Matt Richardson at Make explains how to use a bottle cutting jig to create a clean, even cut along the neck of a bottle to turn it into a drinking glass, vase, or other open container. Then he uses a ...

There are a lot of fun ways you can reuse beer and wine bottles. Two months ago I showed you how to build a glass cutting jig on the cheap to make wine bottle glasses, but YouTube user TrashPeaches ...

1. Use a hose clamp as a guide to score a clean bottle with a glass cutter. Go over the line only once. 7. Send the wick down through a hole poked in the cap, then through the plywood circle, and the ...

There's no better time to try your hand at lower-waste living than this month, during what the Plastic Free Foundation has dubbed "Plastic Free July." The challenge encourages consumers to refuse ...

This article was taken from the November 2011 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...