Post #407714 by JohnnyP on Sat, Sep 13, 2008 3:10 PM

On 2008-09-13 08:54, MrBaliHai wrote:

On 2008-05-30 08:49, TikiTres wrote:
For those of you that have cut glass floats to install light kits (or the puffer fish, that rocks), what did you use?

I just received a couple of vintage floats for my birthday, and I too am wondering how best to go about drilling a hole for a light fixture without destroying them. Your diamond dremel blade idea sounds promising.

Any other options, like using a small diamond drillbit, then progessively drilling larger holes?

Try these,

They are diamond hole saws you can use in your electric hand drill. Very easy to use, just keep the bit wet with water while drilling and drill lightly. Practice on an old bottle to get the feel for it. Don't breathe glass dust.

Available here for cheap. The bigger one shown here is 1" and they do have a few different sizes.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=32400