Tool for drilling glass?

[Fugio]

My wife wants to make some nite lights out of empty liquor sample bottles like these:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/385480049327864621/

How do you drill/cut out the bottoms? What do I need to buy?

Thanks!!!

 

[Rookie2]

A dremel tool with a diamond router bit or diamond drill bit with a drill press.

 

[Fugio]

Do they make a diamond drill bit that big? I mean is it a common HD type thing? You think the Dremmel is how they do it?

 

[jim whitney]

Ceramic tile cutting drills at lowes or Home Depot or local hardware store I made over sink lives for wife out of old green insulators takes some time but it's possible

 

[NUTTSGT]

Sounds like it might take a bit more than just drilling a hole. From the link behind the picture.

Plastic night lights have the backs cut out in order to change the bulbs and the glass night lights are flattened and attached with a clip.

http://www.hometone.com/bottles-could-light-up-so-well.html


We are going with some friends this weekend and the plan was to grab a few "shot" bottles. I might have to try to duplicate some of these. . . . Bacardi and Grey Goose.

 

[Fugio]

You can flatten bottles in a forge. We've done that. The results are amazing.

But these little bottles don't need bulb changes. We're gonna use LED lights.

 

[06switchback]

Try this

Google
Cutting glass with fire

Go have a couple beers and practice on the emptys

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[VictorBravo]

The old telescope maker's way of drilling glass is to take a steel pipe and use silicon carbide grit under it. Takes a while, you can't go too fast, but you get accurate holes.

The more modern way is to use a holesaw with the teeth ground off and grit. I've done it on a finished primary mirror and it was tense (the glass was worth over $400 before all the polishing work).

Scroll down about a third of the way in the link to see what I'm talking about. They guy there references diamond impregnated cutting tools--I'm guessing some tile holesaws as noted above would fit the bill.

http://mirrorworkshop.mtbparker.com/cassegrainStory.html

 

[Zeke]

Buy all you want. They are surprisingly cheap.

 

[logical]

Not a hammer drill... that's all I know.

 

[oldldh]

Buy all you want. They are surprisingly cheap.

I drilled a bunch of drain holes in about 50 ceramic flower pots...

I used a diamond drill bit from Loew's. and the world famous Harbor Freight $ 59.99 drill press...

The drill bit cost twice as much as these...

And...

I'll order these, this weekend, in case my Wife needs more pot holes...(Why doesn't that sound right???)

 

[mdd1986]

Not sure how big the holes you are drilling are but I have had great luck with diamond coated hole saw drill bits. I usually drill the sides of fish tanks for bulkheads. The best method I found is to use a small puddle of water to keep the bit cool and just let the bit do all the work. Do not press down on the drill or you will crack the glass!


http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0076UIOVE/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[AnEv942]

Looks like they are cutting the glass ones now?
https://www.winetini.com/night-lights/

Flattend like the pinterest link would be interesting, might be fun-
then again-@ $17 might spend more making. If I had a collection think a small light box would be a better display..

 

[Brian_WK]

I think it would be socially awkward if I were to put one of these in my kids room... The only place in my house that has a night light...

On topic. Those diamond core hole saws work great. Proper cooling is a must. We drilled about 30 of those hollow glass blocks for lights a few years back with a 1 inch core hole only cracked one block. Drill press with wood blocks on vice jaws then a milk carton cut off and filled with water submerged the block in the water and ran it on its fastest speed and drilled the holes with the area submerged. Took about a minute to drill through 1/4 - 3/8 thick glass using little to no pressure.

Brian

 

[zhaddock]

My wife wants to make some nite lights out of empty liquor sample bottles like these:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/385480049327864621/

How do you drill/cut out the bottoms? What do I need to buy?

Thanks!!!

A lot of those 50ml bottles are plastic these days....so I've been told.

 

[jmarkwolf]

In high school, I used to drill holes in the bottom of mason jars for a lady who made table lamps out of them.

I used copper tube with a cross-slit on the end, valve lapping compound, and a drill press.

Took a little while, maybe 20 minutes each hole. Never broke one.

 

[Lassen Forge]

Appropriate sized diamond hole saw, as slow as you can get, with plenty of water for cooling / lubrication, and steady down pressure - do NOT **** the drill whatsoever (aa good drill press is a lifesaver). Take your time and it will work. We had to duplicate some 1930's fixtures (ncluding holes in mirrors) in a building we were maintaining - the first time was dicey, the second, not so much. By the 10th it was routine.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Try this

Google
Cutting glass with fire

Go have a couple beers and practice on the emptys

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Grease impregnated string around the bottle, light it and once it starts to burn hot, dunk it in a bucket of water ?

 

[06switchback]

Grease impregnated string around the bottle, light it and once it starts to burn hot, dunk it in a bucket of water ?

I have never tried it just seen the video a while back

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[NUTTSGT]

I have never tried it just seen the video a while back

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I read about it in a survival book about 30 years ago and always wanted to try it but never have.

 

[cgds92]

Ive used a roto-zip with tile bit to cut holes in wine bottles for Christmas lights.

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