw gave me sloppier results or just shattered the bottle.
Who else saw the imperfection he hid with his finger 😂😂
Yep !! I was actually waiting for the drop of blood.
I make stained glass and this by far is the best version I’ve seen online for cutting a curved glass. Good job 😁👍🏼
New method using the best cutter we have tested:
th-cam.com/video/vZEE3tyDdoo/w-d-xo.html
I use gallon costco pickle jars for terrarium
Is that a strategically placed finger or thumb covering a slight error on the cut edge?
This is exactly what I needed to hear!! This is so much easier than what everyone else was telling me. I can do this!! I've been wanting to make colored bottle wind chimes and bottles with tiny lights in them to decorate our backyard. Thank you for showing us just how to cut bottles without so much hassle. Pam
$25 high quality cutter.
www.greenpowerscience.com/BOTTLECUTTING.html
GREENPOWERSCIENCE on does this remain true for thicker champagne bottles
have u made windchimes with some of your bottles
Hi, I was wondering about how hot the water should be? I have been using this method to cut bottles, but I keep getting inconsistent results :( Also, I have to repeat these steps many many times. Maybe the water I have been using is too hot? I boil it on the stove and usually it is steaming. Sometimes I get perfectly cut bottles, other times the bottle breaks below the score line with an ugly dip and is unusable. I want to correct this before I use nicer bottles as they need to be perfect.
Tiffany Tofurkey boiling hot use a full pot of water in one go. Heat the entire score line make sure not to get it to hot or it will crack. Then stunt it with ice water should break perfect 99% of the time
I'm so glad I found this, thanks Dan 👍I have a collection of bottles saved for upcycling but the problem is always how to cut them, and I'm an utter novice at this game! Some fab tips certain to come in handy and not ruin some of the nicer bottles I have bigger plans for ♻️✔😁
you can use the neck or mouth of the wine bottle and bury most of it beside your baby tomatoe plants so you can directly water your plant and save water
The info for the bottle cutter is here on our website:
www.greenpowerscience.com/BOTTLECUTTING.php3
Watched this at 10:00 pm, made a rig and cut my first bottle by 11pm, not quite even but a sticker messed up my cut.
Thanks a lot! Great method.
LoL, finally someone who
Knows ;) TY! I've throw so many bottles I wanted to use away because I couldn't find a good tool or demonstration. Now all I need is to drink more and I can make Xmas gifts 😉 thanks so much👍☺
They take so long totell u i get bored
Boring
@@cheryltebbutt6529 true true 😅
cut and (kat) is pronounced the same as in Afrikaans. Though kat in Afrikaans is actually a cat as in English..so when he mentioned cut and the cat appeared it was really bizarre to me
Love the kitty too!
I will try this, this week. I just got two dozen wine bottles. Last time, I used a torch, got 50% and a shit load of sanding. I had good results with large absolute bottles, scored and string. It is a fun hobby.
Sooooooo much safer than flammable materials and fire.
I'm guessing at least that 1% or 2% of the time that this method fails is because of a flaw in the glass, not in the technique. The most important part of this tip is to not overscore the glass. It seems counter-intuitive, but it's the same with cutting tile with a manual tile cutter: if you score it several times, the tile is more likely to shatter than to break on the line.
wow 2nd time around was sweet no boom ! with lid off
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing, I tried out the thing with the string around in nailpolish remover and alcohol. Not worth the time spent on it, with the rough edges. You are simply my new hero for bringing this video. Thanks heaps! And happy new year!
+Acurseddragon Thank you for the nice comment. Happy New Year!