Making a bomber into a glass.

Haven't done any stone ones but I do have a Woot waiting to be made into a glass. I've done some BA DL 750's as well and those are super hard because the glass is thicker on one side of the bottle than on the other side.

 

Keep the Woot as a souvenir unless you have a spare. I had two spares and neither of them worked. Great bottles!

 

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Bosch-Glass-and-Tile-Drill-Bit-Set-4-Piece-GT2000/202242753#.Ui8pjxC9KK0

These have worked for me. I have drilled through the bottom of the Stone 17th Anniversary and through the side of a growler. The first few bottles I tried cracked because when I finally got through, I was still applying too much pressure and the drill hit the bottle. Use something as a buffer. I used a roll of scotch tape that allowed me enough room to see where I was drilling, but when I did puncture the glass, the drill didn't hit the bottle. Also, the bottom is much thicker than you might think. Go slow, be patient, and use plenty of water because the glass will get hot. Good luck!

 

Update on my bomber glasses. Bare with me guys. This will die down soon lol



I think I have the rim smoothing down. As long as you have the wet dry sandpaper needed and don't have to sand down for a significant "dip," seems to happen an all of them , doesn't take that long at all. I've stated this before, but Stone bottles are near impossible to do this with. There is a guy that sells them on eBay. He lists a lot of Stone glasses. I asked him for a tip or two just to improve my success rate and he replied with "Cant share my secret proprietary methods blah blah blah"
Fair enough, dude.

What I am finding out is that this is really hardly worth the time, expense and effort LOL

 

Nice work! You have more Stone bottles than I do. I've taken a break from making glasses because I moved last weekend, but I'm going to get started again this weekend. I'm not surprised by the guy's response; I've received "help" like that from people before. It seems like these glasses are becoming more popular, so that guy's probably trying to protect his interests. If I sold my glasses, I'd only want to make enough money to buy more beer and make more glasses.

I've decided that I'll probably use Stone bottles for other things (tiki torches, lamps, fountains, etc.) than glasses. I think they make really cool bottles, but it is frustrating to lose so many of them in the glass-cutting process. I'm also not too sure about the cadmium used in the ink for the labels.

 

I've got a bunch of Stone and a few other painted I want to convert into glasses. I'm going to try a few methods on other, more disposable ones first before getting down with the Enjoy By bottles.

 

Good idea. That's what tried, too. Unfortunately, it still hasn't worked to well for me. I honestly think it's the glass used to make the Stone bottles. It seems thinner than other bottles. Making glasses from their bottles is definitely possible, but I haven't perfected it yet.

 

Go ahead and practice on the Stone bombers. Just stick with the year round beers. I had several 17th, Enjoy 9.13.13 and R&R bottles.

 

I think I do have some Ruination bottles around, but I think that I have homebrew in at least several of them. Guess I'll have to drink more of that...
I suppose it would make sense to try with that, if Stone's bottles are more fragile than most for conversion.
I will also do or try to do a few other ones before even getting into the Stone ones.

 

I have a question for you guys: Why do you spend the time, effort, and money to make these glasses? They aren't ideal for getting the full aromas of most craft beers. I have close to 20 glasses so far, but I've only used one, and that is to drink milk, water, or juice. I thought about trying to sell them at craft fairs, but it's not really worth the money when most beers in painted bottles are $6-$10. My wife asked me this question yesterday when I unpacked some of my bomber glasses and put them in our cupboard (we just moved last week). Because I don't know if I'll ever get around to selling them, I think I just like the idea of repurposing things. I also built an end table and a wine rack out of 35mm film reels. It's cool to look at something and say, "I made this." Or, at least, "I made this into something different." My family thinks I'm a hoarder, which was pretty obvious with all the junk we moved recently, but I prefer "collector."

What are your thoughts?

 

Why? Why not? Sure they may not be "Proper glassware" (not that I care if my stout is in a tulip or nonic, or even *horror* a shaker pint) but it's more of a conversation piece. I will most likely be using mine for water, soda and so forth, and possibly "daily drinker" beers. The high-end beers will still go into the high-end glasses - my tulips, chalices and so forth.
PLus, I enjoy making things and repurposing things.
with these bottles, it's either use them for homebrew, change them in for the deposit, though no machine I've met likes the painted-on labels, or use them for this.

 

I agree that they are great conversation pieces. I also have a hard time simply recycling (we can't return bottles for a deposit in Colorado) bottles that look so cool. I'm still working on my beer bottle fountain. I only have one bomber and one growler drilled so far, but that is my next big upcycling project.

 

Exactly it. We have a 5 cent deposit on bottles here in Massachusetts. I give back the 12-oz and 750 ml bottles, but since I homebrew, I generally keep bombers to bottle in. I will also keep special / memorable bottles, and when I have a "grown-up house" with room for me to spread out, I will have them on display. When I have multiples, though, I sometimes can't bear to turn them it - they're to cool, like Stone's painted and certain others. I figure I'll do something with them that still showcases the art, but is something that is useful - it won't just collect dust on a shelf.
I may at some point do a light with some or wine bottles - I'll also need that workshop to have room to do that sort of thing.

 

I stumbled across this and wondered if anyone had ever tried it? Does it work relatively well? And not necessarily to drink beer out of but just in general.

http://seriouslyforreal.com/more/turn-your-beer-bottles-into-glass-cups-5-easy-steps/

 

Yes and no. It does break the glass, but it is not in a straight line. You’d have to do a lot of sanding to get it as even as their ‘finished product’ photos. I use a bottle cutter to make my candles for my store. Much more reliable and much cleaner edges.

 

Made a few over the weekend, though I didn't use that method. The edges aren't completely flat, but they're smooth and won't cut you.

 

Lighter fluid is one option. Other sources suggest turpentine or unscented nail polish remover (acetone). All are pretty much equal in their effect, but slightly different toxicity. Obviously works better with painted labels than with paper ones. Even better with wine bottles.

The straightness of the edge always depends on your skill, but also on the kind of yarn you use. It's always best to experiment on bottles you don't care about first, before trying to do with the ones you actually like. There's always a chance that the whole thing will be scrap too, but it's fairly low (again, once you've got some practice).

 

Looks interesting! Also looks like I need to start saving bottles for a rainy day project!

 

Here is one of many that I have done. I will try to post more pictures later.

 

I have some Stone bottles set aside for this very thing. I'm hesitant to try the home project thing but I found a local glass shop that might be able to do this for me. We'll see soon...