ebikedelight
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- Dec 25, 2014
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Wanna thank everyone and the info they provide that helped me accomplish this feat.
I was gonna support my local bicycle shop, and pay them to do all my wheel builds, but they got greedy on me and charged me $130 to do a wheel build 2 months ago, for a 36 spoke ,ebike hub and I supplied all the parts . They quoted me $100 price just for the lacing/ truing, which I knew was a bit high , but I accepted it and told them if they do a good job, I would bring them more business. They called me 3 days later, and told me it was done, and that it would now cost me $130..so screw em.
I decided to not only build my own wheels, but learn how to cut my own spokes since I have about 100 spare 14 gauge spokes laying around.
I decided I didnt need to spend $160 on the Hozan C-706 spoke threader tool , and instead purchased just the head assembly for $58 for that tool , to mount in my Harbor freight mini lathe . This allowed me to cut spoke threads much quicker then by hand . I also came up with a system to quickly measure each spoke length accurately, before using snips to cut the spokes to size. My spoke length needed to be 169 M.M , so I took a plastic straw and measured it to that length and cut it . I then could quickly slip each spoke into the straw and let the spoke head rest on the top lip of the straw, then take my cutters and snip off the excess spoke flush with the bottom of the straw. This really worked nicely for me.
For all my measurements , spoke fabrication and lacing /truing, it took me about 9 hours to do this....next time around should be much quicker.
I was gonna support my local bicycle shop, and pay them to do all my wheel builds, but they got greedy on me and charged me $130 to do a wheel build 2 months ago, for a 36 spoke ,ebike hub and I supplied all the parts . They quoted me $100 price just for the lacing/ truing, which I knew was a bit high , but I accepted it and told them if they do a good job, I would bring them more business. They called me 3 days later, and told me it was done, and that it would now cost me $130..so screw em.
I decided to not only build my own wheels, but learn how to cut my own spokes since I have about 100 spare 14 gauge spokes laying around.
I decided I didnt need to spend $160 on the Hozan C-706 spoke threader tool , and instead purchased just the head assembly for $58 for that tool , to mount in my Harbor freight mini lathe . This allowed me to cut spoke threads much quicker then by hand . I also came up with a system to quickly measure each spoke length accurately, before using snips to cut the spokes to size. My spoke length needed to be 169 M.M , so I took a plastic straw and measured it to that length and cut it . I then could quickly slip each spoke into the straw and let the spoke head rest on the top lip of the straw, then take my cutters and snip off the excess spoke flush with the bottom of the straw. This really worked nicely for me.
For all my measurements , spoke fabrication and lacing /truing, it took me about 9 hours to do this....next time around should be much quicker.
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