How to Cut Bottles in 3 steps [best bottle cutter]
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- čas přidán 30. 12. 2020
- Bottle cutting has been a minor obsession of mine lately. This is the best way I have found to cut glass bottles. It is fast, easy, and relatively inexpensive.
The best bottle cutter I have found is a wet tile saw with a glass cutting blade. I also modified a cheap pottery wheel, 3D printed some custom accessories, and tweaked some diamond polishing pads to get the job done.
After a lot of experimentation, I am finally satisfied with the results.
3D printing files
www.thingiverse.com/thing:6292161/files
Dude! The way you communicate the process with the direct no BS approach is the best I’ve seen yet! Thank you!
Thanks for the kind words of encouragement.
Great info. Thanks. I am a bottle hunter. I have a few hundred old beer and whiskey bottles from the 1800s. The beer bottles are aqua blue and they all have bubbles in the glass. They make beautiful whiskey glasses. I’m just getting started in this. I can see it’s going to be an obsession, just like bottle hunting became with me. I am so stoked.
That’s exciting. Some of my favorite bottles have bubbles in the glass. They are High West Distillery bottles.
If you have suggestions for others, I’d love to hear about it.
Thanks for the tips! I've been researching this for a month or so now and your information really put the finishing polish on my research.
Thanks, Matt.
Thank you sir for your detailed and honest advices! Best video I found about this topic. Job well done and wonderful work!
Thanks for your encouragement.
Got my attention in the preview showing “professional” tools. As soon as you mentioned a more efficient way I was here to stay!!
Thanks for your encouragement
This video is my cup of tea. I have most of this stuff already and also appreciate your outlook on workflow processes. I don't have the wheel, but I do have a spare 9" sander I could jig to run vertical
Thanks for your encouragement.
I hadn’t thought of using a sander. I’m a big fan of using what you’ve got. That being said, I’d be concerned about speed and dust with a sander. The pottery wheel has variable speed, tops out around 300 RPM, and can easily be rigged for water to control dust.
@@DadCraftsman good point on the speeds. It is variable, but I'll do my reading to check it all works well. I have good dust extraction and wear full face mask. I've done a bit of polishing with rayon pads which can go 3000-4500 rpm on a dual action sander.
For the tile saw I'm looking at a voltage control speed controller, my math said I should run it at half speed.
your setup is sooo smart! i told my wife "this guy is a genius" and hit the subscribe button, only to find out you only have two uploads! i would love to see more of your diy projects.
You’re so kind and encouraging. I’m always working on something, but I’m very bad at recording.
I’ve modified my process a little, and I’ve got some ideas about how to do this more cost effectively. Hopefully, I’ll be able to get to that soon.
I'm just getting started on this hobby, too! I would love to hear about your modifications and improvements!@@DadCraftsman
@@tysonswan5926thanks. I really need to make an update video for how my process has changed.
Super keen on the update video. We have a friend with a wedding venue that goes through a couple hundred bottles per week and said we can have them if we just collect them! So … 💭
thank you and what a great video! I have that harbor freight saw and love using it for my glass projects and bottles. I was going to ask for the 3D print files and you already posted it. Thanks so much
You are welcome. Thanks for your interest.
Excellent presentation with some brilliant ideas. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Thanks for the encouragement.
Gosh thank you man you just answered all my questions! Only wish I’d found you first before hours of research.❤
Thanks, Joshlyn.
Thank you for sharing all this knowledge! Those flexible diamond discs you used for cutting the inside and outside edges is ingenious! I've been making drinking glasses for family and friends for about 8 years and have always dreamed of incorporating a pottery wheel. All the inexpensive pottery wheels I've researched had negative reviews stating they couldn't handle any significant weight on the wheel. After seeing your video I purchased the same type of wheel you're using and couldn't be happier, its speed control and torque are impressive. I'm almost finished making the attachments and mods, looking forward to trying it soon.
Great news. I’m excited to hear how things work out for you, please keep me posted.
