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Cut and Firepolish Beer and Wine Bottles

Step-by-step video of scoring, flame cutting, and firepolishing beer and wine bottles to make drinking glasses and vases. Recycle bottles into useful dinnerware and barware.

Learn "How To" D o I t Y ourself art glassblowing techniques for the beginner at http://learnglassblowing.com Create your own glass figures, animals, jewerly, and art glass.

11 comments

Apr 12, 2012. 8:06 AMcapobeach says:

Do you have to anneal the bottles in a kiln after polishing the edge to keep them from cracking?

Feb 29, 2012. 4:50 PMCarmella_S says:

What did you use to add the base to the wine glass?

Sep 22, 2011. 5:47 AMgarside says:

Where's the video??? I really want to see the process!!!

Sep 22, 2011. 7:33 AMmwheeler03 (author) says:

The video did not upload because it exceeded the 10mb file size limit. The free video can be viewed at http://learnglassblowing.com Look in the FREE STUFF menu.

mwheeler03

Jan 5, 2012. 4:00 AM

Sovereignty says:

So this is basically an advertisement for the mentioned website?

Jan 5, 2012. 4:40 AMmwheeler03 (author) says:

Sovereignty, The link to http://learnglassblowing.com provides free video instruction about creating your own cut and fire-polished glassware from recycled beer and wine bottles. It also includes a how-to video to make an angel fish pendant. The site suggests where-to-buy or locate glassblowing tools, torches, and equipment to do the described glassblowing techniques. We do not sell these items ourselves - but the site lists where they are available.

If some one is interested in learning D-I-Y advanced glassblowing techniques, additional glassblowing videos and an instruction manual are available for sale on this site.

We do not have a video file size small enough to meet the limit of 10mb for Instructables uploads. Providing the Instructable in this way seemed to be a reasonable alternative.

Regards, Mike Wheeler
learnglassblowing.com
(Make sure you use the "Free Stuff" menu item to view the free videos).

Jan 6, 2012. 6:52 PM

Sovereignty says:

Sorry. I'm just accustomed to not navigating away from the site 'cept to download or purchase something.

The results look friggin' awesome. Most of the glass booze and hooch bottles I see are begging to be used for something other than candle holders and vases. Looks like it easily passes for promo stuff from the vendors.

Oct 2, 2011. 6:57 PMrpvanpatt says:

Hey, can you go into a little detail about your equipment? Mainly the torch equipment, I see the simple torch, but don't know much about torches anyways so I dont know the larger torche that you use second. Thanks

Nov 10, 2011. 8:45 AMm.hutchinson says:

How is this an instructable? I only see four pictures and a turntable. Where's the other turntable and microphone?

Oct 3, 2011. 3:55 AMwmjwheeler says:

HI.....For cracking off the top of the bottle, I use a small propane plumbers torch available at home supply stores (Home Depot, Lowes) and for fire polishing a National Hand Torch available from suppliers on my web site www.learnglassblowing, link to equipment and there are 3 suppliers of this particular torch. This should help.
www.learnglassblowing.com

Sep 22, 2011. 3:43 PMwmjwheeler says:

Video is also on You tube under "cutting beer bottles" video by wmjwheeler