Haven't made cookie cutters, specifically, but I have taken a good look at some of the higher end copper ones with an eye toward making my own designs, and I've made boxes which are made on the same principle. Part of the metalsmithing classes in college that lead to my making jewelry. The reason I haven't done it, is that I'd never be able to charge enough to make up for the work.
The detail... well, just basic metalsmithing, really. A bend is a bend, when you know how to make it, you can apply it in different ways.
I have to admit, I like the tape idea from the wiki article, much easier. But, I would have thought a lasagna pan was too heavy a gauge metal. eh. aluminum does bend more easily than than the steel (even the cheap stuff that most cutters are made from).
The companies that make the cutters have dies to complete the bends for them, so they can make them quickly and easily, so they don't have to charge as much as I would have to for hand-crafted cutters. shame really, it could be fun.
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Date: 2009-09-09 02:25 am (UTC)The detail... well, just basic metalsmithing, really. A bend is a bend, when you know how to make it, you can apply it in different ways.
I have to admit, I like the tape idea from the wiki article, much easier. But, I would have thought a lasagna pan was too heavy a gauge metal. eh. aluminum does bend more easily than than the steel (even the cheap stuff that most cutters are made from).
The companies that make the cutters have dies to complete the bends for them, so they can make them quickly and easily, so they don't have to charge as much as I would have to for hand-crafted cutters. shame really, it could be fun.