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I attempted a wheel build last night, using videos from thebiketube channel on YouTube.
When it came to the non-drive side, I had problems.
https://youtu.be/8NJwEcm-NTw
The video suggests two things:
-You start lacing the NDS spokes in alternate holes from the outside where it seems most logical
-the first spoke laced from the inside out needs to be the valve hole spoke, which is basically the opposite spoke to the valve hole spoke on the drive side
Something about those two steps (which didn't seem particularly precise) didn't work, and there was too big a distance for the NDS valve hole spoke.
In the end, I had to change all the NDS spokes round, so innies became outies, and then the spokes next to the one which was the valve hole spoke worked.
What went wrong? Is there a more precise way of work out how to lace the NDS or did I get something wrong from the video?