DIY: Cut Square Glass Bottle In 3 Simple Steps

hi this time I'll show you how to cut square glass bottle and three simple steps first of all its need to make one nice pass with glass cutter to do that in one straight and at the same headline I made this simple jig from two piece of scrap wood I'm using regular glass cutter which you can get from any hardware store its need to make one strong pass all around the bottle it's important to make only one cut don't try to make you pass to get deeper cut let's don't give any better results vice versa it could make multiplies put in lines next prepare some boiling and cold water the idea is to use physics and let thermal stress to do all job first heated and after that very quickly cooled down when heating it is important to heat evenly as possible all around at cutline cold water will make quick thermal stress and cutline will crack in this method to cut round bottles is very easy because run bottles we have equal surface tension with square bottles we have different surface tension at sides and corners so be ready to fail not all square bottles will try to cut will be done successfully [Music] even when you did everything right sometimes you don't get nice cut or get crack where you don't need it that's because of bottles could have not visible mini cracks and your cut line could change direction sometimes you will get only a part of glass off not full top take your time and repeat the process at the rest cut line at this situation you could give a light tap to make it done faster to smooth the edge are used 60 grit sandpaper and what's ended the acceptable result to get nice finish look I finished with 280 grit sandpaper and here is final result no sharp edges nice and glossy surface what about propose well it depends only from your imagination here of your examples from me you could serve some snacks in it or to store some kitchen tools it also could be a glass for drink or unique rays if this video was helpful like and subscribe if you like what I'm doing you could be a part of that by supporting upcoming projects on patreon thanks for watching

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Length: 5min 4sec (304 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 16 2016

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[u/stuffucanmake]

Great video.