"Alun Saunders" wrote in message
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Just wondering the other day whether anyone here had any experience with
combining woodturning together with either glass or ceramics? I'm
thinking along the lines of, say, wine goblets with a wooden stem and
base and a hand blown glass bowl, or flat burls with inlaid shallow
glass or ceramic bowls.

So ... anyone done anything like this at all? I know a few ceramic
artists around here who may be interested, and I'm sure I could find a
glass-blower somewhere.
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Alun Saunders

Hi Alun,

I have turned a number of wine and champagne glasses. Like Arch, I buy wine
glasses with the bowls that I like and end up breaking the stems just below
the bowl. I use a triangular metal file and score the line where I want the
break to be. Then I tap (sometimes rather briskly) that scored line on the
edge of something metal (like my lathe bed) and hope for the best - which
usually happens. I fit the wooden stem to that nub of the glass - yup, each
one is different as far as the glass goes so its a lot of trial and
hopefully not too much error. I use epoxy for the binding agent and have
had quite a bit of luck with that.

Good luck with it and hope to see some of your results!

- Dan Klima