RE: How do I balance this thing?
sounds good, lots to play with this stuff, that's for sure.
I also cut my own wings. Profili is well worth it. Fwiw, I make my templates out of aluminum flashing material, and sand the edges with 600grit sandpaper. That allows me to print the template from Profili, use a spot of 3M-77 spray glue to attach the paper to the metal, and then cut out with scissors, and sand smooth. Makes creating templates fast and easy. I do get some wire cooling right next to the templates, but it's not enough for me to worry about.
I meant to ask earlier, are you cutting top and bottom at once? I use seperate top and bottom templates, and cut first one side then change templates and do the other. I find this makes it easier to keep the wing straight for me, and I don't have to deal with the wire going around the LE all at once.