THe sugar shaper and discs gun is basically to make strings of fondant evenly.

Does anyone owns one of these, is it worth getting one of these.

Thanks

Anyone out there has this sugar shaper? I want to purchase it, but I want to make sure that is worth it.

thank you

I have it. I hate it. I never use it.

I find that I need to add too much crisco/white fat to the fondant in order to push is thru. I find the barrel too small, so what I get out of it isn't enough for many purposes.

I prefer my Makins Ultimitate Extruder (light green metallic "T" handle). You can google it to find out where it's available. It also comes with many discs, has a longer barrel, and was half the price of the other one.

HTH
Rae

I have the Makins one too and it's great.

Has anyone used that red one, I think the name is something like Sugarcraft Gun? I looked at it and the Makins, and thought I might like the red one better because it's used one-handed. One of the Zambito DVD shows using the gun with one hand while placing the rope of fondant with the other as it falls from the gun.

Anyone with any experience with this product?

I don't understand the blocking of certain brand names and not others. For instance, my prior post blocked the name of the red gun, but allows the name of the Makin extruder.

Can anyone explain the policy on this, please?

I have the makin's and I love it... I have tried the s u g a r c r @ f t gun (with the red handle) and did not like it AT ALL... the makins is much easier to use.

I am a green T Makins fan here too - LOVE it.

So I'd never heard of this product and went out online to see what I can find and found it's a "clay" extruder? Is this the same product?

Well, looks like you guys just saved me from myself! I'll get a Makins instead of the red one then, and it costs so much less.

I never heard of any of this, but am very interested. As a beginner, and with one I found at a very low price, would it be worth it for me to try the plastic version of the Makin's Extruder?

Anyone out there has this sugar shaper? I want to purchase it, but I want to make sure that is worth it.

thank you

I have the red sugar - gun and love it. I use it all the time. You need to soften the fondant a little so that it will flow out of the press easily. It comes with 16 discs. I know alot of people prefer the green Makins gun, and I've never tried it so it's hard for me to compare, but I think I would like squeezing the trigger on my red gun better than having to turn the handle on the green one. It is great for small jobs. I got a hugh clay gun for Christmas and I mean hugh! Unfortunately I don't do many big cakes and haven't had a need to use it yet.

Thanks for the warning on the plastic one. They have one of ebay that's very inexpensive. But if I will end up not using it, then it's not bargain anyway.

Price, what HUGE extruder are you referring to?

As for the Makin I really like it & if you keep an eye out w/ Hobby Lobby, Michaels, or JoAnn's you can get a 40% off coupon. That's what I did! That definitely makes it worth it

I also have the sugar craft gun and it's ok for small jobs but if your hands are greasy it's hard to use. I ordered the really big one but I don't remember where I got it. If you pm jennifermi she can tell you where to order it.

http://www.bigceramicstore.com/Supplies/ClayGuns.htm

As far as the little extruders, I think it's all in what you get used to. It would be nice if my red/black gun would hold more fondant. The first one I ever bought was one of the silver ones in the clay section at AC Moore. It was horrible. To work that one, you have to push a plunger and it kills your hands.