Sorting through a collection of seaglass from my sister.
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@jlperuyero
I would be afraid of cracking them, but I suppose I could practice first on the more common shapes. I was thinking of wrapping them with wire, but then I wouldn't be able to feel the glass shapes.@dillyd
My opinion is to look for advice first. Among workers from a glass shop, jewelry or alternatively an odontologist. Someone skilled with a high speed diamond-bit drilling machine. And there ends my scarce knowledge on the topic. -
@jlperuyero
I would be afraid of cracking them, but I suppose I could practice first on the more common shapes. I was thinking of wrapping them with wire, but then I wouldn't be able to feel the glass shapes.@dillyd @jlperuyero the one time I drilled a hole in a piece of seaglass I used a dremel (clone), a diamond tip, and worked under water, following some tutorial found online, and it worked quite nicely and easily
of course I was using a common shape of green glass, and not the good ones :D
I don't know whether those tutorials can still be found on 2026 internet :(
(edit: typo in dremel)
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@dillyd @jlperuyero the one time I drilled a hole in a piece of seaglass I used a dremel (clone), a diamond tip, and worked under water, following some tutorial found online, and it worked quite nicely and easily
of course I was using a common shape of green glass, and not the good ones :D
I don't know whether those tutorials can still be found on 2026 internet :(
(edit: typo in dremel)
@valhalla @jlperuyero
Thank you for the points! Now I don't even have to look for the tutorial 😊 -
@dillyd
My opinion is to look for advice first. Among workers from a glass shop, jewelry or alternatively an odontologist. Someone skilled with a high speed diamond-bit drilling machine. And there ends my scarce knowledge on the topic.@jlperuyero @dillyd That sounds about right, any Dremel-like rotary tool with the proper bit should do it. I have more experience with stone, but I've drilled some holes on glass, so it is doable.
Thing is, that was ages ago and I don't remember which bits or speeds to use 🤦♂️
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@jlperuyero @dillyd That sounds about right, any Dremel-like rotary tool with the proper bit should do it. I have more experience with stone, but I've drilled some holes on glass, so it is doable.
Thing is, that was ages ago and I don't remember which bits or speeds to use 🤦♂️
@jlperuyero @dillyd According to past me's notes (turns out I had notes on this), you want a tungsten carbide bit and use very low speeds. I think I used water but I didn't jot that down.
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@jlperuyero @dillyd According to past me's notes (turns out I had notes on this), you want a tungsten carbide bit and use very low speeds. I think I used water but I didn't jot that down.
@enriquericos @jlperuyero
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Sorting through a collection of seaglass from my sister. She's the one who makes the seaglass suncatchers. These teardrop shaped pieces feel really special. I'm not sure what to do with them.
@dillyd do you think the teardrop shapes would have been stoppers for bottles?
We sometimes find glass or ceramic balls that would have sat in a bottle neck blocking the neck when upright but able to move upwards (to a limited extent) and allow the liquid to pour out -
@dillyd do you think the teardrop shapes would have been stoppers for bottles?
We sometimes find glass or ceramic balls that would have sat in a bottle neck blocking the neck when upright but able to move upwards (to a limited extent) and allow the liquid to pour out@Hellybootwader
Yes I thought something like that. I'm not an expert, of course.My sister told me there was a certain brand of bottles that came with an embedded marble in the neck, but they're very rare to find whole, because kids would break the bottles to use the marbles.
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@Hellybootwader
Yes I thought something like that. I'm not an expert, of course.My sister told me there was a certain brand of bottles that came with an embedded marble in the neck, but they're very rare to find whole, because kids would break the bottles to use the marbles.
I believe it's a reference to cod-neck bottles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codd-neck_bottle -
I believe it's a reference to cod-neck bottles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codd-neck_bottle -
I believe it's a reference to cod-neck bottles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codd-neck_bottle -
Sorting through a collection of seaglass from my sister. She's the one who makes the seaglass suncatchers. These teardrop shaped pieces feel really special. I'm not sure what to do with them.
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