Thanks for all the great ideas. I don't have a bandsaw ... yet. It's on the short list
I don't either. I cut the blanks to width by using the template as a guide between the blade and the fence on my TS. Then I cut the blanks to length, traced the outline & nibbled away most of the rounded portion excess using a miter saw. The rest was cleaned up by two faced taping the template to the blank & using a top bearing bit on the router table.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." - John Lennon