Pizza Cutter Handle Using Fusion 360

Today I will show you how to make your very own pizza cutter out of wood. The type of wood that you choose is up to you and if you don't have access to some equipment than you can always find alternatives on amazon or ebay.

Wood

Access to a CAD software that allows you to do cad drawings on (ideally use Autodesk fusion 360)

A laser cutter

A fretsaw

Pencil

Double sided tape

Super glue / epoxy resin

Salt dough

Pizza cutter

Sanders / sandpaper

Firstly, I decided to create a page of the different types of pizza cutters that already exists. This is so I can get an idea of what type of pizza cutter I should make and so the product can be successful.

After I created the page and decided on what type of handle i should make, i got a Pizza cutter from ikea. ( you can always get some online for around £1) I will put a link to the handle I got at the end of this instructable.

Then deconstruct the pizza cutter by clamping the handle to the vice until there is a slight crack as you only need the steel blade.

Then after I made some salt dough and made some test handles. I did so i will know which handle is ergonomically better as to also test them on some users.

After that I decided to go on to fusion 360 if you don't have fusion 360 than you can use alternatives such as inkscape just as long as you can be able to draw your handle electronically and export it . The most important thing to remember is to measure and draw the ,metal blade accurately as you need space for the blade to sit on the wood.

After I drew up the handle i exported it out to the laser ensuring that the height of the acrylic was the same as the metal blade so it would be even.

If you don't have access to a laser cutter than you could always use a 3d printer, pieces of veneers or even 2 part epoxy resin. After step 8 use the veneers or the 2 part epoxy resin if you want to use resin or veneers. It is important that you do laser cut the place where the metal blade is meant to be. If you are unsure than have a look at mine.

After the laser cutter was finished i got 2 pieces of wood that were bigger than the acrylic and taped them down with some double sided tape. then i got the acrylic piece and taped to one side of the wood so when i trace around the acrylic the acrylic won't move leading to a better result.

After that I removed the acrylic and used a scroll saw to cut the wood. If you don't have a scroll saw than I recommend getting a coping saw instead as it is cheaper and works just as well.

Remember to leave the two pieces of wood taped together.

After the wood is cut then you can seperate the two pieces of wood together. Then superglue the piece of acrylic or plastic if you used a 3d printer with one of the pieces of wood then you super glue the metal blade to the same piece of wood, than super glue the other piece of wood leaving the metal blade and the acrylic in the middle.

If you decide to use pieces of veneers instead of the acrylic than super glue the metal blade to the wood then add the veneers then the wood.

make sure to clamp / secure your work so the pieces won't move whilst the glue is drying.

After the glue has dried up then sand the wood using sandpaper then if you want add oil for extra protection.

Downloading inkscape for the the CAD design of the pizza cutter - https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.0.2/

ikea pizza cutter - https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/staem-pizza-cutter-r...

coping saw- https://www.screwfix.com/p/magnusson-15tpi-multi-...

laser cutter services - try your nearest library.

How to make salt dough - https://www.screwfix.com/p/magnusson-15tpi-multi-...