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Making drinking glasses from wine bottles has been around for years, and while it is relatively easy to cut a bottle, making a nice useful drinking glass is a little more difficult.
Yeah, I can go to Target and buy a set of glasses, but it is pretty cool to be able to use/recycle bottles that in many cases go in the trash.
And of course, you can always take pride in the fact that you made them yourself!
WARNING: There is the possibility of injury from broken glass when performing the steps in this instructable. Proceed at your own risk!
Yeah, I can go to Target and buy a set of glasses, but it is pretty cool to be able to use/recycle bottles that in many cases go in the trash.
And of course, you can always take pride in the fact that you made them yourself!
WARNING: There is the possibility of injury from broken glass when performing the steps in this instructable. Proceed at your own risk!
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Although you can technically make a glass from any bottle, I prefer wine bottles because they are much thicker than your typical bottle. Beer bottles in particular are very thin and more likely to break and cut you.
You'll also notice that most wine bottles have a big "dimple" on the bottom called the "PUNT". It is OK on a bottle, but not so nice in a drinking glass. Some people like the punt and glasses made from these bottles are often referred to as "punt glasses".
I prefer the flat-bottomed bottles commonly used with certain types of white wines. If you only drink red, try Bordeaux bottles, they are often flat on the bottom.
Beware: the nicer the bottle, the worse the wine usually tastes!
You'll also notice that most wine bottles have a big "dimple" on the bottom called the "PUNT". It is OK on a bottle, but not so nice in a drinking glass. Some people like the punt and glasses made from these bottles are often referred to as "punt glasses".
I prefer the flat-bottomed bottles commonly used with certain types of white wines. If you only drink red, try Bordeaux bottles, they are often flat on the bottom.
Beware: the nicer the bottle, the worse the wine usually tastes!
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You had a very smart idea there with the protection with duct-tape!
If i saw that correctly, you used this Aluminum-type-duct-tape for this?
Also normally i dont use a candle to stress-break the glass at the cut. I simply hold them under the hot water from the faucet and "shock" it with cold wather from the faucet. Repeat once or twice and you have a very nice cut.
Easier method using thermal shock, any flammable liquid would do, see this video:
www.break.com/index/how-to-cut-a-bottle-with-a-string.html
check out the link its pretty cool.
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As for etching the lettering on the side, I have an Epilog laser that will do that. Epilog has it's own website.