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withered_preacher
Front wheel done. No tools other than a spoke wrench. Only took me like 6 hours.
Tip: for checking roundness get the wheel into the fork and push a coffee table against the rim until it's touching most of the circumference. Loosen the spokes at the points where it doesn't touch.
For checking dish, suspend the rim on two identical mugs and make a pile of coins underneath until it touches. Flip the rim and check distance to coins again.
Apologies if this has come up already but then again I'm not sure how many people are as dumb as me and attempting this nonsense without the proper gear.
(Spoke length was fine BTW even with the 5mm difference in ERD)