For what it’s worth, I skip the metal disks now. I go straight to the 400 grit diamond pad.
Thanks for replying. I'm having some trouble with the concave and convex grinding. I cut my 600 disc to match your pattern (nice job with that design) and they fit my jigs pretty well. The problem is they feel lumpy when I apply my 2 different size test glasses and they are leaving tiny chips in both inside and outside edges. Do the discs take awhile to break-in and become more flexible? I am seeing some cracking between the little squares in the disc from flexing them in and out of the jigs. I'm using the 5" discs, I think you mentioned in the comments that you are using the 6". Maybe I need to loosen them up so they hug the jigs better?@@DadCraftsman
Some great ideas. Thanks
Thanks!
GREAT video!
Thanks!
Awesome! 🤩
This is exactly what we’ve been searching for.
The cheap scoring method is way too inconsistent.
But now we have to spend money on tools … 🙃
Subbed! 😍
I do love tools. So happy to hear you’re enjoying the hobby.
I'm getting into this hobby and your video is one of a few that is going to help me out in this process. Thanks
Happy to help.
Sorry to bother you again,what size polishing pads did you buy for the pottery wheel the 4in or 8in and also the flexible blue peace for the watering wheel.
By the way, I have rarely seen a utube channel with only 2 videos have almost 500 subscribers verry impressive. You would make a great content creator with being able to articulate thing the way you do. Thanks
@@danielbarnett6859 6” or 150mm polishing pads.
@@danielbarnett6859 the blue flexible coolant pipe came from Amazon.
@@DadCraftsman thanks dad.😁
Woha! Just the kinda stuff I was looking for. Now I just gotta figure out that whole pottery wheel mod u made...
Thanks. I’ve got a follow up video in the works, and I’m planning on uploading my 3D models to the Thingiverse for people to use freely.
Hey there, thanks for making this video. I've been messing around with up cycling wine bottles into drinking glasses for a few years and lost patience with the amazon trash cutters. Found one on Etsy by a Spanish maker that uses thermal shock, which combined with my old trashy cuter to score a line, works pretty damn well. Just invested in the potters wheel (skipped the water pump, figured I could just dip the glass into the water when needed) and used your templates for the polishing accessories - thanks for making these freely available, cost about £130.00 to have them made. Looking forward to getting my kids involved in this hobby!
Wow. £130 is more than I would have thought. I wonder if I can redesign them to be less expensive to print.
I hadn’t thought of dipping. I wonder if it will build up a multi-grit slurry that could cause problems when moving to a higher grit.
@@DadCraftsman yeah it's a bit pricey paying for a company to do the 3D printing (I don't have a printer) but worth it I think. I've also designed another fixture based on your design that holds the glass in place (like a top hat) to allow the inner/outer rims to be bevelled using EDM stones (Congress 120-600 grit), to give a completely smooth and rounded rim. Happy to share this with you - makes a huge difference. In terms of dipping, I used a fairly tall cylindrical container so that the debris falls to the bottom. Experienced issues early on dipping in a shallow basin that caused the higher grit finishes to appear cloudy but not any more. Also been using 3M polishing papers, which are brilliant.
Loved this video and it was very useful for me. I’m getting into this craft of cutting bottles and up-cycling glass bottles. Will there be any videos coming up on how you modified your potters wheel and made those grinding modifications using your 3D printing machine? Brilliant video
I am hoping to do a follow up video.
Here are the stl files for 3D printing.
www.thingiverse.com/thing:6292161/files
ONE DAY ILL BUY THIS TOOLS BUT FOR NOW I GOTTA DO IT MANUALY
I get it. I’m working on a video with a more manual approach to grinding. Spoiler alert, it’s not as fast or consistent as using a pottery wheel.
Fantastic video... very articulate. And your examples and experience come through very well. Do you by chance have links to the diamond grinding discs that go well with the 3D printed tools?
