Polymer “cane” extruder

A process of producing patterned polymer cane sheets using a handheld polymer clay extruder:

• wherein the handheld polymer clay extruder includes:
• an hollow outer tube and an inner solid rod, the inner solid rod configured to be seated inside said hollow tube and is manually rotatable and movable within the hollow outer tube and is configured to hold a solid polymer clay cane that is pre-shaped into a shape of log, which is of at least one of a square, round, and triangular shapes;
• wherein the solid inner rod is sized six inches in length and has marked or etched measuring lines;
• wherein the hollow outer tube sized four inch in length and from one sixteenth of an inch to one eighth of an inch thick and has marked or etched measuring lines;
• wherein the hollow outer tube and solid inner rod is made of clear acrylic polymer;
• wherein the said configuration of the hollow outer tube and inner solid rod are variable such as each maybe dimensioned to have each accompanying inner solid rods to match their shape and size to fit the inner diameter of said hollow outer tubes and the easy fit dimension of the hollow outer tube and inner solid rod provide easy sliding movement of the solid polymer clay cane, while allowing for the solid polymer clay cane to be pushed out—as solid extruded log without damaging the log during the cutting process of the log into thin smaller slices;
• the process comprising:
• first step of lightly spraying inside the hollow outer tube with water as a release agent;
• and
• second step, while holding the said hollow outer tube vertically, insert the solid polymer clay cane into the hollow tube and then add the solid inner rod, and thereafter with a tapping down motion, push down the polymer clay cane inside of said hollow outer tube using the solid inner rod on a cutting surface so as to compress the cane slightly and to fill the hollow outer tube snugly while still allowing the solid polymer clay cane to move freely along with ease within the hollow outer tube;
• and firmly holding down on the hollow outer tube and solid inner rod horizontally on the work surface with the less dominate hand, and using a thin cutting blade with the dominant hand, use the edge of the hollow outer tube as a cutting guide, slide a cutting blade across the edge of hollow outer tube and cut off a thin slice of the solid polymer cane.