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How to make a hole in a bottle? Bob 05-03-2007
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Posted by Jeff on May 3, 2007, 5:34 pm


Use a drill press. Get a piece of pipe the diameter of the hole you want,
cut an end square and chuck it. Put a ring of clay around where you want
the hole and put a water grinding compound mix in the ring. Have the drill
on slow and slowly grind through.


>I have a few empty Crown Royal bottles out of which I want to make small
> lamps. Most are the 750ml size & a couple 1.75 liter size. The bottles
> are
> attractive and I think they could make nice lamps for background or accent
> light in an office or den.
>
> My problem is that I don't know how to make a hole in the back side of the
> bottle near the bottom in which to thread zip cord.
>
> I've tried new drill bits running the drill press as slowly as possible,
> using various lubes (oil, alcohol, and carb cleaner), but can't get a hole
> started in the glass. I even tried a masonry bit - didn't work either.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks, Bob-tx
>
>



Posted by GROVER on May 4, 2007, 12:09 pm


> Use a drill press. Get a piece of pipe the diameter of the hole you want,
> cut an end square and chuck it. Put a ring of clay around where you want
> the hole and put a water grinding compound mix in the ring. Have the drill
> on slow and slowly grind through.
>
>
>
>
>
> >I have a few empty Crown Royal bottles out of which I want to make small
> > lamps. Most are the 750ml size & a couple 1.75 liter size. The bottles
> > are
> > attractive and I think they could make nice lamps for background or accent
> > light in an office or den.
>
> > My problem is that I don't know how to make a hole in the back side of the
> > bottle near the bottom in which to thread zip cord.
>
> > I've tried new drill bits running the drill press as slowly as possible,
> > using various lubes (oil, alcohol, and carb cleaner), but can't get a hole
> > started in the glass. I even tried a masonry bit - didn't work either.
>
> > Any ideas? Thanks, Bob-tx- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Method that Jeff recommends worked for glass telecope mirrors built at
the Hayden Planetarium some years ago.


Posted by mm on May 3, 2007, 6:13 pm


wrote:

>I have a few empty Crown Royal bottles out of which I want to make small
>lamps. Most are the 750ml size & a couple 1.75 liter size. The bottles are
>attractive and I think they could make nice lamps for background or accent
>light in an office or den.
>
>My problem is that I don't know how to make a hole in the back side of the
>bottle near the bottom in which to thread zip cord.
>
>I've tried new drill bits running the drill press as slowly as possible,
>using various lubes (oil, alcohol, and carb cleaner), but can't get a hole
>started in the glass. I even tried a masonry bit - didn't work either.
>
>Any ideas? Thanks, Bob-tx

A glass bit.

I like your idea better, but just in case:

I'm looking right now at a lamp made of a bottle. The dark bottle is
filled with some kind of gravel so it doesn't fall over, and the light
socket is right above a cork. The wire comes out of the bottom of the
light socket and doesn't go through the bottle at all. I think the
whole socket with hole, short pipe, cork is sold as one item.
>


Posted by Richard J Kinch on May 3, 2007, 7:36 pm


Bob writes:

> Any ideas?

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=32398

Posted by zxcvbob on May 4, 2007, 4:51 pm


Richard J Kinch wrote:
> Bob writes:
>
>> Any ideas?
>
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=32398


I've used these on ceramic and porcelain; they're supposed to work on glass:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=42829

Bob

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