Originally Posted by Psimet2001

...careful with that. That's not 100% true. Also - many people other than Sheldon (RIP) and Jobst build wheels...well... I tend to find that stress relieving fully is one of the factors that has always set my wheel builds apart from every single other build we have ever come across. It's more than just the spoke.

You'd be amazed at how much windup is stored in some spokes in wheels that were machine built and never fully stress relieved...and yes stress relieving fully will release spoke windup.

You're more than welcome to send a wheel you've built to me at any time. I won't touch it other than to stress relieve it fully and return it to you. You'll think FedEx dropped it off a cliff.