Thanks for your kind words. Here is a link to the diamond polishing pads.
a.co/d/2U6zWCr
Well you McGyvered that in spades. Thanks for sharing.
High praise. Thanks for the encouragement.
Everything you did is perfect, really. But what about grinding square and triangle bottles, especially their edges?
Those are tricky. I’ve done a few, but most of the work is by hand. I have focused mainly on round bottles, and narrowed it down to a few I really enjoy.
Great video! Would definitely be interested in the .stl files for the 3D printed parts. I have close to 50 bottles I need to cut and this will definitely be helpful!! Thanks!
Here are the stl file for 3D printing:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:6292161/files
@@DadCraftsman Awesome! Thank you so much!
Really impressive and those are some really smooth edges. 2 questions.
How did you attach the plastic or foam disc to the metal plate? Looks like you drilled something into the metal plate?
When you were using the diamond grinding discs, how did you mount them to the plastic/foam disc? Did you uses velcro?
Thank you for sharing such a creative idea.
The plastic plate has magnets incorporated into it. I don’t use the metal discs much anymore. The flat diamond polishing pad does all that I need.
Hey @DadCraftsman, is there a specific material you recommend to print with for the 3D printed parts? Thank you so much for the excellent video!
I use PLA.
Hello, Thank you for the educational video.. just wondering how did you fix the polishing base to the rotating motor ?
Also the 3D printed object.. how it's fixed to base ?
Thank you
The 3D parts are held in place with some 4mm (I think) cap head bolts. Holes in the parts fit over the bolts to hold them in place.
Really appreciate your putting this video out there! Is there a possibility that you could put a pattern out there for cutting the Dimond pads to make them flexible or direct me where I might find it? Thanks again for all you've done! 😊
If you pause the video around 7:47, you can see what how I cut them. I really need to make an update video.
Hi. Loved this video. I cannot find the flexible water spout. Can you help me with this. Thank you
This is a link to the type of flexible pipe I used. I just checked quickly, so you can probably find a better deal. Hopefully this points you in the right direction.
TOPPROS Pack of 10 Round Nozzle 3/8 PT Plastic Flexible Oil Coolant Pipe Hose Blue Orange a.co/d/93mG8PE
I so appreciate the 3D printing patterns you shared! Can you share which brand/type of diamond pads you’re using? There seem to be a ton that don’t have a super obvious distinctions. (And if you have an affiliate link, happy to purchase them that way!) Also, I wholeheartedly second the request that you upload more projects. This one was so helpful and cool!
Here is a link to the pads from my order history:
a.co/d/0LhVpaz
Thank you for your kind words and offer to use an affiliate link. I may see that up in the future. For more, copy/paste is faster and easier than learning to link. Enjoy.
7:38 I really appreciate the link to the 3D printing files - the bats came out beautifully! Any advice on the best way to attach these to the pottery wheel?
I attach the bats using 4mm(I think) stainless steel socket head screws. I’ll need to revisit the files too verify how fast apart I spaced them.
Yes, I agree about using wet saw. I have developed the Roto-Rim which is the best way to finish the job.
I took a look at the root-rim, and respect… I’ve got to disagree with you about it being the best way to finish the job.
I tried chucking glasses into my lathe, but I just don’t think it’s safe to spin the glass under power. If it were to break, it would be incredibly dangerous.
I need a set of the cutting disc molds!!!
Freely available models:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:6292161
If you can’t get them printed locally, please let me know. I’ll figure something out.
I am really interested with those equipment tell me how I can get
This is the best method I've seen so far. I just bought that pottery wheel on Amazon for $50. Have a bunch of El Tesoro bottles that are begging to turned into tequila glasses. I had to 3D print a jig to cut them on a tile saw since they have a tapered shape. I will be 3D printing your grinding disc jigs. My question is, how did you center the jigs on the plate? Does it matter if they are a little off? Thanks for the great info!
I think I have a hole in the center of flat jig, which can be centered over the concentric rings on the top of the wheel. Once centered, I used a center punch to mark the holes for the pins (bolts).
