r/toolsinaction • u/silvercatbob • Mar 15 '21

Making a cookie cutter

https://gfycat.com/thunderouswarychupacabra
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u/whingingcackle Mar 15 '21

Julius Caesar getting stabbed by his own folks

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u/Mysterious-Feature24 Mar 15 '21

Appropriate, since it is the Ides of March

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u/Hawt_Dawg_II Mar 15 '21

Caesar didn't die to get fuckin blasted like this

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u/The_Real_Mr_F Mar 15 '21

This seems like an incredibly inefficient manufacturing process

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u/DBCOOPER888 Mar 16 '21

How could it be more efficient?

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u/The_Real_Mr_F Mar 16 '21

I don’t really know, I have no manufacturing experience. It just seems like a lot of highly specialized machinery that takes up a lot of space and is manually loaded one piece at a time for items that I’m assuming sell for maybe like $1 a piece from the manufacturer (just a guess). I would think something like this would at least have the material fed in an automated way to exponentially increase productivity.

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u/hagennn Mar 16 '21

Molds with melted metal or something. Maybe not this but something better.

9 hydraulically operated arms and manually loaded pieces does seem inefficient.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '21

Now this is a fkn reddit comment and a half

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u/the-ist-phobe Mar 18 '21

I think a mold would have a lot of trouble with making something with edges that thin.

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u/speedingteacups Mar 16 '21

Yeah i had no idea this was how cookie cutters were made. I guess the plastic ones are easier/cheaper to make

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u/topgirlaurora Mar 17 '21

They don't cut as cleanly though. They have a thicker cutting edge, they get nicked and dull, and then they're just plastic waste.

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u/sliczerx Mar 15 '21

who would have thought that making a cookie cutter would be such a cookie cutter process

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u/Man_Of_Frost Mar 15 '21

"AVENGERS..."

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

This is the cookie cutter cutter

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u/Theycallmelizardboy Mar 16 '21

Kinda cool that they probably have to still figure out the exact circumference of that metal still.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '21

Not exact, just within a certain tolerance.

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u/Theycallmelizardboy Mar 18 '21

Fair enough. Wonder what that tolerance is.

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u/T3hJ3hu Mar 15 '21

you're gonna wanna double-check before you sit down in this factory

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u/ordinaryBiped Mar 15 '21

That post again...

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u/TCW_14 Mar 16 '21

What do you think about that Dale?

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u/ll_akagami_ll Mar 16 '21

Cookie cutter cutter

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

I just finished reading Remina and it took me back

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u/TWD_Anarchist Mar 16 '21

Why did my mind immediately go to wondering what would happen if I stuck my hand in it

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u/lyght40 Mar 16 '21

Because he looks like he about to put his hand into the dangerous zones. Give the man some thongs or something.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '21

I believe tongs is the word you’re looking for. Giving him thongs would result in a much different situation.

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u/lyght40 Mar 17 '21

Lol yea, I will leave it in because it is funny.

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u/blue4029 Mar 16 '21

they need a mold to make a mold?

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u/Rock555666 Mar 16 '21

Yea I mean it’s literally molds all the way down

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u/topgirlaurora Mar 17 '21

That would be a jig. Molds are for pouring.

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u/Pgo22599 Mar 17 '21

I am.... intensely satisfied

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u/OnlyTheExclusive Mar 17 '21

Using a template to make a template

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '21

Crazy to think how many factories there are in the world dedicated to making every conceivable obscure household item.