Originally Posted by
FBinNY
Dan, I suspect you might be misreading the intent of the quoted post. He's referring (I think) to the problem of a short run, hub to rim, where weaving introduces too much bend. You see the same problem on 1x builds when the cross is too close to the hub.
This is why I rarely weave spokes when building on motor hubs.
No, I caught that, and I agree. I've done numerous large flange small rim builds, and I do the same. I was just noting that there is no need to fear putting a temporary bend in a spoke to wrestle it into place.