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If you're only building for yourself I'd say a tensionmeter is a bit ott.
Maybe if you want to be building weight weenie carbon rims but otherwise nah.
Haven't used the ts8 but I have used one of these
Which I think actually looks sturdier than the ts8 but it was still a total pain in the dick to use. I'm kinda spoiled as I have access to a TS2.2 at work and one at home as well but I'd rather use zipties on my seatstays than one of those cheap stands.
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So I want to have a go at teaching myself to build wheels.
Bought the e-book/pdf, watched all the vids, going to order hubs and rims. Need to tool up. Spoke key and nipple driver the easy bit. Any recommendations on a home mechanic truing/building stand and dishing tool before I buy the parktool ts8 and wag5?