Vin Diesel Ham and Cheese Sandwich

3D printing with ham, cheese, a laser cutter, and 'science gone too far'.

What?

A laser cut ham and cheese sandwich in the shape of busty Vin Diesel.

Why?

Somebody asked. Go ask him.

Downloads

Download CameraManJohn's busty and non-busty Vin Diesel bust

Autodesk's amazing slicer

Video

Filmed by the talented CameraManJohn

About

Usually I have a "design" section here, but CameraManJohn did all of the work using Maya. The model is available for download above.

Vin Diesel Bust

I have tons of ideas which involve slicing a 3D model into dozens of pieces to cut on my laser. This has been a daunting task since interlocking slices requires parts to be notched. I've built a few projects using this technique but all of the notching was been done manually.

Laser cut skateboard

Manual slicing might be best for a project like the skateboard but it's not feasible for a ham and cheese sandwich. Good news is Autodesk has some amazing slicing software for FREE which can run standalone.

THE SOFTWARE IS AMAZING. It opens the door for so many projects I would never have attempted. None being impossible without the software, but requiring hours of mundane work or custom scripts. Autodesk lets you change all sorts of slicing parameters and will automatically cut interlocking features into the layers. When you want to export, it fits all of the sliced parts onto the material size you specify. Vin Diesel took 40 sheets of 6.5x4.5 inch ham.

Cut list

Here is the pile of ham and cheese cut on my laser.

Protein Puzzle

The cut files also include a separate layer with part numbers. This is almost mandatory if you have a huge stack of ham. Engraving these numbers onto the ham made assembly really easy.

The End

I hope

CameraManJohn is an animation machine