Why?
Why not?
I don't really have a good answer.
Video Overview
Filming credit goes to Cameraman John: www.johnwillner.com
Design
First we need inspiration.
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| Home sweet home |
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| Shitter's full |
Next comes a CAD model textured with the SolidWorks sand preset. I tinted it a little brown.
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| Curved faces |
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| Straight curves and swamp cooler |
Three flat rectangles can approximate a curve!
My second backing attempt rendered structurally sound gingerbread sheets. These were cut on the laser.
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| What a waste of technology |
Nobody actually eats gingerbread houses right?
No?
Sweet! Hot glue 'dries' way faster than frosting!
Turns out hot glue works only OK; it holds fast but tends to rip the top layer of cookie off.
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| Blasphemy |
Problem:
The CAD model assumed a 3/16 inch thick cookie, but in reality it was 1/4 inch. A few of the pieces need to be trimmed down.
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| Too wide |
Another problem with hot glue is it covers your Christmas decoration in faux spiderwebs.
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| This isn't Halloween damnit! |
Royal icing was used to reinforce the trailer and hide the spiderwebs.
Turns out I have no idea how to decorate a gingerbread house. I realized this about halfway through decorating a gingerbread house.
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| Gross candy! |
This little trailer park may actually have benefited from my inferior exterior decorating skills.
Results
More effort was put into lighting the trailer than building it.
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| Glory Shot |
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| Old refrigerator to the left, and unhinged door to the right. |
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| Tail lights and license plate |
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| Propane and propane accessories |
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| Swamp cooler |
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| Bonus Gif |
Conclusion
Unsurprisingly, gingerbread cuts well on the laser. What did surprise me was the smell this thing imparted on food in my refrigerator.... Everything has absorbed this burnt gingerbread smell/taste; especially the butter.
Next up: Laser cut Easter eggs!!!
just kidding, maybe
The End
That's it. Get off my lawn.
Lots of love bruddah! Keep being awesome
ReplyDeleteWeldone ! I have a question, a little bit off-topic but, did you build your own laser? Do you have more information about it?
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