Some additional info…
I now use a parting tool to cleanly cut off the waste block at the bottom.
The waste comes from the safety space to prevent to bit from hitting the live center on the lathe.
I have issues cleaning off the top/face of lure and addtionally creating the cupped face to create the splash.
I cut the top off these, bored a .5" x .25" hole with a Forsner bit and then rounded it with a .75" ball burr, all done on a Jet Drill press. Very Not pretty, nor repeatable or precise.
Some other parts of the process that are a challenge are the drilling of the .05" hole thru the center of the lure
Here’s the results
