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I find making templates one of the trickier and time consuming parts of duplicating. Not really a techie by any stretch of the imagination.... So I really find working with a "master" the easiest way to replicate. If I can get two masters, just as they come off the lathe, with square ends still on and pencil marks for eyes, hooks, weights and slope cuts, that is the best. I will rip one master down the middle, and use that to trace onto the plexi, or what ever I am using for the template. I am using a Vega, if that matters. Then I use the remaining master to chuck up in the lathe and verify my set up, checking that the guide and cutter are in contact along the whole length. Once you have the template right, you just use the masters to verify set ups, left to right as well as depth, since these will vary from template to template.
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