| Re: DIY base for Minoura Workman Pro
"Ozark Bicycle" <bicycleatelier@ozarkbicycleservice.com> wrote in message
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> > You made a portable "truing" stand which is what you set out to
> > accomplish.
>
> Yes, that was the goal: a truing stand for use "in the field". That is
> why I removed the vertical guage from my Minoura: it's presence made
> it impossible for the stand to accept wheels mounted with anything
> other than the narrowest of tires (a necessity for "quicky" truing
> during a simple tune up, etc.). I found that a simple piece of tubing
> mounted between the lateral truing indicators works well as a vertical
> indicator when necessary and is quicker than replacing the Minoura
> supplied vertical guage.
>
> > I use mine to get wheels to within .010 (.25mm).
>
> You mean in lateral runout?
>
Yes.... If the wheel was well built to begin with and not too trashed,
it's not too hard to get it that close. The idea being that the wheel will
stay within tolerable runout longer if it's trued better. i.e. I don't
have to mess with it again for a while. Pay me now or pay me later.
I'm not obsessive enough to try to correct ovoid rims.
> >
> > If I were going to be building wheels on a regular basis I'd get a Var
or
> > Park stand.
> >
>
> I've never used the VAR; I can recommend the Park TS-2, but with the
> reservation that an alignment guage is needed for precision work,
> despite the "automatic centering" feature.
>
The lower priced VAR #74 weighed 22 Lbs. (10 Kg) and was sturdy enough to
be used with motorcycle wheels.
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/var/pages/var0035.html
A better stand that I forgot about was the Hozan wheel truing stand. We
had one or two at our shop that were beefier than the model they sell
today. It weighed about 30 Lbs.
http://www.hozan.co.jp/cycle_e/catal...tand/C-330.htm
They have a lot of interesting tools on their web site:
http://www.hozan.co.jp/cycle_e/
Chas.
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