rtfoe
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Update,
Today, was make a pully wheel day.
You come to a point where the Punch & Die set just will not give you the size you need, other tools will give the same result. Then it comes down to the 'P' Cutter, but even that has it's limits. So in between all of that are the templates. I first got my hands on mine a few years ago and have been either on the bench or in the tech drawing tools at college (some say mature student, but I would add an I ).
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And as you can see there is quite a selection from leather punch through to templates. Also required is a scriber of either your own design or from a manufacturer.
Cheers, Mike.
Mike, I got my aluminum templates from my wife when she gave up her interior designing career to look after our daughter. Nowadays the computer has taken over drafting on tracing paper. The templates have been really useful for scribing aircraft panels. Used them to cut my pulleys for the Walrus catapult that I scratch built.
Your scratchy stuff is wicked man and impressive. I'd be taking meds perpetually if I scratch build like you have.
Cheers,
Richard