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OMG WHY

The threads is a good point, perhaps it's possible to cover them with something that stops the powder adhering?

Charge enough in any case... having to take the whole Nexus apart, clean it up, reassemble, investigate, clean spokes... ;)

Let you guy take care of the painting himself. Otherwise you will be involved in the potential mess.

That moment when you suspect the Unior has gone out of center...

There's a tool but it's £50, I'll try to hack something with a long metal ruler, and another ruler ;)

Edit: Setting arm up and down slowly loosens it, and makes it un centre. So if your jig is a similar design perhaps worth getting a centre tool.

Spokes. Disc wheels for cross.
Sapim or DT Swiss
?

Whichever is cheaper.

Is it worth re-dishing a rear wheel that is 3 or 4mm right of centre or just leave it alone?

I'd say it's always worth doing if it is out by that much. You will probably not notice it that much if you were to ride that wheel (unless clearance is really tight and you run larger volume tyres than would be usual for the frame potentially resulting in chainstay rub, especially in bad weather, though this would be an extreme case to consider) but for the sake of building a good wheel following basic wheel building principles it should be centred, IMO.

Whichever is cheaper.

Yep

Is it worth re-dishing a rear wheel that is 3 or 4mm right of centre or just leave it alone?

Yes. Especially for rim brakes. And it snot hard to do.

Amazon flash sale on Park TS2.2 £155 for 2 hours

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0030LBLAY

Two observations if you are just starting...

1 - Distress often by grabbing spokes. Don't leave it to the very last, its going to be hard & may have a big effect on true/roundness when you distress.

2 - If only certain spokes are winding up (you can see if its an aero spoke, round spokes you'll find it hard to turn, pings&creaks though tensionmeter only way to be sure) undo them a lot and work other areas first.

Yes wheelbuilding 101... :)

Just built Archetypes...truer finished than mavic opensport (which always have a protrusion near joint), roundness good but cheap mavic are round too.

Beautiful finish too, anoding is perfrct and hard spokes won't scratch it, just is it worth the £ over dtswiss r460 / a wide kinlin or alexrims I don't know :)

Distress often

Only if you want to make new wheels look old before their time ;-)

You mean make my hands look old before their time...? ;)

What is wrong with distressing by spoke squeezing in your view...? It's recommended by quite a few people (Sheldon, Jobst Brandt..)

What is wrong with distressing

Only the spelling. De-stressing is an essential part of building durable wheels, having premature failures at the spoke bend is distressing.

It was just a joke, winky face gave it away. Not sure about your number 2 though, if you're getting a lot of wind up then maybe the threads weren't lubricated enough, should just over turn then back off a bit. Unwinding then doing other bits seems like a sure way to end up with uneven tension.

Not sure about your number 2 though

Huhuhu.

I'm thinking of organising an informal wheelbuilding evening one night at the shop I work at in Crystal Palace. Have drinks, maybe build a demonstration wheel, talk wheels, etc (see, my priorities are straight; booze first).
This would be sometime in February, probably. Professional wheelbuilders, amateur wheelbuilders, general enthusiasts, total n00bs; all welcome.
If anyone is interested let me know here and I might start an event thread or summat.

I know, I'm just saying that the market is getting a lots smaller now that you can get a cheap rotor that'll outlast ceramic rims.

You are indeed right about CSS being a ceramic coating. My "research" was shit.

I do use spoke lube, but it's possible the nipple isn't perfect. I took the tension back a bit, and worked on spokes around it, as in, tightened the next ones on it's side a little to even it out more and it seems OK now.

As in within 1mm true and round...

#beentestered ^=^

Toilet roll & WD40?

;)

I'm in Belfast alas, but sounds like a fun event so hope it works out for you :)

I'd be "distressed" at @snottyotter's alleged intimacy with your number 2's...

:-D

Thanks. I hope so. I just want to have a night where I can gather wheel nerdz and talk about the topic without boring the absolute shit of an unsuspecting customer who just wanted a brake adjustment....

Hi, this post is too long to trawl the whole thing so can anyone direct me to any good beginners advice/instructions, either here or elsewhere on the web.

Basically, would like to build some road wheels, built some BMX wheels 30 years ago but don't have any recent experience except the odd repair. I have an idea of what I want to do but want to see if it's feasible, also have a tight budget and want to get away with as basic equipment as possible

this post is too long to trawl the whole thing

No it isn't.