How a cookie cutter is made - GIF

[marksbug]

our simple minds are eazely soothed with simple machines.more, I want more please..... I think simple things get your brain working more than fully automated stuff...a lot more. I wish my brain was still working good enough to figure things that were at one time easy for me....I have way too much to do that may never get done.

[PJs]

Could be straight line toggles De-Sta-co model 603
https://www.travers.com/straight-lin.../p/61-190-130/

Looks like you're right...never seen or used that camel toe lever on anything I built. The base in the Gif almost looks cast iron, but you are probably right.

Thanks Frank!

[saintrain]

Not a machine and no graphics, but cookie cutters are easy to make. Can't find it or pix :-(
Get some cookie cutter "stock" from a craft store. Big circles or hearts work good. Easy to straighten.
Print or draw a picture of the shape the size you want (N.B. cookies spread in the oven) and glue it to some scrap.
Go around the outline and drill blind holes on the insides of the bends. The holes should be slip fit for your pegs/nails.
Drop 2 nails into adjacent holes, one innie & one outie and work your way around dropping nails in for the next bend.
Overlap the ends. I sharpened a 20d nail, still pyramid but sharp, and drove it through the lap and clinched the result.
It takes minutes to make the jig and seconds to make the cutter and both can make good gifts.
Enjoy,
Doug

Edit: found the PinkBunny! (Don't judge!)
Only the jig. The cutter is around somewhere.

The hole spacing is as detailed as you want.

[PJs]

Not a machine and no graphics, but cookie cutters are easy to make. Can't find it or pix :-(
Get some cookie cutter "stock" from a craft store. Big circles or hearts work good. Easy to straighten.
Print or draw a picture of the shape the size you want (N.B. cookies spread in the oven) and glue it to some scrap.
Go around the outline and drill blind holes on the insides of the bends. The holes should be slip fit for your pegs/nails.
Drop 2 nails into adjacent holes, one innie & one outie and work your way around dropping nails in for the next bend.
Overlap the ends. I sharpened a 20d nail, still pyramid but sharp, and drove it through the lap and staked the result.
It takes minutes to make the jig and seconds to make the cutter and both can make good gifts.
Enjoy,
Doug

Great Idea if I understand it properly. Sounds like a harness board type layout with the nails/pins and you're right rings are cheap at the craft store.

HMT at its best. Good Call, Doug!

[Frank S]

I'm one of those boring cookie makers I figure they all taste the same shaped or not so when making cookies I sometimes just roll a whole slab of dough out on the sheet then make slices through it with a pizza cutter then bake. Square cookies may be boring but fortunately I am not having to make them for anyone under the age of 60

[Jon]

Best one yet.

[Frank S]

there seems to be no end to the possible shapes a delectable semi sweat, backed treat can be made into.
Personally I like spoon dropping the dough onto a baking sheet then flattening them with a fork tastes the same to me but then there are a lot of things humans do that I will never understand.
Like the other day I drove by a house with brick siding that was being covered with barn wood planks I just couldn't make any sense out of it. if they wanted to live in a barn why not simply have the old barn remodeled inside.

[ncollar]

Frank
I must agree with you, people are some of the straingest creatures, but that is what make the world go round.
Differ strokes for differ folks
Nelson

[Frank S]

Nelson your right if everyone liked the same thing the world might be considered a pretty dull place to live.
Personally I would probably consider it normal but I'm a little abnormal as it is LOL

[PJs]

Best one yet.

I agree Jon, the special leaf is a nice trademark. Also like the way the seam jitters back and forth during the operation and settles in perfectly centered at the bottom. These all must be from the same company as the mountings and hardware all seems the same and every one fascinating to watch.

Still seems like a lot of setup and prep for one off small runs, but like Frank mentions its the contrast that gives flavor to life sometimes.

PJ