You know that Squeel when you're through drilling and connecting the ends? You think "Geeze that could break glass!" Well it can! The Wife's Martini Glass collection is down by one.

BBJ, ya gotta stop drillin on the dining room table:laughs::D

I was way down in the cellar. She was upstairs and heard "Tink" and there it was , broken.

:laughs: dang it JPI... just spit hot chicken soup all over the keyboard ... yer a funny guy.

:eek:

Well, being a glassman, I have to say that that glass was doomed before you made that squeeling noise. The glass was not properly annnealed(cooled) and it had stress built up in it. The vibrations from the squeel, simply pushed it over the edge and forced the glass to relieve the stress. Kind of like the straw that broke the camel's back... Jake, if you have a pair of polarized glasses, take a peek at the stem with them on, you'll probably see lots of rainbows. Thats the glass molucules straining under the stress.

thats very cool though, and a nice goblet too.. Sorry for the loss.

I was hoping that you'd confirm my suspicions, Eben. Years ago I hung out with some glass blowers at RISD and we'd watch glass explode as it cooled outside the annealing oven. That glass was ultra thin and cut. Any flaw and I figured that it was a mini bomb. Just happy that it broke so neatly and didn't cut anyone.

maybe it wasn't you,,,maybe she was singing ..

Also, there could have been a chance that the cutting process on the lip could have introduced stress. IF the sawblade ran dry and heated up the lip as it was cut, it could have un-annealed its self. That might explain the perfect circular break though :D

Originally posted by Tagger
maybe it wasn't you,,,maybe she was singing .. She said " I have a beautiful voice, don't I darling" I said "yes ma'am":laughs:

If its that loud where some ear protection.WHAT DID U SAY SOMETHING????/

When the missus's glass breaks, we know who to blame ;)

Oh great, they bottled it!:eek: