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What is hot wire method and how to cut glass - 12/28/2006 6:23:34 PM    Oklahoma Bottles   Posts: 13 Joined: 12/28/2006 From: Kingfisher, Oklahoma Status: offline Does any one know what the hot wire method is all I know it has something to do with wrapping a cut cor around the glass you want to be cut and then you plug it in but I would know how it is done exactly and does anyone know any other ways to cut glass, and by the way what is a tumbler and how much are they. Post #: 1

RE: What is hot wire method and how to cut glass - 12/28/2006 9:20:08 PM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 809 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline Hello and welcome to the forum. The only hot-wire method I know of is to measure thermal conductivity in certain materials. So I don't think that is what you're talking about?? That and the hot-wire method for jacking a car.   Just kidding. You can cut plate glass with a glass cutter. So I think it might work for bottles but it would be hard. What do you want to cut? A bottle tumbler is used to clean the "sickness" or cloudiness out of dug bottles. Minerals in the soil cause glass to become "sick" or cloudy looking.  A bottle tumbler is the same idea as a rock tumbler used to polish rocks. I made mine for around a $100.00, works great. There is a guy who sells them, the jar doctor. I think a base model of his tumbler is somewhere around $600.00.   _____________________________ Life is easy with your eyes closed. (in reply to Oklahoma Bottles) Post #: 2

RE: What is hot wire method and how to cut glass - 12/29/2006 12:52:20 AM    capsoda Posts: 7928 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Here is the thread about building tumblers. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m_5467/mpage_1/key_tumbler/tm.htm _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 3

RE: What is hot wire method and how to cut glass - 12/29/2006 9:06:01 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 5160 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline The "hot wire" method of cutting glass uses a piece of nichrome wire to make a narrow thermal stress line on the glass causing it to crack in a desired spot. For example if you wanted to cut the top off a bottle you would wrap the nichrome wire around the top and apply current to it until it glows red. It would probably work best if you first score the bottle with a glass cutter. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 4

RE: What is hot wire method and how to cut glass - 1/12/2007 3:30:04 AM    druggistnut Posts: 370 Joined: 1/7/2006 From: Otisville, Michigan Status: offline I wouldn't recommend the hot wire method, or the other method mentioned in the second link. I tried the hot wire. You do not get a good, clean cut. If you are going to attempt a repair, as in replacing a neck & top, you want crisp edges. Use the method in the 1st link. It does take some practice. Please, if you repair bottles and get enough to sell them, sell them as "repaired." Good luck, Bill Link #1>>> Making a Bottle Cutting Jig Link #2>>>FAQ Section XIV (in reply to Oklahoma Bottles) Post #: 5

RE: What is hot wire method and how to cut glass - 1/12/2007 9:09:39 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 5160 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline If you use the hot wire method you still have to score the bottle with a glass cutter first to get a clean break. The hot wire just makes running the fracture easier. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to druggistnut) Post #: 6

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