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First attempt at wheel building.....help as I go.

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oldtired:
as this is the Tech section you should use the correct terminology ,   that being   " Spokey Do Dah "   :LolLolLolLol:   

EDBANGER:

--- Quote from: oldtired on May 24, 2014, 05:42 PM --- :daumenhoch:   credit where it due  :4_17_5:

sorry for snaking the thread  Si,     it tends to happen on here  ;D    hope at least some of its useful to you  :daumenhoch:

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Haha no worries. there.  It's nice that someone is actually reading my ramblings.  Just finished the front wheel lacing now and I didn't even need to use the guide  ;).  Need to tighten up the spokes and then tru them.  I have Steve making me some truing devices so we'll see how well I take to that when I pick them up.

EDBANGER:
OK, how do other people go about tightening the spokes once the wheel is laced.  I started by putting the nipples on and giving each one 4 full turns each.  Once all the spokes are in I'm now going around the rim adding one turn to each nipple.  It's taking bloody ages and I'm getting bored now.  There's got to be a better method than this???

snoopy72:
I enjoyed the lacing bit  :LolLolLolLol: a pish of pish

snoopy72:
always Start from the valve hole, tighten all the spokes so you can just see the thread, but only if it lets you, dont overtighten, if you start getting cracking sounds it too tight and your spokes are too short.
then starting again from the valve hole turn each one 1/4 of a turn until the hole wheel nips up, tap the spokes with a hammer (only a tap) I used a rubber sand filled hammer,close to the eye's the spokes that are bending over the hub 36 spokes (9 each side)ONLY tap these 9 spokes per side ONCE, it's to get them close to the hub.
look at the wheel side view and straight any spokes that don't look straight and press lightly each cross over to bend in slightly,
If all the nipples are screwed in the same this is a good base line, the up and down of the wheel should be good but may need tweaking, you must adjust up and down first before left and right truing .truing the wheel up and down is opposite to adjusting the spokes for left and right.
When your happy with the truing grab the spokes where they cross over and give them a squeeze  then re check, this takes the stress out of the spokes, if you don't do this when you start riding the wheel will go out of tru and the odd loose spoke will appear
the rim if it has a join may have a discrepancy on the join or at the valve hole, ignore this and tru it up in betwween this point, some rims are impossible to get perfect, you can only tru it up as good as the rim.
The rest is best to read the  Sheldon Brown article (it's a long read) when you have finished , a 20" rim should have a E pitch to the spokes when you twang them, do this last because if you have a slightly loose or tight spokes these can be adjusted with very small amounts of turn (not even a 1/4) to get the pitch the same from all the spokes.
low pitch is loose and a higher pitch it too tight. listen to an E string on You Tube (not G-string) :LolLolLolLol:
and your getting bored now, wait until 4 hours later and your still truing it :LolLolLolLol: make sure you grease the threads of the spokes with anti seize compound

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