Inexpensive wire soap cutter

[NatureandNurture]

I found a really great alternative to all those expensive wire cutters out there. It's a piece of baking equipment made by Wilton. It's supposed to be a cake leveler, but it's basically a metal frame with a wire strung between. It's deep enough to cut even my thickest (as yet made) logs. And it's inexpensive too! I found mine at a local hobby store, but you can get them online too:

http://www.wilton.com/store/site/produc ... &killnav=1

In case anyone's interested.

 

[amanda131]

this is an interesting option.......

 

[Rosey]

oh wow, that really a good option! I wish I had seen that before buying my wire cutter. I love it but it's hard to clean.

 

[SilverMaple]

I use the same thing! My original wire attachment broke, so we restrung it with a violin E-string and clamped the wire using picture frame brass clamps, making it tighter than the original, too. Works great when combined with the $6 Wallyworld miter box!

Total cost of soap cutter - $9.45.

 

[Guest]

That is a great idea . My hubby just made me a very simple wire log cutter for about $4.00 .
The ingenuity of the soap makers here amazes me . So does the fact that we share with one another so freely .

Kitn

 

[jarvan]

I had actually posted this very thing months ago. I found that it only works with very fresh bars, though because the strength of the wire can't take anything too cured. It's a great $4 alternative though.

 

[artisan soaps]

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[Guest]

Two pencils and some jewellers wire is what I use

I use one of those on occasion too , thanks to your creativity

Kitn

 

[NatureandNurture]

I was using a violin E string and a couple pencils, but I wound up having to use a leather glove because my hands couldn't take the strain of trying to keep tension on the wire. I much prefer the Wilton cutter because there is no strain at all. I always cut my bars fresh, so no worries there.

 

[SilverMaple]

Replacing the original wire with a Violin E string on the Wilton cutter solved the 'fresh bars' issue for me. It's nice knowing I can cut my HP soap if I happen to leave it for a few days :0)

 

[Fairydittle]

I have a bread maker and I bought a container that you can put your bread in and it has slots to cut your bread at certain thickness. I found that it works well to cut my soap. It has a removable end once I cut the first bar, I move the soap down against the end of the container cut the next bar and so on. My bars are now even and the same thickness.

 

[artisan soaps]

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[ohsoap]

I have a question for those using the Wilton cutter, it says that it only does 2 inch thick cakes, so how does that work for soap. Mine is some times 2.5 tall.

 

[NatureandNurture]

I've used it and cut bars that were 3.5 inches tall and it was fine. The cutter itself is fairly deep. You have to remember that when 'leveling' a cake, it's the depth from the table to the wire that's the concern. With cutting soaps it's the depth between the wire and the top of the cutter.

 

[ohsoap]

That makes more sense, I hadn't thought about it like that.