Originally Posted by scarlson

I think I used beer to get through the two wheels I did...

I'm also deathly afraid of creating a flat spot on the rollers of mine. Not sure if this fear is founded, but I like to keep it dripping with oil and I like to have the feel of the hand crank, in case I need to loosen the tension on the rolling head. I am also using this to work with vintage swaged spokes to make period-correct wheels, so I think diameter tolerances and roundness might be more variable.