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Any ideas on how 2 cleanly break a wine glass stem?

  • 21-05-2007 3:06pm
    #1
    tennyson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi All

    Can anyone advise on how to break a wine glass in such a way so you end up with the foot and stem cleanly separated from the bowl, I am not too concerned what happens the bowl. But need to have the stem all the way up to the bowl intact and as flat as possible.

    Alternatively can I just but wine glass stems anywhere?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    a5y
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 945 ✭✭✭a5y


    tennyson wrote:
    Can anyone advise on how to break a wine glass in such a way so you end up with the foot and stem cleanly separated from the bowl, I am not too concerned what happens the bowl. But need to have the stem all the way up to the bowl intact and as flat as possible.

    Hmm...

    Before you went into detail I was going to suggest using a gas blowtorch to heat the glass til it's red hot and soft enough to pull apart, but the shape would almost certainly warp.

    The only thing I can think of is using twice the number of glasses, so you only have to be concerned with keeping either the top or the stem of the glass perfect, and afterwards different grades of sandpaper (of increasing fineness) to try and get it to look perfect.

    This isn't an ideal solution: I've no idea how difficult using a blowtorch to do this will be, nor do I know how well sanding it will work afterwards. Its possible submerging the part of the glass you want to work with in a basin of water (perhaps even ice water) will help prevent warping but again, I don't know.

    I've never done any of this, needless to say you're going to need some proper protective kit if you want to to this without immolating your hands or permanently screwing up your lungs with fine glass dust.


  • #3
    fenris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭fenris


    use a glasscutter to score around the stem at the level that you need, then heat with a torch, then tap with the back of a blade. you should get a clean snap.

    Or talk so someone in a glass factory, there are lots of them about depending on where you are.

    Don't do the water thing - broken glass everywhere, either straight away of later when you least expect it, hot glass can build up a lot of internal stresses when improperly cooled, this tension can be bought past breaking point at later stage by the heat of your hand.


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