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Step 3Prepare the template
Now we need to prepare the template.
1) Print the template full size. Check your Acrobat print settings since by default it scales things down slightly. If your lamp is smaller or larger than mine (although they all seem to be the same size) you can easily scale the template using the Acrobat print settings.
2) Cut out along the green line. Those blue tabs that stick out are for aligning and holding the template in place.
3) Take your pencil and poke a small hole everywhere you see a little black circle. These are going to be the reference spots for our template. If you have a piece of corrugated cardboard (think cardboard box) simply place the template on it and poke away. The boxes marked "R" can be poked through as well. These holes are to remind you which sections you color in. Trust me, it can get confusing.
4) Now carefully cut along the four "cross hairs" in blue. Only cut the length of the line leaving the center uncut.
5) Turn over the lamp and find the the "top" of the lamp where the hole is for hanging on the wall. Make a pencil mark on the dome that lines up with the hole.
6) Orienting the template so that the top cut lines up with the mark you just made, tape the tabs to the lamp. The tans should reach to the ring of the lamp on all sides, so you can use them to easily center the template.
TWO IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER:
1) Tape only the tabs, we will be tracing the edge
2) Since the dome is curved, the template will not simply "fit" on the dome, you will need to overlap the sections at the cut lines to get it to fit better,
1) Print the template full size. Check your Acrobat print settings since by default it scales things down slightly. If your lamp is smaller or larger than mine (although they all seem to be the same size) you can easily scale the template using the Acrobat print settings.
2) Cut out along the green line. Those blue tabs that stick out are for aligning and holding the template in place.
3) Take your pencil and poke a small hole everywhere you see a little black circle. These are going to be the reference spots for our template. If you have a piece of corrugated cardboard (think cardboard box) simply place the template on it and poke away. The boxes marked "R" can be poked through as well. These holes are to remind you which sections you color in. Trust me, it can get confusing.
4) Now carefully cut along the four "cross hairs" in blue. Only cut the length of the line leaving the center uncut.
5) Turn over the lamp and find the the "top" of the lamp where the hole is for hanging on the wall. Make a pencil mark on the dome that lines up with the hole.
6) Orienting the template so that the top cut lines up with the mark you just made, tape the tabs to the lamp. The tans should reach to the ring of the lamp on all sides, so you can use them to easily center the template.
TWO IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER:
1) Tape only the tabs, we will be tracing the edge
2) Since the dome is curved, the template will not simply "fit" on the dome, you will need to overlap the sections at the cut lines to get it to fit better,
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