Project Showcase: DIY 3D Printed Cookie Cutters

Learn how to design and print your own custom cookie cutters using free modeling software and a 3D printer!
Blog: www.sparkfun.com/news/2658
Modeling Program: www.tinkercad.com/
3D Printing Software: ultimaker.com/en/products/ult...

[@kourtneyswholesomelife]

I cannot believe how easy this is! I am so excited to experiment! I use cookie cutters for my clay. 😁

[@MLFranklin]

One of the best videos I've seen on this topic.

[@jessebenjamin4779]

This is so easy!! Thank you. My son and I were trying to figure this out and were thinking it was so much more difficult.

[@romeocabelloalberti6802]

10 out of 10, would watch it on repeat

[@maryburroughs6844]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! It helped me out tremendously!

[@createniks]

That is best instructional video on this I've ever seen. Great job!

[@Alex-kn5fu]

Subscribed. Awesome tutorial, straightforward, loved it!

[@erniedixon364]

Thanks so much for this video. Super easy and clear!

[@workrase1]

I really needed this. Thank you!

[@anothergoogleuser]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@daanveersingh6650]

Thanks

[@NelsonRB]

thanks

[@user-sw7en7sw2v]

Thanks! This video very helped me!:-)

[@alinecab]

Love it

[@damirbelavic]

Thank you, thank you. I have spend more ours until I found this and do it in 10 min. And again, thank you. ;)

[@LiborSupcik]

Nice. I thought you would go from the base to the thin gradually ie the cross cut would be a triangle .. yet T shape cross cut is cheaper and seems to work same with no need 4 supports.

[@kath0257]

Lauren, Is there a special filament to use with the cutter seeing you would be using the cookie cutter to make cookies and we eat cookies?

[@unicornsdoesexist]

just what i was looking for (:

[@ashleyrenny]

Awesome video!!!! About how long does it take to print one cutter?

[@susanrossy5180]

Where do you purchase the plastic to make the 3D cookie cutter?

[@idogendel]

That's actually a very cool and useful idea. Let that be a lesson to all you "let's slap some LEDs on stuff and call it a project" folks out there... ;-)

[@gingerbunny.]

what's the smallest size you can print with this? Can it print letters?

[@sarahthomas3945]

Do you just use the regular filaments or is there a food grade type?

[@Be3Al2]

have you tired the True FS PLA and or the True FS PETG filaments? apparently it is a safe food grade filament for neat projects like this.

[@kroberts4683]

Could this work with the imprint in the cookies?

[@makaylaclark9938]

how did you make the diomand one as the middle is raised

[@grlygirl1264]

Can you add layers to emboss a cookie? Like if you wanted to make a face impression in the dough?

[@tmartin9482]

I would love it if, like in your blog and email newsletter, you would point out that you should use food safe filament.

[@cmholden914]

I guess for people who do printing regularly, it'd seem obvious

[@francescoanastasio2021]

I mean, if you don't use it on boiling hot stuff and you're baking at home (not profesionally), it's generally not a big deal if you don't go for a food-safe material, a bit of common sense is sufficient. After all, cling film despite being perfectly legal to use on food is full of phtalates and plastica chemicals as well...

[@tmartin9482]

​@@francescoanastasio2021 I don't get this logic. Eating unhealthy things is ok if you also eat other unhealthy things?

[@francescoanastasio2021]

@@tmartin9482 it's just not unhealthy if you use it on cold foods (cookie dough usually is) and the material is biocompatible. Of course you can't cut a cookie with lead, that would be unhealthy; but we are talking of, basically, plastic here. Nylon most likely or something similar. There is no harm.

[@brendanp1770]

This is literally the exact video I needed to help with a request I got, one quest though, any advice on how to do this, but then get more shapes inside? just keep redoing with smaler designs and then stack them in the 3d program?

[@berlinaroids]

Same problem here :)

[@bernicechua7185]

hi, can you make a video of the diamond cookie cutter???? pleaaaaaseeeeee =) thank you =)

[@crickettigerlily1951]

I don't really know why but when I import my file on Tinkercad my paths aren't right anymore and random spots are filled up eventhough it looks fine in Illustrator. Anybody know what might be the problem?

[@teslord1852]

Is there a way to do this without illustrator?

[@emilyhannan7302]

If I don't have adobe illustrator is there something else you can use to draw your shapes? Preferably cheap or inexpensive

[@danielson145]

GIMP is for free and has all basic function of PS

[@Spooktergeist]

Inkscape is a free program that you can use to make SVG files google it it's really coole

[@kristieleigh55]

Open Office Draw is very inexpensive and you can export SVG

[@jessecarroll9460]

So...I need Adobe Illustrator? Is there a free version?

[@EmersonBiggins08]

I think I am missing something! I can’t select the background with the direct select tool.

