triw, anvilfire has a demo from Bill Epps that has a template that you can save on your desktop. You will have to resize it a bit to suit your needs. Also, Kayne and Son/Blacksmith Depot has the blanks for sale. Under their description of the blanks, they have a picture of the template. Save the pic and resize it in paint. I used the blanks cuz they were only $10, and I couldn't justify sitting with a set of tin snips and cutting it all out for under $10. I'm gonna give it a go at a later date, but figured since I'm still really new to this, all that time would be better better spent at the forge than attempting to cut something out myself by hand. I had also heard something about getting fake flowers from the dollar store and taking them apart and using the petals from that as a template. Does anyone know a quicker way than tin snips to cut out templates, rather than buying them pre-cut?
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