BENECREAT 9 Pocket Acrylic Valet Tray Router Templates for Woodworking 15×11.2×0.2inch Clear Router Inlay Template Rectangle Acrylic Router Jig DIY Wood Craft Tools Tracing Guide

Great purchase for a tray template, you have to very careful with removing it after routing because it will break.

I'm just starting out with woodworking and have made a flat charcuterie board and now want to make one that has pockets and this is the perfect layout for one. I've never used templates before but have watched some videos and the majority I've watched actually router along the edges of a template. This one is so thin and flexible that I don't know if that would be possible. The pictures on how to use it indicate you trace the template it onto your wood and then cut but how could you get something to come out looking like this if you have to try and router over drawn lines? Maybe it can be done and I just don't know how since I haven't done much with a router and really have no clue what a true router template is. The material is supposedly acrylic but feels like thick plastic. Also, there's apparently a layer of protective film on it and it's on there good as I haven't been able to lift an edge of it yet lol. The edges on the perimeter are only ⅜" and the lines that separate each block are smaller so adhering this to anything in order to trace it could prove challenging. I like the layout but think it's on the pricey side for what it is. If it were thicker, not as flimsy and had bigger edges on the perimeter I think it could be a template that you could actually use with a router rather than tracing it.

This is a routing template for routing recesses in board like charcuterie boards. The posting stated it was .2 inch thick but seems a little thinner than that as it measured at 0.147 in. This will work but I will need to ensure I insert the template in the middle first at the bottom of the router collet will hit the wood before the router is flat on this template (you can see it protrudes in the last photo). Also since the cutouts on this are so big, it doesn't leave a lot of template material left to keep its shape or to keep the edges from cracking. The openings are nice a clean and it is well made/cut but to give it full 5 stars it should be thicker. .