Comments on: Etsy seller's awesome, 3D printed nerdy cookie-cutters

By: eeyore

eeyore — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 02:25:00 +0000

Yes, they are very cool. Great, take the designs, upload them to thingiverse, and let people print their own – everybody wins, and fair use is protected.

Selling them is no different than some douche reprinting Cory’s books without his knowledge or consent, and keeping all the proceeds. Copyright is broken, but this is WRONG.

By: unclegabby

unclegabby — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 03:27:00 +0000

And it sounds like they are running unattended at home, kind of a fire hazard.

By: unclegabby

unclegabby — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 03:25:00 +0000

At a few hours a piece, selling them at 5 dollars a piece she may not even be covering the power costs much less the cost of equipment. Home 3-d printing is cool and all, but industrial 3-d printers have been around for a few decades now and they still are used for just prototype type work. A molded plastic part would be much stronger and safer, also.

By: bcsizemo

bcsizemo — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:14:00 +0000

You showed up a little late…

While my first post is third down on the list, it was originally closer to eight. There were several commenters that made similar insights, all be it in less tactful ways.

By: jackbird

jackbird — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:14:00 +0000

She also mentions she’s getting 5 hours of sleep a night. That probably isn’t sustainable.

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:06:00 +0000

I think I’m more impressed with (what I assume is) her attainment of licenses for permission to use all those images from major corporations.

I’m pretty surprised and disappointed the article makes no mention of it whatsoever. I wonder what the terms are?

By: Ed Ligget. Tuba.

Ed Ligget. Tuba. — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:41:00 +0000

Hey I like shortbread. But it could also be butter cookies.

By: daev

daev — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 04:37:00 +0000

The Dr Who cutters are gone… can’t find them on the site now.

I’ll reserve my copyfight anger until a deal’s been struck or bullying is evident. I propose 10% for the copyright fee, negotiable but no higher than 30%.

Good cookie-cutter press is damn hard to find in the wild, and this could work out well for everyone as long as there’s not an asshole involved.

By: Rich Keller

Rich Keller — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:39:00 +0000

I was thinking springerle dough, too. And the ammonia in the hartshorn helps you from eating it raw.

(Now I just need to find out what kind of resin they use for springerle mold replicas. I have some ideas of my own…)

By: JDs_mojo

JDs_mojo — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:06:00 +0000

Springerle maybe, sugar cookie dough forget it. Talkin’ 1960′s electric football level of disappointment.

By: norma_stits

norma_stits — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:03:00 +0000

Springerle maybe, you’ll never get a sugar cookie out of that. That’s a 1960′s electric football level of disappointment,

By: Henry Minsky

Henry Minsky — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 01:54:00 +0000

Yeah that was my first though, what plastic is being used? I have a printrbot, and have not made anything with it in ABS that would be used for food.

By: thatquis

thatquis — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:52:00 +0000

that’s what good cookies do! If it isn’t rising/spreading it’s goddamned shortbread

By: MidianGTX

MidianGTX — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:36:00 +0000

I feel like I’m pointing out the obvious here, but… wrong dough.

By: MidianGTX

MidianGTX — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:35:00 +0000

Kinda highlights the need for an FDA-approved plastic for 3D printer use. One person throws up their cookies and she’s in potential danger.

By: thatquis

thatquis — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:25:00 +0000

There’s a reason cookie cutters don’t include so much detail– http://1.media.collegehumor.cvcdn.com/21/83/d616edebafb19624ee239577d2e96eeb-horse-cookie-doesnt-come-out-as-expected.jpg

By: Ender Wiggin

Ender Wiggin — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:23:00 +0000

IP lawsuit incoming in 3….2…..

By: Wingnut

Wingnut — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 22:07:00 +0000

Multimillion dollar idea:
inexpensive custom user-specified eyeglass frames.

By: chellberty

chellberty — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 22:06:00 +0000

Tru dat 3D printed Christmas cookies
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/20/3d-printed-christmas-cookies/

By: AbleBakerCharlie

AbleBakerCharlie — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:51:00 +0000

Obviously, they’re cool and it’s equally cool that this sort of high end handicraft is enabled by 3D printing. It’s also a lesson in why out might not magically displace other manufacturing- if she’s getting repeat orders, a cheap injection molding rig could churn out her daily production in minutes.

By: bcsizemo

bcsizemo — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:36:00 +0000

Cookie cutters? You are somehow implying I just don’t eat the dough raw…

By: theophrastvs

theophrastvs — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:14:00 +0000

wouldn’t it be easier to directly print the cookies than try to get slightly sticky dough to drop loose of those beautifully made highly complex cutters?

By: BUATBEST ?

BUATBEST ? — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:55:00 +0000

wow..i love it..!