If you don't want to cough up for a book, I found the Barnett Manual section on wheel building excellent. The system for spoke lacing is really clear and systematic. I've probably built 10 or so sets of wheels, and with the BM I never got into trouble with lacing up. You should be able to find a pdf of an old edition of the BM online.
I have a cheapish truing stand and dish stick that have lasted me nearly 10 years. A worthwhile investment IMO. You can bodge along with homemade tools but I found as a beginner that it's less frustrating with the proper tools. Johnny in Belgium On Friday, 5 March 2021 at 19:07:09 UTC+1 Mike Godwin wrote: > Yep, build your own. I'm somewhere north of 100 wheel builds (not pairs), > for friends and family, and self. I've used Brandt's method and over time > picked up a truing stand, tension meter (both Park), and dishing tool > (Minoura). My first wheels were done using the bike for a truing stand, and > like others here, changing rims and just tensioning pre-built wheels. It is > relaxing, a way to catch up on long neglected albums or CDs, and its > rewarding to ride the wheels you built for thousands of miles. > > Mike SLO CA > > On Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 3:50:35 PM UTC-8 RichS wrote: > >> It is indeed Jim Langley. Agree with Garth on how well the information is >> presented. >> >> Best, >> Rich in ATL >> (Building a set of wheels right now) >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Mar 4, 2021, at 11:50 AM, Pancake <abe.g...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Is this the video you were referring to? >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUqul03hbZ8 >> Jim Langley (not Land)? >> >> On Monday, 19 October 2020 at 10:48:25 UTC-7 Garth wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> You'll be alright Steven. The difference to me between wheels built >>> by me and wheels built by a dedicated professional is theirs are within >>> tighter tolerances and they don't ever need touched, at least mine haven't >>> and I have a 20 year old pair from Joe Young. They also do it much quicker >>> of course. >>> >>> Jim Land on youtube has the best video of building/truing wheels I've >>> seen, his way is presentation is very easy going and more intuitive than >>> all the books that I once read, and hated. >>> >>> "Just one more book Alice ... and POW .. right in the kisser !" >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/3zIiRgSUB7s/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bdbc933b-4ac4-4962-9c40-4edf4bb7303dn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bdbc933b-4ac4-4962-9c40-4edf4bb7303dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/04252b5c-50fd-4090-b2cf-d6310acb20d0n%40googlegroups.com.
