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Step 4Tentacle-cutter
How to build a dough cutter that makes tentacle shapes
I used:
Aluminium alloy from a drink-can,
Some spare wood
Cocktail sticks
2-part Wilkinson cheap-o epoxy glue
A knife
A drill
I drilled a line of holes in a piece of wood, 2mm in diameter, spaced 4mm apart.
1 inch (my ruler has both scales on it) from these holes I drilled some more 2mm out of phase.
Cocktail sticks (2mm) were inserted into these holes, forming a jig with which to form the metalwork
A strip of metal was cut from a large (500ml) drink-can
The strip was wrapped-around the jig and adjusted with finger-tips to form a series of elongated 's' -es.
I then cut grooves in the other side of the wood spaced 2mm apart.
Where the strip turned 180o I cut a recess in the wood.
With a bit of fiddling I pushed the metal strip into the grooves and secured with 2-part epoxy
(some cocktail sticks were added to improve spacing)
Pressed firmly into dough it cuts neat little tentacles.
I used:
Aluminium alloy from a drink-can,
Some spare wood
Cocktail sticks
2-part Wilkinson cheap-o epoxy glue
A knife
A drill
I drilled a line of holes in a piece of wood, 2mm in diameter, spaced 4mm apart.
1 inch (my ruler has both scales on it) from these holes I drilled some more 2mm out of phase.
Cocktail sticks (2mm) were inserted into these holes, forming a jig with which to form the metalwork
A strip of metal was cut from a large (500ml) drink-can
The strip was wrapped-around the jig and adjusted with finger-tips to form a series of elongated 's' -es.
I then cut grooves in the other side of the wood spaced 2mm apart.
Where the strip turned 180o I cut a recess in the wood.
With a bit of fiddling I pushed the metal strip into the grooves and secured with 2-part epoxy
(some cocktail sticks were added to improve spacing)
Pressed firmly into dough it cuts neat little tentacles.
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They took a long time, and I've not made them since...
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