Originally Posted by
alcjphil
Getting the correct length spoke depends on how accurately you can measure it. I have a spoke measure ruler floating around someplace in one of my toolboxes, but I seldom have used it. .....
We're measuring by eyeballing to the vestigial J-bend, and working to 1mm accuracy. For these purposes even the cheapest painted plastic ruler like the 10 cent ones school kids carry (yes, I know 10 cent rulers aren't 10 cents anymore) are equally accurate.
IMO - people here on BF and elsewhere in the bike world tend to get worked up over a sense of precision that simply isn't relevant to the purpose.