Got one of these off CL for $100. Came with a matching dishing tool. Already have one so I didn't actually need it. Pretty much new but grubby from sitting for 20years or so. Perfect adjustment. I'll probably just clean it up and give it to the guy down the street. He and his kids ride lots and he can probably use it haha.
Stock pix but it's an older TS2. I've been using one for nearly 40 years. Great tool.

I just paid $150 for one... did I get ripped off?

Seriously, sounds like you got a great deal.

$150 is still pretty darn good, IME.

Plus, there is no buyers remorse allowed on Bike Forums. IIRC it's in the rules that nobody reads when they download something.

There's a good reason why practically every bike mechanic in the country has a TS2, they're a brilliant design and super well made.

My wife got me a used TS3, the fancier one, for Chistmas back around the turn of the century, I forget the amount but it was under $100. (Dollar was worth less back then tho.)
She saw it at Recycled Cycles, knew I'd love it and she was so right.

It's not "better" than a TS2 but it sure is fancier. This is a stock photo from the Park site but mine is the same, including the dial indicators.You can't quite see the mechanism in back, but it's a 3-bar linkage that adjusts the arms in and out for different hub widths. Again, not better than the way the TS2 does it, but it looks like optical equipment. It's 'trick'.

The dial indicators are actually useful, for my old eyes that can't see the tiny gap as well as I used to. I start with the regular pointers and only switch to the dials after I'm as close as I can get the old-fashioned way. I also like how the right and left pointers are independently adjustable, the one way I'd say this stand is actually better than a TS2, if only a little. You never really need it, but sometimes it's helpful. Oh and I also like how I can tilt the whole thing toward me when the bench is high or the stool I'm sitting on is low, or tilt it away from me for working standing up. Helps with lining up the white background part, to better see the tiny gap.

Of course I could live with a TS2 (it's most bike mechanics' dream truing stand), but the TS3 sparks joy.

EDIT: Yikes, I just googled for prices. One sold on The CABE 12 years ago for $900, and the one on ebay at the moment is asking $2400. Good luck! The ebay description says "a must-have for any serious cyclist". Jeez who writes this cr@p? AI maybe.
Ooh, here's one, auction format, $500 opening bid, a mere $1000 buy it now. It has another dial higher up, for disk rotors. That's cool, maybe I'll add one t my stand... if I ever need to true a disk rotor, which has never happened to me yet. I bet most people just toss a warped rotor and buy a new one anyway, amiright?
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The TS2 centering alignment of the calipers escapes me. I know there has to be a way to do it, but haven’t figured it out yet.

I true brand new rotors with a dial gauge. Sometimes they’re pretty straight, sometimes they aren’t. It makes adjusting disc calipers a bit easier and doesn’t take long.

I paid $50 for this TS-2 a couple of years ago. It came with the black stand and thru-axle adapters. It was fairly rusty so I had to do a bit of rust removal and buy the rebuild kit and a few other replacement parts. I think I was all-in at around $100.

Cool, I didn't know. I guess I was assuming new ones came straight, without thinking about what "straight" means. Of course (he said slapping his forehead) there's always a tolerance, and tight tolerance costs too much. There's a pressure to put out a minimally-acceptable product as cheaply as possible, so I shouldn't be surprised that new ones don't come straight.

the technical term for that is "within spec".

I spent some time working as an engineer in aerospace, so I'm familiar with what can be done when you remove the "as cheaply as possible" from the equation. You get some very cool stuff!

Steve in Peoria

Being about work stands, I think "home made" might spark a bit of interest. That said, my guess is that I have very few dollars invested in this stand. I snapped up the dial gauge at a yard sale one day and the aluminum angle bar came from the scrap metal pile at work (years ago, retired now). Anyway, home made...



Made my own dishing tool also...




These two I bought at another yard sale but cannot remember how much I paid. I will guess at ten bucks each...

TabA / SlotB if you just follow the Park instructions. I use the trued wheel for the centering guide method. And remember that there's no need to CLAMP the wheel in the stand. The stand doesn't like that and will not center properly.

https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/...ts-2-centering

I a Park truing stand myself, but settled for a Minoura.
Not as heavy construction as the Park truing stands, but adequate for the very few wheels I build. Also about half the price and the extra money went to buy a matching Minours dishing tool.

It doesn't take much to spot a fellow traveler:

Your first clause no verb.

I really want one of these

Randy's truining stand and dishing tool are excellently designed and made.

I also have a Minora also. It's pluses are less expensive and it folds and fits into a neat little box. It does the job for the once a year or less that I need it.

Right on, nobody "needs" a heavy/rigid truing stand. The Minoura makes wheels that are 100% as good as what you can do on a Park. Definitely a big improvement in the usefulness per dollar ratio.

I still have my old Minoura that sufficed before my Park Christmas present. It's now relegated to wheel washing, tubular gluing, anything that I don't want to get into my dial indicators. But it was a great stand before it got 'obsoleted' by the totally over-done TS3, the tool-fetishist's choice.