The TS-2 does a fairly good job of automatically centering the guides, but it's not perfect and if you flip a wheel around, you'll see that it's not always dished correctly. I find that if the stand is calibrated at 100mm for front wheels, it will be off at 130mm for rear wheels. So a dishing tool is still a good idea. Also, with threaded steel axle hubs, the TS-2 can't possibly dish them correctly, since threaded steel axles aren't straight.
The TS-2 is still my preferred stand however, since it's very stable and very fast to use. Several years ago Park came out with a very expensive stand that they promised would speed up the building process. I bought one. It's was an extremely well made kludge and I sent it back. If you have any hopes of building wheels for a living, get the TS-2. If you have money to burn, get the TS-2. But if you just want to build yourself a couple of wheel, just buy the least expensive flimsy thing you can find, and a dishing tool. The only disadvantage you'll have is speed, and a novice wheelbuilder is not going to be fast anyway. I built my first dozen wheels for myself and friends using my bike flipped upside down as a truing stand. The brake pads work quite well as alignment gauges. It's slow, but the end result will be the same. A better truing stand only helps you build wheels faster. On Dec 26, 7:53 pm, MichaelH <[email protected]> wrote: > I suffered a foot injury last summer, which has gradually gotten > worse, (despite 4 months of medical (in)attention!) and has gotten to > the point where I can not ride and can't walk more than short > distances. This has cut into virtually every activity that requires > standing, and it now looks like it will be at least another 5 or 6 > weeks until I'm back to something like normal. > > So instead of spending free time in my woodworking shop this winter, > I'm thinking about building my first set of wheels, which can be done > sitting down. The first pair will be pretty expensive since I will > not only need all the components, but a truing stand. That's the real > question here - which one. > > My son, who is pretty good at this, but on the other side of the > country, is encouraging me to buy the Park Stand. He claims, that if > the stand is true I wont need the dishing tool. The other option I've > seen on the web is the Minoura, which has the advantage of being about > $130 less than the Park. > > Suggestions and recounts of others experience welcome. > > Michael > Westford, Vt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
