Tony Hallo

I make my templates out of Formica, in my opinion this works better than plywood or sheet metal. The wire gets stuck in the grain when using plywood and the metal templates cool the wire near the contact area. I like to use two template method rather than the single airfoil shaped template, this is personnal preference.
The inner most parting strips are nailed down using a brad nailer, this make short work of the process.