A non-standard souvenir in the form of a glass bottle pierced with a nail cannot be made in the usual way. All sorts of improvised gaskets, which should miraculously prevent splitting, do not save the glass. When you hit a nail against a glass bottle with a hammer, there is a 99.99% chance that it will break. But there is another way.
Glass bottle souvenir
In fact, the two through holes will be drilled rather than punched. But since glass is an extremely fragile material, even this operation must be prepared. To work you will need:
- Glass bottle;
- Electric drill;
- Nail + drill + cutter = same diameter;
- A piece of plywood;
- PET water bottle;
- Plastic basin 5 liters;
- Rubber band for money + marker.
Instead of plywood, any rigid sheet material: fiberboard, MDF, chipboard, or even a piece of plastic wall panel measuring 10 by 20 cm will do.
The cutter is needed with diamond coating, preferably cylindrical in shape.
TIP: if the diameter of the cutter is smaller than the diameter of the nail, then the hole made can be carefully enlarged.
How to make a hole in a glass bottle
Fold the elastic band in half and mark diametrically opposite points.
We put the cutter on the bottle and mark the places for the holes with a marker.
Drill a hole in the plywood.
We pierce a hole in the PET container so that a thin stream of water flows out at the desired height.
We place a PET container in the basin, put a glass bottle, and through the hole in the plywood sheet, open the hole.
IMPORTANT: Make sure that a stream of water hits the point of contact of the cutting tool with the glass!
A hole is made in the same way on the reverse side.
We insert a nail - the souvenir is ready.
Tips and tricks
Cooling the contact point between the cutter and the bottle prevents glass from breaking and glass dust from flying away.
To prevent the bottle from spinning in a plastic basin, place a damp cloth under it.
The finished holes can be sealed with tape, or filled with silicate glue, and then show the trick by piercing a glass bottle with a nail.
