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Hefty
@mashton
Bear in mind that all LBS I spoke to said that they charge no less for truing and tensioning wheels laced by someone else than for lacing them themselves. I can see why. The lacing is really only about 5 percent of the effort and is an opportunity for a punter to cockup.
I went for a compromise of lacing them myself and then finding a friend who knows what they are doing to true and tension them for me, whilst I watched and occasionally had a go myself. I also provided the beer.
If truing stands were less expensive I'd have done it all myself.