Old 05-17-11 | 01:44 PM
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svtmike
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From: Chicago, IL

Bikes: S-Works Roubaix SL2^H4, Secteur Sport, TriCross, Kaffenback, Lurcher 29er

I use a Spin Doctor truing stand mounted to the miter slot of my table saw, with a couple of dial gauges on magnetic bases for true and round. I get the wheel close with the cheesy plastic feelers on the truing stand, and then finish it up with the dial gauges. It's a nice, cheap accurate setup at $40 for the stand and $30 a piece for the dial gauges and bases (ignoring the cost of the saw of course).

I spend most of my wheelbuilding time though checking and rechecking spoke tensions to make sure they're nice and even. I find the gauge for round very useful since the mechanism on the truing stand has a tremendous amount of lash to it and is difficult to use precisely as a result.
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