[@tblasita23]

What type of laptop do you use

[@helenbell1833]

I'm complely new to Illustrator and I missed a few steps. You said add an outline and remove the fill. I see you clicking in the lower left of the tool bar but I can't see clearly what your clicking on and you didn't explain the steps. Any chance you could clarify exactly how to remove the fill and add a black outline? Thanks so much. :-)

[@cristilujan9577]

agreed..My Direct tool does not at all clear the white background ....

[@htlee7714]

What material do you use in the 3d printer to print out the cookie cutter?

[@paperlovecards5375]

Need to use PLA (food safe)

[@htlee7714]

@@paperlovecards5375 Thank you

[@micheleyarbrough4468]

Can you please tell what’s the name of the 3D printer you used? Thanks in advance

[@sparkfun]

Lulzbot TAZ 6

[@kittenkajiragaming]

Do you HAVE to use illustrator or is there another way?

[@lllpearlslll]

You can use any 3D software

[@nasreenashk]

Which printer would recommend to buy?

[@sparkfun]

We recommend our friends at LulzBot! www.sparkfun.com/products/14717

[@nicolepfeifferphotography8304]

Is there a way to do this in PS instead of AI? I don't have that anymore because I think it got up to like $20 a month. How else can I create the line drawings? :(

[@lllpearlslll]

Yes you can use photoshop , you need to draw with the pen tool & then export your work as illustrator file

[@Luna-tk3cu]

Hi can you use other program? Has to be with Ai only?

[@kristieleigh55]

Corel Draw, Open Office Draw. They can both export to SVG. Any vector creating program. You can use any SVG on etsy too :)

[@MAzurekkk1]

I can't believe I can't download the program without registration, this program is for download? Is there any alternative?

[@cristilujan9577]

This did not work for me...My direct tool does not at all clear the white backdrop. It outlines my image but keeps erasing the image and leaves the white backdrop....

[@cristilujan4455]

I have been trying for 3 days to just remove the white paper. I click the direcct selection tool and it will NOT delete the white paper. I moved the object off of the paper and then it wont tranfer over to tinker cad.. Its off center. I have complete the entire process but the only thing I can not so, is remove the white background!!!!!!!!

[@sythe827]

Any alternatives to using Illustrator?

[@sparkfun]

Inkscape is a good alternative

[@BloodyAngel88]

I use Photoshop/GIMP to make the base images for TinkerCAD.

[@StuffWithKirby]

There is also a site called cookiecaster.com that can help make a stl file from designs.

[@alejandromelendez3772]

thank you

[@kristieleigh55]

Not anymore :(

[@paperlovecards5375]

Cookiecad.com is a great one

[@msozzaric2638]

Anyone can recommend a good 3D printer to purchase for printing cookie cutters?

[@chrisgriesel3169]

Ender 3 Pro

[@msozzaric2638]

Chris Griesel thank you. I’ll look into it

[@JoHDify]

any software other than that annoying illustrator from adobe?

[@foodtastic2022]

ok, but you don't show how you make this diamond shapes cookie cutter.........

[@MORNINGSGLORI]

she said find 3d printer at library and also ? Makers Space??? could not actually understand the words

[@sparkfun]

There are makerspaces in most major cities where the public can have access to a variety of tools like 3D printers. Also many libraries are expanding by offering 3D Printing for their local community. Here in Boulder, CO we have a makerspace in our library called BLDG61. They are becoming more and more popular and you can find one near you with a little research

[@cyberdan1000]

Way to fast with your information. I would have to start, rewind and replay hundreds of times. Also it sounded like you said, at the end, go to your local library to use a 3D printer? Name one city that has one in their library. Who is going to pay for the filament and how will they get rid of burning plastic smell?

[@sparkfun]

Our local library in Boulder, CO offers 3 so....

[@cyberdan1000]

@@sparkfun only a few words came through.

[@kristieleigh55]

@@cyberdan1000 many libraries have and the cost is around $1 for a cookie cutter size. You have to bring your own STL files

[@cyberdan1000]

@@kristieleigh55 I stand corrected, I looked it up. www.3dprintingmedia.network/800-registered-3d-printers-in-libraries/ To me it does not make sense to have these in libraries. There is a burning plastic smell put off by these machines. Children use the library is this burning plastic a carcinogen? Is it keeping others from using the library. I will not use my local library because local adults drop their kids off and the librarians are used as babysitters. They do not do a good job of controlling these kids and they do not tell the parents to stop bringing them in. My kids would never behave that way. I work in a local elementary school with 1st and 2nd graders.

[@kristieleigh55]

@@cyberdan1000 That sucks. I would still support my local library regardless of shitty parents. And I'm also not worried about the smell of plastic, many are for in home use and don't require any ventilation so I highly doubt they are a carcinogen. But to each their own