OK, am I missing something? As far as I can tell the ‘plastic nipple holder’ is basically just for holding the nipple/boat thing in place while you thread the spoke in, right? Can this not be accomplished with a pair of pliers and something to make them soft jawed so they don’t damage the nipples?
I would really quite like to avoid buying them because the kit to get them is £100 at crc! For a spoke key, spoke holder, torx socket and some bits of plastic… Makes me wonder if I can get on to someone like raceware direct and see if they’ll print me one if I can CAD it up.
I’d already bought the fancy spoke key, which still rounded a nipple- didn’t know about the potential for them to be glued then though.