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Glass prep?

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Hawkdancer:
Glass seems to be everywhere! :), but what part is best and how does one get it out of the bottle, jar, tv/monitor screen to start working it?  I have not had much experience cutting glass - I do know the glass has to be empty.  I assume once you have a suitable piece, you chip and flake away everything that doesn't look like what you want to make :).  I'm sure this has been asked before, but I haven't seen any posts or instructions.
Hawkdancer

When all else fails - read the directions!

Outbackbob48:
Check out Patrick  Blank (Jack Crafty) u tube video's.

Chippintuff:
On youtube, search for Knapping+bottle+bottom.

WA

MulchMaker:
I've seen some put a nail in a beer bottle and shake it and the bottom pops of clean, I never tried it, I bust the sides off with a bopper till I have just the bottom. I guess some people make stuff out of the sided like small knives but I've never bothered the bottom is the best and make the best points. I don't have experience with tvs..yet

jeffp51:
If you fill the bottle to the neck with water, then hold it by the neck and hit the top with a rubber mallet, the bottom pops right off. I fill a bucket half way with water and hold the bottle in it while I hit. This keeps wthe mess down considerably, confining and damping any glass shards.

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