Originally Posted by supcom
A flat blade screwdriver is nice for snugging up the nipples. You will need some kind of truing stand. You can use the bike with the brake blocks as the truing reference, but even a cheap truing stand makes the job a lot nicer.
In all my wheelbuilding, I've never needed a truing stand.
Heh, the first wheel I took apart and rebuilt, I marked every spingle spoke and the corresponding hole with a different color nail polish...then found out it really wasn't so hard after all.
Building a bike is like riding one...once you learn how, you never forget.
*has had to break that same wheel down and build it up uncounted times. The wheel is now in the garbage and the bike has a new wheel.*
Wait till you get into the cool things, like five-cross crow's foot spoke lacing pattern. Then you start having some real fun.