Ellipse guides

9:00 AM, Tuesday February 23rd 2021

Could someone recommend me an ellipse guide that I could source in the UK? I purchased one from amazon but it looks like the max size is 25mm which seems too small to be of any use. Thanks :)

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10:22 AM, Tuesday February 23rd 2021

I bought these from Amazon UK, although they do come from abroad so take long to arrive.

Haven't got to the lesson needing them yet though.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07GS8815R/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

2:54 PM, Tuesday February 23rd 2021

Thanks for the help! I might be wrong but all 5 of these look the same in the picture, did you get different degrees for each template when they arrived?

7:51 PM, Tuesday February 23rd 2021
edited at 7:54 PM, Feb 23rd 2021

LOL. I haven't used them yet as I haven't got that far so I took a look and you are absolutely right!

I spent ages looking for what I thought would be a good set ( cause the good sets are really, really expensive ) and these were relatively cheap.. I just assumed these were 5 different templates.

Well, god knows what I am going to do with them now. I can't afford a better set. Maybe I need to mix and match some cheaper ones.

edited at 7:54 PM, Feb 23rd 2021
10:43 AM, Wednesday February 24th 2021

I'm in the same situation, I bought what I thought was a good set off amazon and they turned out to be tiny lol.

Think I might just have to try free handing at this point as I've just reached the wheel challenge!

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