Kent Parker
12-19-2005, 6:36 PM
One of the Christmas presents I create each year are water (or whatever) glasses I make from wine bottles.
The bottles are cut in an enclosed, oil cooled and automatically feed lapidary saw which has about a 20" blade. I dress the outer edges with a water cooled diamond grinding wheel and have been using a Dremel tool with a grinding bit (dry) specifically for glass but they wear down quickly and don't produce the smooth edge I'd like. You also have to be very carefull with heat build up or you'll chip/crack the glass.
I've Googled for a source of diamond wheels or cones that could partially fit into the glass to chafer off the sharp edge but to no avail. Mainly trying lapidary supply houses.
Anyone have a source or ideas for smoothing a glass edge??
Cheers,
Kent
The bottles are cut in an enclosed, oil cooled and automatically feed lapidary saw which has about a 20" blade. I dress the outer edges with a water cooled diamond grinding wheel and have been using a Dremel tool with a grinding bit (dry) specifically for glass but they wear down quickly and don't produce the smooth edge I'd like. You also have to be very carefull with heat build up or you'll chip/crack the glass.
I've Googled for a source of diamond wheels or cones that could partially fit into the glass to chafer off the sharp edge but to no avail. Mainly trying lapidary supply houses.
Anyone have a source or ideas for smoothing a glass edge??
Cheers,
Kent