Actually I made a few holders by drilling a hole in a short piece of lumber with a forstner bit, then ripping it in half and sanding the edges smooth. That way I end up with 2 “U” shaped things. The lure blank goes between and gets clamped in a vise. It works pretty well except when the blank is very soft wood. I should make a couple out of Styrofoam. I have a few with different sized holes and one that I cut again to shape like a pincer so the holder doesn’t wrap the entire blank.
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