Awesome video many thanks! I'll reiterate other commenters below: I'm interested in the pottery wheel set up as someone who doesn't have 3d printer access - are there potential solutions? Maybe it's easy to rent one anyway
I’m working on improving the design of my printed pieces. Once I’m done, I may start selling them if there is enough interest.
I would be interested in the design and see if our 3D teacher can make them for me@@DadCraftsman
www.thingiverse.com/thing:6292161/files
Thanks you for this video. Is it possible to have links of the différents produits? Cheers from a french bottle cutter
Thanks for your interest. Hopefully, these links are what you are looking for.
pottery wheel - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081VRDH81/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
diamond polishing pads - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BPBFLFL/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
10" Husqvarna superlock glass plus blade - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CZ7FT5W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
7" Hussqvarna superlock glass plus blade - www.amazon.com/Superlok-Glass-Premium-Diamond-Blades/dp/B0014GKQ12/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=husqvarna+Superlok+Glass+Plus+Diamond+Tile+Blade&qid=1614677376&s=hi&sr=1-1
400 grit diamond disc - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0728GS443/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
1000 grit diamond disc - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072PQC1WY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
150 grit diamond disc - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071J1HZ28/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
harbor freight 7" tile saw - www.harborfreight.com/7-in-portable-wet-cut-tile-saw-69231.html
Wish you had direct links to all the products you mention in the video. Especially affiliate links so we could give back. 🔗💵
We’ve just ordered the saw, pottery wheel and sanding disks you recommend. Can’t wait to get started cutting glass bottles! 🤞🏼
Dude- so how about YOU post the links that what YOU bought, to help us out! ;)
Thanks for your encouragement. I’d love to see what you make with your setup.
Hey there! This is a super great video! We are trying to follow what you've laid out. Two quick questions that I couldn't find answered in the comments:
1. How are you attaching the bats to the potter wheel? Did you make holes in the wheel so that you can affix the bats?
2. Did you just put velcro on your bats to attach the pads or some other material?
3. What did you do to affix the tube from the water pump to the flexible tube?
Thank you!
@@edcarr101 I attached the bats with (I think) 4mm cap head hex bolts spaced 6” apart. Yes to using self-adhesive Velcro in the bats to attach the polishing pads.
@@DadCraftsman So you drilled through the base of the pottery wheel to do this? Thanks for the quick reply!
@@edcarr101yes, it’s aluminum. It drills easily.
@@DadCraftsman Thanks so much!
New follower… I also would be interested in purchasing the attachments for the pottery wheel.
www.thingiverse.com/thing:6292161/files
By far the best video I have seen on this topic. Clear instructions on how to proceed. I got the 7 inch wet saw and the pottery wheel. Cutting no problem and grinding went pretty well, but my rubber surface I put below the diamond disc does not really do the job and both the rubber and the disc keeps moving as grind the bottle. I would much appreciate if you can sell the 3d printed items you made or share/sell the 3D files so I can find someone where I live to print it for me. Any further advice on what material to 3d print in or clarification on how you attached the 3D printed items on the pottery wheel - my wheel does not have the holes I think I can see on yours.. Thanks!
I borrowed the idea of a throwing bat and bat pins from pottery. I drilled holes for two 4mm socket head cap bolts spaced 6” apart. The 3D printed parts have corresponding holes to hold them in place.
www.thingiverse.com/thing:6292161/files
Here are the stl files for 3D printing
Could you use Velcro to hold everything?
@@tysonswan5926Velcro is what I use to stick the pads to the 3D printed parts. I don’t use the discs any more.
What size pads do you use? I need to have a buddy do the 3d printing for me. Just not sure on size. Thanks!@@DanRossHoward
I've actually just bought an Einhell Electric Tile Cutter Saw, having watched your video, but wasn't sure what you meant by the top of the range blade. Do I need to get a specific saw for cutting glass?
