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JesseBeaux:
Awesome info! Exactly what I was hoping for from this site!!

Hawkdancer:
Don't want to steal the thread, but what is a good, safe way to get the bottom off a more or less square bottle?  I have a number of them getting ready for recycle, or chipping, if I can get the bottoms off.  Also, are the side panels thick enough to use?  Thanks
Hawkdancer

bjrogg:
Jerry I take a spike put it in bottle with nailhead down. Then put something over bottle opening to keep your thumb from getting stabbed by point end of nail and shake well up and down rotating around so nail hits bottom of bottle all the way around. Works for round ones anyway not sure about square.
Bjrogg

jeffp51:
I fill a bottle up to the neck with water, then, while holding the neck, hit the top with a rubber mallet.  If you get a five-gallon bucket also half full of water, you can submerge the bottom of the bottle  when you hit it. then no shards fly anywhere. no splash of water either.  just pick up the bottom piece out of the bucket.  the flat sides also work well  to knapp.

JEB:
I do it like BJ. Put a 16 penny nail in it and give it three or four good hard shakes up and down and the bottom will fall out.  I just stick my thumb over the top but I was in the Marines and I think BJ was in the Navy, lol

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