# Printing dough and clay cutters with the Text Mold Maker

> 3D printed cutters that stamp any name into dough or clay

A name cutter is a cookie cutter for words: thin walls trace every letter, so one press stamps a whole name into dough or clay. This tool builds the cutter geometry for you, with letters connected into one piece, an optional outline border, and an optional symbol like a heart or star at either end.

Kids' names for play-doh, custom cookie names for parties, clay gift tags for small businesses: design takes minutes and everything exports as a print-ready STL or 3MF.

## What you need

- **3D printing:** any FDM printer; PLA is fine for play-doh and clay, PETG is the safer pick for cookie dough since it tolerates warm washing (hand wash only, and treat printed cutters as contact-safe craft tools rather than certified food-safe items)

## Step 1 - Enter the name



Open the tool and type into **Name / Word**, then pick a **Font**. Rounded, chunky faces stamp the cleanest; fine serifs clog with dough. **Letter Connection** chooses how letters join: **Connected** fuses them into one continuous cutter, **Free** keeps natural spacing with a connecting structure, or use both behaviours where they fit.

## Step 2 - Shape the cutter



- **Size By** Width or Height, then set **Text Width** or **Text Height** in real units; match it to your cookie or tag blank.
- **Letter Spacing** and **Word Spacing** tune the gaps; leave enough room that walls from neighbouring letters do not merge.
- **Outline Thickness** controls the cutter walls; thicker survives dishwashing and enthusiastic toddlers.
- **Mirror Text** flips the design for stamp-style use, where the pressed result must read correctly.
- Add a **Symbol** (heart, star, and friends) with its own **Symbol Size** and **Position** on the left, right, or both ends.

## Step 3 - Export



Check the 3D preview, then download the **STL** or **3MF**. The cutter exports as a single solid ready for slicing.

## 3D Printing

### Printing and using the cutter



1. Slice with the cutting edge up and the flat back on the bed; no supports needed.
2. Use 3 to 4 perimeters and 0.2 mm layers; the walls are mostly perimeter anyway, so infill barely matters.
3. PETG for cookie cutters, any PLA for clay and play-doh.
4. Dust the cutter with flour (dough) or cornstarch (clay) before each press for clean release.
5. Press straight down, wiggle slightly, lift; poke stuck centers out with a toothpick.
6. Hand wash promptly; printed layer lines hold residue if it dries.

## Make it yours

- A play-doh name cutter is a beloved toddler birthday gift; add a star symbol on each side.
- Batch name cookies for a classroom party from one cutter per child.
- Clay gift tags: stamp customer names into air-dry clay, pierce a hole, and bake-free gift tags are done.
- Mirror Text plus shallow pressing turns the cutter into an embossing stamp for fondant.
- Make a SOLD cutter for realtor closing-day cookies.
- Cutter sets of holiday words: NOEL, JOY, BOO, depending on the season.
- Kinetic sand name molds keep restaurant waits peaceful.
- Stamp a maker mark word like HANDMADE into the back of your polymer clay pieces.

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Open the Text Mold Maker: https://www.mylasertools.com/name-cutter-generator
Read online: https://www.mylasertools.com/learn/guides/name-cutter-generator