I picked up a Minoura truing stand for cheap, maybe $35. It's screwed down to my workbench. I don't use it much, but if you're building or rebuilding a wheel, there is no substitute to a stable, accurate, eye-level truing stand. It just makes it that much faster to dial in a wheel radially, laterally, and dished on center.
That said, you can make your own out of old frame parts (100mm - rigid fork and/or 135mm - rear chainstays, bolted to the table), but having an adjustable width stand that folds out of the way is really handy.
Thanks. At some point (when I move out of this 1bdrm apt) I'll invest in one. My only option now is bolting it to the kitchen table. I've never trued any rims before so in the end if I can't learn the skill I'll take it to the LBS, hopefully I can figure it out. Anyone mind giving me a run down or want to point me to a guide that is good?
If the nipples do not turn easily, I would suggest putting a small drop of light oil at the rim/nipple and nipple/spoke. It is easy to round off an aluminum nipple.
All you really need is a spoke wrench. Everything else, even the basic stuff I use and recommend on my site, can be adapted.
The best thing you can buy is Roger's e-book, linked from my site. He even shows you how to make a cardboard dishing tool - and even that is not necessary if you just flip the wheel in the fork (or hi priced jig).
Don't forget to dish your rims first ! and check for all three ways that you can ture a rim... and if you really want to get spiff and you should care about your wheels enough to do so, aim for all the same spoke tension... i ding mine to guage them (in the same place on each spoke, with my spoke wrench held the same way each time).... not the best, but i have yet to break down and buy a tensioniomier... (sp?)
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