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HOW TO MAKE LAMPS AND VASES FORM BOTTLES
HOW TO CUT GLASS WITHOUT A DIAMOND CUTTER
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
it has been weakened by the burning string, as if
done by a regular glass cutter. This meth§od 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 item 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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