For decorative or practical purposes, it is sometimes necessary to make a hole in a glass bottle. This is not as difficult as it might seem, but practice on unnecessary utensils first so as not to ruin the rare collectible bottle.
It is necessary
- - air gun;
- - drill with diamond or hardened steel drill;
- - turpentine;
- - sulfuric acid;
- - water;
- - sand or clay;
- - a template made of wood, foam, glass, metal or other material;
- - emery powder.
Instructions
Step 1
Fastest way: Get an air gun with a well-loaded canister. Stand a few meters away, aim carefully and shoot the bottle. The ejected ball will pierce the champagne bottle through without breaking it. Please note that there will be two holes, and a rather small diameter.
Step 2
To drill a hole of the desired diameter in the bottle, first prepare a device to securely fix the dishes, for example, a box, in which it will fit snugly. Take a diamond drill bit on ceramics and drill very carefully, without pressing. Be sure to consider the cooling system. It can be constantly supplied water (an assistant is needed here) or a specially prepared cooler. To make it, make a template from wood, polystyrene or other material, drill a hole in it of the desired diameter, and attach it with wax to the bottle. Fill the hole with emery powder (you can get it from emery paper or an abrasive wheel) mixed with turpentine.
Step 3
To drill a hole in a glass bottle with a steel drill, heat it white and soak it in sulfuric acid before use.
Step 4
To drill a hole in glass with a large diameter, take a non-ferrous metal tube (aluminum, brass, copper, bronze) 2.5-5 cm long and use it as a drill. Attach a circle made of foam, glass, wood, metal or other material of the required diameter to the glass, the tube will rest against it when drilling. Pour emery moistened with water into the open end of the tube and drill slowly, at low speeds. Make sure that the emery paste is always between the edges of the tube and the glass.
Step 5
If you want to do without drilling, use clay or fine sand. Thoroughly remove grease and dirt from the surface with acetone, alcohol or gasoline. Pour wet sand or clay, stirred to a doughy state, in the form of a slide about 10 mm high. Make a funnel with a stick or other tool, while the diameter of the translucent glass inside the hole should match the diameter of the desired hole. Melt lead, tin or other solder in a metal jar, pour it into the resulting hole. The hole will have smooth edges, but keep in mind that this method is suitable for glass no thicker than 3 mm.
