Originally Posted by
Salamandrine
As a slight aside, if any of you have never seen a Phil Wood spoke thread roller in action, I think there's a youtube of it somewhere. Those contraptions always fascinated me in real life. Presumably DT spokes are made of something harder than mild steel. I don't know what SS alloy they use.
Here's one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDer5HJpbHA
I bought one of those for a shop I managed in the early 80's. It was around a grand to purchase, as I recall. Available new today for
$4500. It's one of those things I'd love to have, but will probably never purchase unless I win the lottery.
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