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(PeteCresswell)
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I'm about to rebuild a front wheel on a larger hub.
Got 32 perfectly good - but too-long - spokes.
Priced spokes at the LBS. $2.00 a pop.
Sheesh! Plenty complete *wheels* on the shelf for less than
$76.
So, I'm thinking maybe buying whatever it takes to thread a spoke
might be cheaper - and I'll have a new tool when it's over.
Anybody been here?
One LBS has a machine that performs the whole operation:
cuts/threads. So they only have to stock one size spoke.
But I'm guessing that's a far cry from doing it "by hand"....
I've got a vice and a carbide cutoff wheel.
Is cutting/threading spokes by hand realistic?
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PeteCresswell
Got 32 perfectly good - but too-long - spokes.
Priced spokes at the LBS. $2.00 a pop.
Sheesh! Plenty complete *wheels* on the shelf for less than
$76.
So, I'm thinking maybe buying whatever it takes to thread a spoke
might be cheaper - and I'll have a new tool when it's over.
Anybody been here?
One LBS has a machine that performs the whole operation:
cuts/threads. So they only have to stock one size spoke.
But I'm guessing that's a far cry from doing it "by hand"....
I've got a vice and a carbide cutoff wheel.
Is cutting/threading spokes by hand realistic?
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PeteCresswell