You don’t need a specific saw, though some are better than others. You don’t really need a specific blade either as long as it’s made for cutting glass/tile and has a continuous edge. I’m a fan of the Husqvarna Superlok® Glass + blade.
@@DadCraftsman I don't find those ones in Europe, plus the arbor in Europe is not 5/8" for le table but 22mm. I have big trouble to find everything :( Good job anyway
Hi, like the idea of the pottery wheel, where do you drain the water? Or does it circulate back to the bucket?
I’ve always used a clean water bucket for the pump and a dirty water bucket for the drain, mostly to try to extend the life of the pump. That being said, recirculating a 5 gallon bucket would probably not affect the pump much.
Thank you 👍
Hi how do I make this flat, convex/ concave form? Or do you sell it. I couldn’t open the file. Thank you
I pinned a comment with a link to the 3D printing files. I’ve made them freely available.
Would you be willing to make and ship the sanding forms?
I’ve never really looked into it. If you can’t find anyone to print them locally, please let me know. I’ll figure out a way to make it happen.
Hello there. This is a great video. I have been hand cutting bottles for two years using the score and break method. I own a shop in Dunedin and am looking for someone to wholesale me cut and polished drinking glasses. Would you be interested in wholesaling your cut glasses?
Thanks for asking. I’m not interested in wholesaling.
What polishing pads did you use?
a.co/d/00qttlEI
What is best grit for inside edge and what is that one disc for top edge... 240 or 400 grit?
I almost always start with 400 now,m. I’ve also stopped using the metal disks, because the diamond pads work so well.
@@DadCraftsman It would be great if you can provide a template to cut those diamond pads for concave and convex grinding?
After cutting and sanding over 100 bottles recently, I’ve found myself on the same journey. I’m very grateful that you decided to make this video.
The pottery wheel and accessories have peaked my interest. (Especially after trying all sorts of sanding methods). I’m lacking access to a 3D printer, so any advice you have on design or the production process would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for the very helpful content.
I modeled the accessories in Fusion360. They work, but they are pretty crude. I’ll do my best to make the files available online. I’ll just need to remember where I saved them.
Thanks for your interest.
@@DadCraftsman did you make these files accessible? I would also love to see them! Thank you
Levi, I’m making some improvements to my original design. Please let me know if you are interested. I might be able to print some and shop then to you.
@@Oliver_Markwardt I haven’t made the files accessible, but I’m working on improvements to my original design.
@@DadCraftsman interested in this
Hi, very good video, informative,,I m interested
Thanks for your encouragement.
Do you have a list of everything?
I’m in the process of making a follow-up video. I’ll compile a list of what I use now. I no longer use the lapidary discs. The diamond polishing pads are better for all of the grinding and polishing steps.
The botlle cuter is botlle breakers 😂 gracias I was about to get one
Happy to help
Fantastic information. Thank you :)
Thank you
Can you upload the file for the moulds if you can as I would like to make them thanks @@DadCraftsman
www.thingiverse.com/thing:6292161/files
Thank you very much. I have got the wheel and diamond disk and it works great. Thanks again for sharing this video and the file Cheers :) @@DadCraftsman
@@paulrobertson9439 that’s awesome. Thanks for sharing
Hey! Is it possible to contact you somewhere and talk about this topic? I need some help, would be cool!
www.thingiverse.com/thing:6292161/files
Here are the stl files for 3D printing.
Keep making content.
Thanks for the encouragement.
I really wish I could talk to you privately. I really need to ask questions about something I need to do with a bottle. i don't know anyone who can afford all this stuff.
I’m thinking about a more cost effective approach that incorporates some changes to my workflow over time.
Can you sell me the 3d print molds?
Here is a link to the models, freely available.
www.thingiverse.com/thing:6292161
If you can’t get them printed locally, please let me know. I’ll figure out a way to make it work.
Can you please share the link of machines
The model I bought looks like it may not be available any more. I just looked for the best deal on one that had similar specs.
Here is a link from my history.
a.co/d/03Wwe5jA