arrosticini al forno di LASER!

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Rehashed arrosticini for siblings blessed with LASERS! work in progress. Pictures are of v2.0 v2.0: (confirmed working) 5/8" cubes x 6 x 6 x ~5" = 36 skewers v3.0: (untested) .55" cubes x 8 x 8 x ~4.5" = 64 skewers Higher base plate (meat is more centralized to skewer and away from pointy part) Wider format for proper 1x 'leg o lamb' : 1x full cube Neither require 3D printing anymore, but you could redesign the base plate to be printed and removable for easier extraction. Instructions Laser cut either the v.2 or v3 out of 1/4" acrylic. You will need: 2 of each wall 1 base plate with tabs 1 base plate without tabs 1 top plate (looks like a base plate without tabs but smaller) (the AI files have extra bits and aren't formatted for click-n-print because every laser cutter is a unique and beautiful snowflake) Form a box and weld them in place (leave the 2nd base plate aside). Once set, drop the 2nd base plate in and weld it in place (if desired, for rigidity) I welded the acrylic together with this:http://www.amazon.com/SCIGRIP-10799-Acrylic-Solvent-Water-thin/dp/B00466V8F0/ref=pd_sim_indust_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=09DM66EMQQHMQTBDH6XF (or similar) and I used 2 base plates welded together, one with tabs for the walls, and another without for rigidity. I used a boneless leg of lamb. For v2.0, one leg was too much meat. It fit (see picture) but I couldn't line up the skewer with the base plate holes because I didn't have any leverage to redirect the tip (2nd picture). This can be fixed by: a) use a metal skewer to poke a pilot hole, b) use less meat (1st picture), c) use a screw head counter-sink bit to chamfer a funnel in the upper base plate. Cut and butterfly the meat into 1/2"-5/8" thick slices. Layer them into the box. The meat doesn't need to be square, it can fold over on the sides. Put the upper base plate on top of the meat and begin to drop in skewers. You will need to be as perpendicular as possible and it will require re-positioning the tip to get it in the base plate holes. Lift the upper plate up a bit and slide a knife down every slot. Turn it all over and the whole slab should slide out pretty easily. "Cook until done." I designed v3.0 to fix a), b) and c) above, but to date has not been tested. The meat might be too small at .55", 64 skewers is a lot, I shouldn't have cut out as much fat as I did which would have left enough volume for 2 full runs instead of 2 really small runs, etc.