We love upcycling a glass bottle around here, and one glass bottle craft that a lot of crafters find a bit daunting is glass cutting.
When you cut a glass bottle, you basically score the glass to weaken it and then use hot water to stress that fracture so the bottle breaks. A thorough sanding, and you’re ready to use an old wine or beer bottle as a tumbler, a vase, or anything you can dream up. The trouble with the scoring part is that it’s really hard to get an even cut when you’re doing it free hand.
Patrick Lehoux developed a prototype for a new type of bottle cutter – Kinkajou – that looks like it will make bottle cutting a lot more accessible, and he’s running a Kickstarter campaign to help him launch production. Check out the Kickstarter video:
There are a few days left to kick in, so head on over to his Kickstarter campaign if you want to help him out!
Liked the video…authentic….relevant…practical….
so how do I get one?
Best,
Ken
Check out the Kickstarter project linked in the article.
You can fund the project and get one that way when he launches officially!
Not any more, the funding phase is over now. You can get them from http://www.thekinkajou.com though.