How to cut glass with a string

November 16, 2007 by Kiltak |

I always thought that the only way to cleanly cut a piece of glass was with a glass cutter, but by looking at the following clip, it seems that you can also do with with a piece of string and a little acetone. Is this another one of those fake “how to” videos? Just be careful if you try, playing with acetone and fire could be dangerous.


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6 Comments »

Comment by Jorge Andres
2007-11-16 13:06:31

Nice tip! I personally like this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSUHjMOFdSc&NR=1
Looks safer and easier…

 
Comment by Jeffery Williams
2007-11-16 14:48:01

The idea is sound. You apply a narrow ridge of heat to the glass and then cool it quickly. The glass then breaks at the point where the temperature change is the greatest. It’s like putting an empty glass coffee pot on the burner and having it crack. Only in this case, it’s controlled.

I’d be afraid the bottle might explode into little glassy bits. If it did you would definitely get hurt.

 
Comment by Uri
2007-11-17 04:54:41

cool!

 
Comment by Dr. Fake
2008-01-07 18:13:43

FAKE

 
Comment by mike
2008-01-07 20:09:09

the only thing that could in principle cause this sort of “cutting” would be rapid cooling of the glass causing a controlled break. The thing is, there needs to be quite a bit of heat transferred to the glass for it to work. that being said, I really doubt that this would work in a reasonable amount of time.

 
Comment by Idiots
2008-03-27 04:25:09

You have to be stupid to even imagine this is a ‘fake how to’.

Honestly.

How uneducated are most people?

 
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