Safely Secure Your Stock Without Using a Cradle for checkering

For this project I did not create a cradle for the stock for one reason. I am working with a raw piece of wood and not an already shaped stock. Tossing a finished stock into a regular vice can damage the wood and is not recommended. However, because I really do not see myself turning this hunk of wood into a finished product, I am not too worried if the vice leaves a few marks. If I decide to continue practicing hand checkering, then I would absolutely make or purchase a cradle to work the wood.

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