slicing bottles

Submitted by Caren Johnson on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 03:05.

I have seen the slumped bottles, and they are cool. During a recent vacation, I saw sun catchers made by slicing bottles into rings. They were fire polished and had hanging dichroic or other glass designs in the center of the rings. I cannot figure how to slice the wine/beer etc bottles into rings. Any suggestions? Caren

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A cheap tile saw with a

Submitted by Stephen Richard on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 07:42.

A cheap tile saw with a blade for glass will do the job.  As the blade does not rise very far above the surface, you have to rotate the bottle.

Stephen Richard

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