I do love my rotary -I've even mastered cutting out clothes patterns with it. The few templates I do use are cardboard. I mostly use a yardstick and rulers. I actually bought my very first mop 2 yrs ago. I'm still not sure if the floors are as clean as when I done them by hand but getting up is getting harder to do. I enjoy doing things the way my Gramma taught me. There's such a nice feeling of satisfaction when I'm done.