On Friday, January 3, 2014 1:26:28 PM UTC-7, zxcvbob wrote:
> I know the first rule: Wear gloves when working with sheet metal!
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> Other than that, how hard is it to bend a strip of aluminum or thin
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> steel into a usable cookie cutter? Do you Super Glue the joint, or use
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> Pop rivets? (I don't have a spot welder) Maybe glue and 1 rivet.
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> I'm thinking of try it, using a strip cut from the top of a can -- with
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> the rolled edge intact, but that might make it too difficult to shape.
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> It would be nice if I could get away with leaving the seam welded and
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> not have to fasten anything, but that'll probably make shaping it a
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> *lot* harder (unless I just want a circle, or maybe an egg-shape)
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> I want a "dog bone" shape. Yeah I can just buy one, but that's not the
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> point. I need stuff like this to do in winter to keep me from going
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> crazy when it's -25�F outside and windy.
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> The puppy chewed my plastic cookie cutter and ruined it. :/
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> Bob

A quick Google query and voila:

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Cookie-Cutters

Lots more suggestions using Google.

Have fun.
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