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If you'll find your work process more lean + inspiring + enjoyable with the new machine then 2.500£ is dirt cheap.
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Is there a market for spoke cutting? I know JRA have a Phil Wood machine and sell spokes in any length, but they don't charge more because they are cut to length.
Yes, it reduces the number of sizes you need to stock... if you used only plain gauge to virtually only one length needed, but realistically these days you need double butted, so you still need 5 mm increments. Some spokes cannot be cut (as above D-Light, but also Alpine 3 I think)... I don't know if it ever pays for itself. it is a nice piece of kit and tools are an investment... besides, if you do it as a business you can write it off your tax, which is a win win situation if you are not desperate for cash.
I would still not buy it though... I believe in the long run they are getting obsolete
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Thanks for that. I do have some spare cash at the moment so thought it might be a good long term investment. I could easily at a page to my website about a spoke cutting and threading service. If I charged 20p per spoke I would break even at around 12,500 spokes. But the main attraction is that there wouldn't be any bottleneck of waiting for spokes to arrive during an order and I could turn them around much faster.