I forgot this thread existed, and have only posted in 'the other' wheel thread.
>>1981238>is there a good book on wheelbuilding?Someone else mentioned the Jobst Brandt book. It's short, and to the point. Good to read through once, and take away the distilled "this stuff matters, this stuff doesn't".
After that, the practice is the same as elsewhere, so when you forget stuff (because you don't build a set of wheels everyday), you can just reference Sheldon, etc. Both of those have good, clear text & diagrams.
The one that was best for me was the Roger Musson wheelbuilding book. Mostly because it introduced me to a different kind of truing stand, which I really get a long with. Pic is an excerpt, showing the style.
One of the things that really put me off when I was starting was "buying a truing stand". Turns out it's quite cheap to build a versatile one.
>>1981314WheelFanatyk sells something that is damn near identical to what's in the Jobst book, $300 or so for one w/ a Mitutoyo dial indicator. Easy to hold, and use, and reason about. I'd say it's hard to do better than that.
>>1983956>heavy duty 35 spoke rimsPress 'F' for real niggas who never learned to count.
