Just for the sake of safety, from what I've heard, from the laser illuminati,
if you're using lasers for food directly (I.e. Cutting fondant, sushi wrappers,
etc) you should use a 'food laser' - a clean one that hasn't been used for any
other materials (especially acrylics, plastics). As more and more people are
getting them the rhetoric is ratcheting up a notch. Now, I take it with a grain
of salt, but they have a point. Then again these are the same people (and smart
people mind you) who shudder and rant every time someone straps a laser head on
a 3D printer. So they have a point but my need for fun often trumps the best
practices.
The safest way with a 'dirty laser' would be to cut your material and make a
mold, but I'm sure that there would also be a good safe sealant you could put
on wood and laser cut a stencil or mold and press in fondant directly.
Chris
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On Nov 3, 2016, at 7:37 PM, Steven Owens <stevenjowens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Laser etched pie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gU8cQ4OKwI
On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Andrew C. <soshumasamune@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Calling all chefs and epicureans-
My brother Rich and his fiancee Maren are leaving Pittsburgh in a couple
weeks for Chicago. The whiskey tasting group we belong to that meets at the
Cigar Den in Lawrenceville is doing a goodbye for them 1 week from now, with
a special cake we haven't decided on yet.
Im horrible at event planning, but good at making. all I can do to give my
brother and Marin a proper sendoff is get one hell of an impressive cake
made.
And all that occurs to me is we want a decoration for the cake. So I want to
try something crazy here.
I want to use the laser cutter to cut out 3d fully edible cake decorations
for the event!
We once laser etched Putin in a Ritz (cracker). has anyone gone beyond that
and cut anything edible out on the laser?
I have a professional artist cousin I might be able to get a drawing or
design from... but can anyone recommend a cutable edible material that won't
start sugar fires to our laser?
I know this is nuts, but we're all a bit or completely nuts, and there are
gourmands and chefs among you.
Anyone have any ideas?
-Andrew
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