"Alun Saunders" wrote in message
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Dan Klima wrote:
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.

Do you try to clean up the end of the broken stem at all, say, by
grinding any sharp points or edges off or do you just leave it rough?

--
Alun Saunders

I take the broken end to my wet grinder (have a Delta, not the almighty
Tormek). I just try to smooth the edges. The wet grinding process kind of
frosts the glass at the wood joint so it helps to conceal it. It probably
helps in the binding process with the epoxy, too.

- Dan Klima