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Turning Broken Squats into Drinking Glasses - 8/12/2005 3:24:51 PM    Bottleman Posts: 863 Joined: 9/3/2004 From: Central Pennsylvania Status: offline I have saved a lot of squats with the tops or necks knocked off and now its time to make them into drinking glasses. I called a local glass cutting shop and he charges $5 a bottle and told me that maybe only half would turn out and the rest would break while cutting them on the diamond saw. After that I decided to ask all of you if you had a way that worked out for you. There are no sodas that are worth more then $60 in mint condition so if they break on me it’s not the end of the world. ~~Tom Post #: 1

RE: Turning Broken Squats into Drinking Glasses - 8/12/2005 6:31:18 PM    ronvae Posts: 253 Joined: 8/14/2004 Status: offline Why not get your own glasscutter & do it yourself? I recall infomercials for the "Ronco Tumbler Cutter" or some such in the 70s--it was a glasscutting bit on a calipers that you could mail order for the purpose of cutting wine bottles into big water glasses... (in reply to Bottleman) Post #: 2

RE: Turning Broken Squats into Drinking Glasses - 8/12/2005 9:10:58 PM    Bottleman Posts: 863 Joined: 9/3/2004 From: Central Pennsylvania Status: offline A few months ago I was checking them on eBay and saw the brand you were talking about. To me they looked a little flimsy because they were made of thin plastic and didn’t know if they could cut a thick squat soda. I now figured that they were meant to cut bottles so they would probably do the job. If I find one that’s at a reasonable price I will buy it. Thanks for the info, Tom (in reply to Bottleman) Post #: 3

RE: Turning Broken Squats into Drinking Glasses - 8/12/2005 9:36:18 PM    TheDiggerBoy91   Posts: 609 Joined: 10/11/2004 Status: offline You mean your're gonna take bottles that have been sitting in a dump for 130 years and drink out of them?..ick < Message edited by TheDiggerBoy91 -- 8/12/2005 9:36:38 PM > (in reply to Bottleman) Post #: 4

RE: Turning Broken Squats into Drinking Glasses - 8/12/2005 9:38:58 PM    digger mcdirt   Posts: 957 Joined: 8/8/2005 Status: offline if you have a dremel you can get a blade at lowes that cuts glass it sells for around $20 and works great. i use it to cut broken bottles i repair and also stone jugs. mcdirt (in reply to Bottleman) Post #: 5

RE: Turning Broken Squats into Drinking Glasses - 8/12/2005 9:54:45 PM    ronvae Posts: 253 Joined: 8/14/2004 Status: offline Hey Diggerboy, You mean you don't want that lovely "I'm drinking history!" feeling? You don't know what you're missing! A bit of bleach fixes 'em right up, and besides, you wouldn't want your immune system to get all wimped-out and flabby, would you? (in reply to Bottleman) Post #: 6

RE: Turning Broken Squats into Drinking Glasses - 8/12/2005 10:33:57 PM    TheDiggerBoy91   Posts: 609 Joined: 10/11/2004 Status: offline Ahh. I get it. Too bad I could never do that, as I don't have a tumbler so many of my bottles still have that "dug" feel to them, and of course could never be drinken out of! (in reply to Bottleman) Post #: 7

RE: Turning Broken Squats into Drinking Glasses - 8/16/2005 3:59:51 AM    bigkitty53   Posts: 286 Joined: 3/28/2004 From: Bermuda Status: offline Tom, If you don't trust a diamond cutter you can use a soldering iron-Use(make) a copper wire loop the same diameter as the bottle,remembering to slowly rotate the bottle as the wire gets hot so the 'heatline' completely encircles the bottle. When hot enough,(about 30-60 secs,depending on the iron and glass thickness) remove wire and wipe the heatline with a wet sponge-CRACK!You should have a clean flat break that will just need the sharp edges seamed with sandpaper. (I used to do this with the old television tubes to get the ceramic magnets.) Hope this helps, KAT _____________________________ "...Just don't let me mistake you for a mouse." (in reply to Bottleman) Post #: 8

RE: Turning Broken Squats into Drinking Glasses - 8/17/2005 11:23:47 PM    Caretaker maine   Posts: 518 Joined: 7/9/2005 From: Scarboro Status: offline I got one of those cutter, tried it on a broken Clarks fruit jar, it scored it ok but when I tried to remove the unwanted glass, it was to thin and broke unevenly, I'll need to get the hang of it, I dug a blue measuring cup from a dump a few years ago, my wife loved it, thru it in the dish washer a couple of times , been using it every day since it got recycled _____________________________ go out and dig something (in reply to Bottleman) Post #: 9

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