[TheForge] Glass "funnel"

[Jerry Frost]

Thanks Roger.

I may not use a bottle to mold my forge parts but having another trick on 
tap is a good thing.

I don't know what port tongs are Rich. Heck, maybe I have a pair laying 
around.

Frosty
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger R Degner" <rog781 at means.net>
To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 12:17 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Glass "funnel"


> Anyone need instruction on using the forge to cut the bottle
> If so this is what Bill Roan showed at a recent conference
>
> Take a piece of 1/2" round stock bend it in a circle just larger than
> the bottle leaving a handle on the circle.
> Decide where on the bottle you want to cut it and using brick or
> something nonflammable build up two places on the anvil to rest the
> steel circle.
> Heat the circle red hot
> Place circle over the bottle
> Turn the bottle so the hot steel touches glass all the way around a time
> or two.
> Dunk the bottle in cold water and you should hear it break leaving you
> with two pieces.
>
> Roger R Degner
>
>
>
>
> Why Bruce you're absolutely right!
>
> No wonder you enjoy research so much, I'll have to take a Shot at it
> myself.
> <grin>
>
> From: "Bruce Freeman" <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
>
>
>> Well, bottles come in lots of shapes.  You might have to do some
>> "research" at your local bar to find one suited to your purpose...
>>
>
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