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My wife has picked up baking as a hobby.
She has baked for years, but now her frequency of baking has increased.
She expressed interest in getting a dough cutter/scraper .
Without a word to her, the gears of production began to turn in my head.
I have no shortage of materials to construct a dough cutter.
Sure I could spend $8 and get one from Amazon, but what is the fun in that???
I took some scrap 304 stainless and cut a 5”x6” chunk from it with an angle grinder.
Deburrring was the next step.
A 1.25”x6”x1” reclaimed oak handle was rendered and slit down the middle on edge to a depth of 7/8”.
My table saw blade was wider than the blade of the dough cutter, creating excessive clearance.
I considered methods of shimming and capture of the blade.
The decision was made to longitudinally cut the handle and render a 3/4”x6”x 3/8” clamp.
This left an L shaped handle piece and the aforementioned clamp piece.
I mixed up some clear 2 part epoxy and mounted the cutter blade into the handle after coating the interior of the clamping surfaces of the handle.
I put screw clamps around the handle and drilled holes in the handle to securely retain the cutter blade .
I gooped up 2- 1/8”x2” aluminum dowels with the epoxy and drove them into position.
After drying a couple days I sanded and finished the handle with a beeswax/mineral oil mixture.
I cleaned the blade and rubbed it down with some mineral oil.
I presented to her, to her delight!
Without further ado ,
The pictures….
Front
Back
Thanks for reading!
She has baked for years, but now her frequency of baking has increased.
She expressed interest in getting a dough cutter/scraper .
Without a word to her, the gears of production began to turn in my head.
I have no shortage of materials to construct a dough cutter.
Sure I could spend $8 and get one from Amazon, but what is the fun in that???
I took some scrap 304 stainless and cut a 5”x6” chunk from it with an angle grinder.
Deburrring was the next step.
A 1.25”x6”x1” reclaimed oak handle was rendered and slit down the middle on edge to a depth of 7/8”.
My table saw blade was wider than the blade of the dough cutter, creating excessive clearance.
I considered methods of shimming and capture of the blade.
The decision was made to longitudinally cut the handle and render a 3/4”x6”x 3/8” clamp.
This left an L shaped handle piece and the aforementioned clamp piece.
I mixed up some clear 2 part epoxy and mounted the cutter blade into the handle after coating the interior of the clamping surfaces of the handle.
I put screw clamps around the handle and drilled holes in the handle to securely retain the cutter blade .
I gooped up 2- 1/8”x2” aluminum dowels with the epoxy and drove them into position.
After drying a couple days I sanded and finished the handle with a beeswax/mineral oil mixture.
I cleaned the blade and rubbed it down with some mineral oil.
I presented to her, to her delight!
Without further ado ,
The pictures….
Front
Back
Thanks for reading!
