Ok Merziac,
Here are the last set of pics and description of the wheel build process! My little seventeen year old buddie flew off and didn't stay to help supervise the final work. But here goes:
The wheel went to my truing stand this afternoon and it got a treatment of oil to to the spoke nipples to help lubricate them when I start to really crank down on them. After oiling every nipple I went around the drive side spokes to have just two threads of the spoke showing above the end of the nipple. To be sure I am working with the whole wheel I use the valve hole as a reference point. Then I go over to the NDS and do the same thing. This assures radial roll-out is correct. Then I move back to the drive side and turn the nipples down until there are no threads left showing above the end of the nipple. At this point I check radial roundness once again and begin to correct for variations in both roundness and lateral true. At this time the wheel dish is toward the drive side and the adjustments are being made from the NDS. Final adjustments are made for roll out and lateral true. I flex the spokes by hand by squeezing them in pairs opposite each other to be sure they are seated and check both measurements again. As a last step I check the dish with a dish tool to be sure my truing stand is not in need of adjustment. The wheel is now ready for tape and tires.
The wheel goes into the truing stand.
The tools I use for this step: screwdriver, bicycle research driver, and a handful of spoke wrenches.
Oiling the spoke nipples to make tightening easier.
Truing for radial roundness
Final true and the lateral true clearance of about half a mm. Note spacing on the left arm.
I suspect that this truing stand looks a bit different than what most here are used to. This is the newest iteration of the VAR stand. It holds tolerances quite well, and rarely goes off center. This wheel came out of the stand and checked perfectly with a dish tool. It cost a bit more but the reliability is what sold me on buying it. No cranks other than the lateral jaws and all else is fast and easy.
This concludes the segment on wheel building and I hope it was helpful for those who have followed through my antics of a wheel build. I am going to build the front next and move on to the bike completion. Smiles, MH