The story of this Cool Idea
For ages, I’ve been incubating this idea to make a tiny top-down “overhead projector” for cookie art. And, as ideas do, it kept simmering quietly in the background, waiting for the right combination of parts and inspiration to come together.
In my mind, I needed three things:
– a small but bright light,
– something to hold my little transparency in place,
– and a magnifying lens to shrink and focus the image.
So one day, while merrily procrastinating, I Googled “crocodile clamps” (you know, the kind you might use to hold a tiny piece of transparency.) And what did I find??
Only that someone had already built my little projector… completely by accident!
I realised, with great glee, that with a slightly different assembly, a simple Helping Hands soldering station could become my little overhead cookie projector!
And lo! There was one that actually worked.
Granted, I may have made a few adjustments if it were my design, but the fact remains: it works well enough that the case is officially closed. This is the one I'll be using from now on.
Not all 'Helping Hands' are, however, equally helpful.
Many look similar, but many have the wrong lens or the wrong light, and those
simply won’t project well. The model I’m showing you here is the only one I’ve tested that actually works.
So if you want to go hunting for it yourself, just make absolutely sure it’s the exact same model.
Or, if you prefer the easy route, you can simply buy it from me — and I’ll make
sure you get the correct one.
For South African buyers, I’ll even assemble and test it before shipping.
For international buyers, I’ve connected with a supplier who stocks this exact model, so you can order without guessing.
Either way, I hope this little project brings as much joy to your decorating as it has to mine.
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