Pizza Peel Router Template (Clear Acrylic)

Pizza Peel Acrylic Router Template

Create wooden pizza peels, pizza serving paddles, oven boards, and pizza-themed serving pieces with this reusable clear acrylic router template. This template is designed for woodworkers who want a clean, repeatable pizza peel shape with adjustable overall length and two handle options.

The clear acrylic makes it easy to position the template over your wood so you can highlight grain, figure, colour variation, knots, or other natural features before cutting your final pizza peel.

What You Can Make With This Template

• Wooden pizza peels
• Pizza serving paddles
• Pizza boards and oven boards
• Restaurant, pizzeria, and home kitchen display pieces
• Food-themed gift boards
• Market products and small-batch woodworking projects

Adjustable Length With Two Handle Options

This pizza peel template includes multiple pieces so you can adjust the overall length of your finished project. It also includes two handle options, giving you more flexibility when designing a shorter serving paddle or a longer pizza peel-style board.

Why Use a Clear Acrylic Pizza Peel Template?

• Repeatable pizza peel shape: Make the same pizza peel or serving paddle profile again and again without redrawing your layout each time.
• Adjustable finished length: Use the included template pieces to create a shorter or longer finished board depending on your project.
• Two handle options: Choose the handle style that works best for the look and use of your finished pizza peel.
• Clear placement: See the wood underneath so you can position the template around the best grain, colour, or figure in the board.
• Reusable acrylic: Made from 1/4" thick clear acrylic for repeated use when handled and stored properly.
• Use for routing or tracing: Attach the template and route directly, or trace the shape before cutting and sanding.

Recommended Products to Use With This Template

To make a finished wooden pizza peel, most customers will also need a way to secure the template, the right router bits, suitable hardwood, and a finish for the completed piece.

• Template Tape - used to secure the acrylic template to your wood while tracing or routing.
• Profiling Router Bit - useful for following the template on the first pass before removing excess material with a band saw or jig saw.
• Flush Trim Router Bit - used after rough cutting to clean up the final shape against the template.
• Dimensional Wood - choose from kiln-dried hardwoods for making pizza peels, serving boards, paddles, and giftable woodworking projects.
• Walrus Oil Cutting Board Oil - a good choice for food-contact pizza peels, pizza boards, and serving boards.
• Grand Finishing Hardwax Oil - a great option for decorative pizza boards, display pieces, wall art, and other non-cutting-board projects.

How to Use This Pizza Peel Template

1. Choose your wood: Start with a flat, stable piece of hardwood or glued-up panel that is large enough for the pizza peel length you want to make.
2. Choose your layout: Decide whether you want to make a shorter pizza serving paddle or a longer pizza peel-style board using the included template pieces.
3. Select your handle option: Choose the handle style that best matches your finished project.
4. Position the template: Place the clear acrylic pieces over the board and adjust them until the shape works well with the grain, colour, and figure of the wood.
5. Attach the template: Apply template tape to the back of the acrylic template pieces and press them firmly onto the wood.
6. Trace or profile the shape: You can trace the template with a pencil, or use a profiling router bit to follow the template before removing excess material.
7. Remove excess material: Use a band saw or jig saw to cut away most of the waste material outside the pizza peel shape.
8. Flush trim the final profile: Reattach or keep the template secured and use a flush trim bit to clean up the final shape.
9. Sand and finish: Sand the faces and edges smooth, then apply the right finish for your project. Use a food-safe cutting board oil for food-contact pizza peels and serving boards.

Watch: How to Use Acrylic Router Templates

New to template routing? This video walks through the process and helps explain how acrylic templates, router bits, and template tape work together.

Template Details

• Material: Clear acrylic
• Thickness: 1/4"
• Pizza peel end size: approximately 14" wide x 14" tall
• Longest finished layout: approximately 37"
• Shortest finished layout: approximately 22.5"
• Template features: Multiple pieces for adjustable overall length and two handle options
• Use for: Routing, tracing, layout, and repeatable shaping
• Product type: Reusable acrylic woodworking template
• Finished project style: Wooden pizza peel, pizza paddle, pizza serving board, oven board, or kitchen display piece
• Template SKU: 02-073

Helpful Router Template Guides

Not sure which router bit to use or how to get started with acrylic templates? These guides can help before you begin your project.

• Template Guides
• Router Template Guide
• What Router Bit Do I Need?
• Template Routing for Beginners

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a finished pizza peel?

No. This listing is for the reusable clear acrylic template only. Wood, router bits, template tape, sanding supplies, and finish are sold separately.

Can this pizza peel template be reused?

Yes. This acrylic template is reusable when handled carefully, cleaned as needed, and stored flat between uses.

Can I adjust the finished length of the pizza peel?

Yes. This template includes multiple pieces so you can adjust the overall length of your finished pizza peel or serving paddle. The shortest layout is approximately 22.5" and the longest layout is approximately 37".

Does this template include more than one handle option?

Yes. This template includes two handle options so you can choose the look and layout that works best for your finished project.

Can I use this template without a router?

Yes. You can use the template for tracing and layout, then cut the shape with a band saw or jig saw and sand to your final profile. For the cleanest repeatable results, many woodworkers use the template with a router.

What router bit should I use with this template?

For full board templates like this one, a common method is to use a profiling bit for the first pass, remove excess material with a band saw or jig saw, and then use a flush trim bit to clean up the final shape.

What wood works well for pizza peels?

Maple, cherry, walnut, ash, white oak, and other kiln-dried hardwoods can work well for pizza peels and pizza serving boards. Choose a flat, stable board or panel that is large enough for the finished length you want to make.

What finish should I use?

For food-contact pizza peels and serving boards, use a food-safe cutting board oil such as Walrus Oil Cutting Board Oil. For decorative or non-food-contact projects, Grand Finishing Hardwax Oil is another great option.

Create Wooden Pizza Peels With a Repeatable Shape

Whether you are making a functional pizza peel, a pizza serving board, or a custom kitchen gift, this clear acrylic router template helps you create a consistent shape while still giving you flexibility with the finished length and handle style.