It's an excellent video, it's like watching Tim the toolman Taylor "I forgot to put the cardboard underneath, oh boy". Thanks for sharing now I know how to powder glass.

That really fine powdery glass would be so cool as the sand in an hourglass! Imagine having an hourglass you made from bottlenecks, with sand you made from the rest of the bottles inside!

From my research this method is the only way of crushing bottles with the lables left on. I tried this today but broke the glass bottles in a steel tube with a base ( xmas tree stand ) and just used a crow bar to smash the glass. I am going to make a large version (mechanicaly drivern) to crush many bottles together and with a hopper to keep adding bottles. Well impressed. Thank you.

I recently ground up a ton of beer bottles using your method. I used a metal T-post driver a popcorn tin and a plate of metal and ground up a ton of brown beer bottles I picked up off the road and also ground up a bunch of green Ale-8-1 ginger ale glass soda bottles as well.

I wasn't expecting the fast forwarding of the video at the glass crushing part cracked me up..love the videos m8 fun but very informative. ..p.s. your a lucky man to have a woman with the same interests and passions!!!!

Hey... a Suggestion for you. If you are looking to make some clear the best location to get glass is your local Framer. I own a frame shop and I toss hundreds and hundreds of pounds of clear plate glass every month because there is no place to recycle it locally. I know I would not charge anyone to come get some if they would like. Just thought I would put this out there.

Cool video, I am working on processing glass to make nonskid/grip surfaces, and I will definitely use a couple of your tips.

It would make for some awesome epoxy projects too! Epoxy your counter top or a table with this stuff!

wonderful idea thanks!

@Moroboi Yes, the soda glass is very heat sensitive so it needs to be annealed gradually after you form it in the melted state or your project will shatter when it cools. I widen the focal point of the lens by 3 inches every 5 minutes over 15 minutes to an hour depending on the glass volume.

The bar dropping sure. Many years later and it's still funny 1.56.

this is great! thank you!

1:56 this guy played off that fart like a pro.

Thats hardcore. Shit your pants at 1.56 and keep going like nothing happened. Must do it alot. Super cool videos. Thanks.

im glad you mentioned that about using it with concrete, ive done that before, glass mosaic pads and steps. great use for glass. i wonder if it would work in a fish tank.....i might have to try it. great vid.

thanks for the info! great video. really like the "dont breath this" comment. I was thinking my kid could play in glass sand!

Comments about 1:56 sent me into a giggle fit for some reason. Thanks! I needed the laugh more than anything.

I tried this using a very large bean can. I also mixed water in with the glass so there wouldn't be any dust. Makes it harder to filter but a lot safer.

Thats a lot of work for $5 worth of crushed glass. I think a rock tumbler and some ball bearings would work better.

I will take credit for that, BEANS for breakfast:-) It was the bar dropping.

One of the best KZfaq Channels out here in KZfaq land! Thanks Guys for all the Great Work! :o)

Great idea!

haha nice vid! i rly love this project

That is a good idea! I maybe getting a 50'' spot lens and I want to melt glass and my dad suggested I break glass bottle into little pieces so when I heat it up it won't break from the heat.

That blue glass looks beautiful crushed. I would try to heat the sand to make beads or shapes to put in resin pieces. Thanks for the idea.

I like this and will try it :)

Great video

Nice idea/tutorial as always. Love watching you vids Happy Holidays LazyMan

It is important to know that Glass has a COE or Coefficient Of Expansion. Not all Glass Expands and Contracts at the same rate as it Cools. If the COE of the different colors differs enough. The Glass will crack as it cools or will be very brittle. The Glass need to cool slowly so that the Out Side and the Inside of the Glass Cools Evenly to reduce stress through the glass. Large chunks of glass over an inch thick will need and Annealing Kiln to keep the glass from cracking and 2 releave stress.

love you videos

Very interesting video!

would love to see some of the fusing projects you did using this frit.

You and this show should really be picked up by a DIY Home Network for TV and the web.

5:06 Awesome sound and shake effect! IN REAL LIFE!!! :D

Good idea. Another reason for me to get a fresnel.

oooh blue colored skateboard grip!

For cleaning the glass I think some sort of acid would be the best thing. Crush it down till its liek gravel, set it in a light acid, wash it, then pound it down some more. Worth it if your trying to sell it or need high quality stuff. I really think this technique could be taken to a smaller scale. Just seems like a lot more heavy lifting than is neccissary to crush glass. I could be wrong of course. Once again, another great video dan.

actually the more I go back and watch the more I keep laughing the more I think that you really did fart

lol so I'm not the only one who thought I heard a fart

You could put the larger sized cuts in a stone tumbler to make garden stepping stools or melt the sand size down to a plane and sprinkle to large size in to make a unique window.

lol did he crap his pants at 1:56

Hey: that would be really great for when Halloween comes around, too!! :D

What makes the small particles smooth?

is it easier to melt down and pour into a cast?

lolol fast motion ftw We'd like to see the planter and cement project :)

Nice one, no doubt fitter for it

did you do it in a future video? glass/cement?

he did!! power fart at 1.56! awesome!

