02-13-2007, 09:21 AM
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On Feb 13, 11:30 am, "* * Chas" <verktygj...@aol.spamski.com> wrote:
> "Ozark Bicycle" <bicycleatel...@ozarkbicycleservice.com> wrote in message
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> > > You made a portable "truing" stand which is what you set out to
> > > accomplish.
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> > 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.
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> > > I use mine to get wheels to within .010 (.25mm).
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> > You mean in lateral runout?
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> 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.
Yes, but, IME, there is an optimum combination of lateral true,
vertical true and balanced spoke tension. IOW, I wouldn't attempt to
achieve 0.25mm of lateral runout at the expense of the other two
parameters.
> i.e. I don't
> have to mess with it again for a while. Pay me now or pay me later.
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> I'm not obsessive enough to try to correct ovoid rims.
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> > > If I were going to be building wheels on a regular basis I'd get a Var
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> > > Park stand.
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> > 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.
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> The lower priced VAR #74 weighed 22 Lbs. (10 Kg) and was sturdy enough to
> be used with motorcycle wheels.
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> http://www.sheldonbrown.com/var/pages/var0035.html
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> 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.
Yes, the Hozan is sort of the classic old image of the truing stand
seen in shops way back 'in the day'.
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> http://www.hozan.co.jp/cycle_e/catal...tand/C-330.htm
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> They have a lot of interesting tools on their web site:
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> http://www.hozan.co.jp/cycle_e/
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