Step 1: The Gang

step 1> get a group of, non institutionalized, creative thinkers

Step 2: Tiffany and Walter

step 1.5> ask tiffany(or any local positive, insightful person) for advice

Step 3: Failed Attempts

step 2>Ignore everyone's advice and try stuff
first we tried to do several mazes freestyle without a template had about 6 failed attempts

Step 4: Ben at Table Saw

Do not have a 9 year old use the table saw (although it is impossible to cut a finger off on this saw because it has a stopsaw).

Step 5: Smoking Bit

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smoking is bad for our bit health

Step 6: Get an Idea of Size

Realize that your wing it method is not working and try a more systematized approach.
Printed out various sizes of simple shapes to get an idea of how big the path should be (I'm using buckyball magnets)

Step 7: Mike on Computer

make maze template
made this in corel draw using simple shapes, resizing them to

about 2" horizontally, used 16pt for line thickness

Step 8:

we used a very thin coating of glue to make removal later easy

Step 9: Etch Board

went very slowly and did several light passes, then I sanded the
board using 220 grit sand paper(to remove glue marks and paper remnants) and used a small flat head screw

driver to get good angles and smooth out inconsistencies.