Radial truing
09-17-23, 08:33 AM
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The fact remains that adjusting for radial true on a dished wheel by turning the nipples on both sides equally will introduce a lateral out of true to the non drive side which then must be dealt with by truing to the drive side. I try to deal with it in a way that if anything will bias the area to the drive side and then correct to the non drive.
For vertical truing, find the highest high spot on the rim. If the center of this high spot is between two spokes, tighten each of them 1/2 turn. If the high spot is centered over one spoke, tighten that spoke one full turn, and each of the two spokes next to it that go to the other flange, 1/2 turn. It takes a larger adjustment to affect the vertical truing than the horizontal truing. Vertical truing should usually be done by tightening spokes, gradually building up the tension in the wheel as you go along.
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09-17-23, 02:12 PM
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You and others are arguing about inputs, ie. Whether nipples on both sides need to turned equally or not while I'm suggesting that observing where the rim ends up is easier than obsessing how exactly it got there.
Back to the piano. It's not about how far you pull the rope, how much it stretches, or how much the jib sags. It's simply a matter of watching the piano, and stopping when it's at the right height.
When teaching wheel building and truing, I explain that spokes pull both in and across, and in dished wheels the left side pulls across more than the right. After that students focused on position quickly adapt as they start truing.
But I'm not going to argue. Folks can read all the posts, learn a bit from each and get a sense of the big picture on their own.
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