Hi there, I’m pretty new to the group and was wondering if there’s anyone who can help me cut glass bottles? (And if there is even a machine for it.) I have some liquor bottles I want to cut open to make vases etc…
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Okay, first off I will be the first to admit that I do not know if there is a bottle cutter in Glassworks (something I’ve been wondering about myself actually). The best person to get that information from would be @PearceDunlap.
However, I know that you can find glass bottle Cutters on Amazon for under $50 (usually between $20 and $45).
That being said, if Glass Works does not have one I would suggest that it should go on the agenda for the next committee meeting. It would open up a world of possibilities. Just a idea/suggestion being that it’s quite affordable.
As always, I would suggest starting with YouTube (no reason in trying to reinvent the wheel) because I have found A LOT a videos about using a bottle cutter for round, square and even odd shaped glass bottles. There are even videos about using a soldering iron to cut odd shapes into bottles.
Having theoretical knowledge without hands-on experience can help immensely on a new project. I know this from experience, LOL.
The other thing I would suggest, as was suggested to me, try to get some throwaway bottles to practice with. Facebook marketplace, 5 miles, offerup, craigslist, Etc are a great place for this because I always see somebody selling 15 or 20 empty bottles for $15 or $20 but will usually take a $10 offer.
If for some odd reason you can’t find any there, there’s always Trader Joe’s and the four Buck Chuck bottles as well.
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There is a bottle cutter:+1: It was on the counter near the grinders…if not there…possibly look in the unlocked cabinets in glass 
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Yeah. One of the drawers says that there’s a bottle cutter there. I’m thinking it’s only to score bottles, yes? Anything faster that we might have would be our wet band saw. Which currently has “issues”.
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