The Thing About Pressboard
Pressboard is kind of amazing because it is literally paper that has been compressed to the point that it has the consistency of a really soft wood. The disappointing thing about pressboard, though, is that it is extraordinarily sensitive on the edges.
I, uh, had my template resting on my fire escape and some wind blew it away. It plummeted 3 stories and was whacked against pavement a couple of times. This basically created a bulbous cauliflower-like dent in one of the rounded bout edges, undoing the paper layers, and now the template is unusable without some serious gluing and sanding. But even then, why put in so much effort for a template that'll just fall down again?
Use Wood?
Perhaps I'll try another template, but this time, I'll use a harder wood. Also, this might either require a jig saw for faster cutting, or a finer blade for the coping saw.
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