knocking together a wheel truing stand, one or two struts

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Dr pepper

Member
I want to throw together a sturdy truing stand from some angle iron.
The idea I have is to have just one upright that the hub clamps to, or bolts depending what the hub is, and have the vertical upright 'unplug' from the base.
Then building a wheel and lacing spokes with it in the stand might be possible.
Some sort of indicator can clamp itself to the upright for final truing.
Does this sound a good idea or a non starter.
 

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
@Trickedem made his own wheel truing stand.
 

Way-Out-West

Senior Member
Location
Pinno's attic
I think just a single upright wouldn’t be sturdy enough and would accentuate any bearing play coming from the hub. Lacing the spokes is much easier away from a stand.
I made a wheelbuilding stand using a turbo trainer as the stand and bolt an adjustable guide rail (which I made) to the turbo when needed and removable when not. Works well.
At a pinch you can build wheels in the bike rear triangle or forks.
 
Here's mine, made from a few scrags lying about the place
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