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Lamps & Vases from bottles
Lamps & Vases from bottles
From: "Suzy-Q Lewis"
>
>Another one from Shelly.
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>Suzy-Q
>http://members.tripod.com/~Lifeisgr8/index.html
>May I always be the kind of person my dog thinks I am.
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>How to Make Lamps and Vases from Bottles
>
> METHOD1: Dip a piece of common string in alcohol and squeeze dry, or
>as
>dry as it will get without dripping. This string should then be placed
>on
>the already marked glass and tied tight. Light the string and let it
>burn
>off. Immediately, while the glass is still hot, plunge it into cold
>water.
>Be sure the container of water is large enough to let the glass to
>completely submerge, as well your arm up to the elbow, so as to deaden
>the
>vibration when you strike the glass. Strike the glass with your other
>hand
>above the line using a wooden stick and hitting a sharp stroke. This
>quick,
>sharp stroke will break the glass where the burning string has
>weakened it,
>as if done by a regular glass
>cutter. This method may be used to cut bottles in any shape, and to
>make
>vases. You can perform many such cuttings on glass.
>
>METHOD 2 - This method rarely fails to break the glass cleanly, in the
>exact place you want it broken. First, scratch the glass with the
>corner of
>a file or a sharp engraving tool. Have a piece of wire bent to the
>desired
>shape you want to cut the glass. Heat the wire until it is red hot and
>lay
>it upon the scratch. Immerse the glass in cold water just deep enough
>to
>come to a level with the wire, but not quite covering it. The glass
>will
>break cleanly.
>
>HOW TO CUT GLASS WITH SCISSORS: To do this you must place the glass
>under
>water completely, then with a pair of ordinary
>scissors, proceed to cut the glass as you would paper or cloth. This
>method
>is, or course, not as smooth a job as the methods described
>above. The edges will not be as smooth, but for getting a piece of
>glass
>down to a size and where the edges are not needed to be smooth, this
>method
>is satisfactory.
>
>HOW TO DRILL GLASS: Get a piece of steel wire and file the wire to the
>shape of a drill. The wire drill must be tempered as follows: Heat the
>end
>of the wire-drill on a flame until it is dull red, then place it in
>metallic
>mercury. The wire-drill, tempered in this manner, will bore through
>glass as
>easily as through soft metal. When drilling in glass, always use oil
>of
>turpentine with a little camphor to lubricate the wire-drill. As you
>drill,
>be careful not to drill all the way through from one side, as you will
>break
>the glass this way. Drill part of the way, or almost through, then
>drill
>from the opposite side to finish. Or, if you cannot do this, as when
>you are
>drilling bottles, etc., fill these bottles with water or place the
>glass in
>water.
>CAUTION: When you make the drill, do not make the cutting edges so
>sharp
>or too acute. The drill will cut slowly, but you will have better
>holes with
>less breakage.
>
>BONUS: How to achieve rainbow colors for bottles, vases, etc.: Use
>floating
>art colors obtainable from most paint stores. Take a pail and fill it
>with
>water and drop a few drops of several different art colors on top of
>the
>water. Now, take any article you wish colored and dip it into the
>colored
>water, move the items slowly back & forth. You now have a rainbow
>colored
>article. You can color bottles, vases, and many other articles this
>way
>
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