This would be a good excuse to build a homemade ball mill.

so u return the glass (super cooled liquid) (silica) / silicon dioxide) -- back to the stuff your standing on and most of your yard is comprised of , sand ...--- \ so u could just be taking sand from your yard and u should get about the same thing as the powder from the brown bottles , is this a proper take on it ?

does anyone know what to do with this powder?

excellent

In my Ghana here we have a lot broken glass, so I need one do business with and it'll both

can you melt that to mix it together?

lol.. I was hoping for a easier way to recycle trash. But ty for shearing.

How would you put it in a filter?

Kind of bummed you didn't show the melt... does using finer grain glass/sand make it melt easier/faster/lower temp?

I'd be a bit more anal about protection with glass dust it will litterally blind you and cause horrible respiratory problems. Not usually one to stress on most things but make sure your eye protection is the fully sealed kind and definitely use a heavy duty respirator like he was wearing. Good luck on all your projects and as always great video Dan.

I have experimented with this now and can turn this out by the Ton and selling it on eBay.

Hmm, I did this myself, then I called the local glass recycling company and asked if I could have some ground glass, got as much as I wanted, half a ton, for free. I can tell you its a lot easier ....

@jessedean87 Expensive bottled water, google search "saratoga water" A local bar that gives us glass sells it.

1:56 lmao he farted

looks like a great way to make sore muscles !!!!!

you could run those large crushed pieces through a rock tumbler to make them smooth and use it as gravel in a fish bowl or something.

@Anothercoilgun omfg its donni james from the acg coil gun thinger ur vids r awsome

nice grip :D

@GREENPOWERSCIENCE Okay, this is strange because this is the 2nd or third time I was doing something similar only to see you demonstrate something similar a few days/moments later. I just did a search for 'blue bottles spring water' and found the same thing. I'm in the midst of doing another bottle wall on my property. Also, I crushed a bunch of glass like you just did (albeit much cruder) to make bottle mosaics. Once again, nice job on the vid.

Dan would like to see you melt this stuff (if you haven't done a video of that already?) Can you use this somehow to make molten glass seals on vacuum tubes? How about making colored glass filigree. I think this powder and enough heat and some really thin brass or silver shim stock may be how the Russians and Mexicans do that sort of art work. How much better to be able to do that with a Fresnel lens.

I want to see something melting!!!

wow dan, you are a human drill hammer!

Also an old paint shacker with an empty cans full of glass and river rock will work. Home depot might let you shock your glass in a sealed steel paint can.

Larger pieces of glass can probably be put into some kind of tumbler,or shaken in a container, to remove the sharp edges.

So why do you want bottles of ground glass?

This guy is cool

sounded like buddy rich for a moment there at 2.49 : )

Cool video, but did you break wind at 1:56 ?

HAHAH he farted at 1:55.. cool video btw

"You don't wanna do this on a concrete deck because you're gonna need a new concrete deck" yeah man don't fart or shit on your concrete deck

It is important to know that Glass has a COE or Coefficient Of Expansion. Not all Glass Expands and Contracts at the same rate as it Cools. If the COE of the different colors differs enough. The Glass will crack as it cools or will be very brittle. The Glass need to cool slowly so that the Out Side and the Inside of the Glass Cools Evenly to reduce stress through the glass. Large chunks of glass over and inch thick will need and Annealing Kiln to keep the glass from cracking and 2 releave stres

I would make a slingshot with a balloon attachment so you can launch powder dust at somebody you didn't like

I would just fart on the glass mate, sounds like it would melt anything! On second thoughts maybe he could start a methane project?

Could you tell me where I could get a glass crusher

Who farted at 1.56 😂😂🤣🤣😆😆

i love your vid, but i work with some dangerous chemicals, and i be more careful with the powdered glass, when its that fine it can get into your pores and irritate the heck out of ya, just like fiber glass, and could even cause allergic reactions.

Peanut butter also gets the sticker residue off as well

i think he shit himself when he dropped that bar...

what was that noise lol

hahaha was that a fart lol. shit happens.

AT 1:55 HE SHARTED HAHAHA OR SINCE HE IS CUTTING GLASS IS IT SHARDED? LISTEN CLOSE HE CROPT DUSTS HIS DUST BUCKET AND KEEPS THE VIDEO ROLLING. I WOULD PROBABLY DO THE SAME THING BUT I WOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING TO MAKE MYSELF LOOK LIKE THE IDIOT I AM. COOL VIDEO AND THE ADDED COMEDY OF THE BARKING SPIDER ENSURES A THUMBS UP FROM ME. KEEP ON SMASHIN GLASS AND PASSIN GAS BUDDY.

there must be a better way. Large tumbler maybe?

great video lousy sound

You should have made a marble by melting it with the Fresnel lens!

@coilsinamotor IT BLENDS!

@Demoman42 RECYCLING IS GREEN AND IT SAVES POWER

where do u find blue glass??

dang...all you kids...he didn't fart. he dropped the bar and it vibrated/bounced, causing that sound. never made that sound yourself dropping a bar that lands on one end first? poor people! thanks for the ideas here! you could remelt some in a mold with your parabolic reflectors maybe? (layer it in pipe, then fuse it?) I have to see you using a Fresnel lens to see what you mean. Stage lighting and lighthouses use them, in different versions. Thanks for the video!

and then he said OoOh !!! Lmfao

use tumble cement mixer!

Mark 1:56!! 🤣🤣

Love the low-tech solution Whack it with a metal bar.