Hozan spoke threading tool
Wondering if anyone else who might be using the Hozan spoke threading tool can comment. I’ve had the tool for a while, and successfully made/threaded a few spokes, but hadn’t noticed how shallow the new threads are (and surprised they haven’t pulled out of the nipples). (Edited to add…purchased it new, used about a dozen times.) Making one yesterday (test on an old spoke), I noticed that the new threads didn’t seem to be nearly as deep as other pre-threaded spokes. So, the manual says (see attached photo): “When you cannot instert the nipple smoothly, turn the adjust nut clockwise to tighten.” AND “When the die head does not bite the spoke, Turn the adjust nut counterclockwise to loosen.” I understand that to mean if the threads need to be deeper to tighten, and/or TOO deep to loosen. Is that a misprint? When I did “tighten” (clockwise) the adjust nut, it seems to have loosened the rollers, and the resulting threads seemed even shallower. So, I did the opposite…loosened/counterclockwise the adjust nut, and the resultant threads on my test spoke were appropriately deep enough. — Dan
Last edited by _ForceD_; 08-29-23 at 07:49 PM.