Handy tools all of them but that nipple tool is the one that speaks to me most. I hate it when a nipple falls into the rim - I usually have to wait until the wheel is nearly laced to get it back out through the valve hole.
Sometimes when the fit/reach is tight I'll thread a spare spoke onto the back of the nipple to do the same job but that adds a lot of time (though not as much as dropping the nipple into the rim). Thanks for sharing! -Dave On Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 12:52:58 PM UTC-5 richdpow...@gmail.com wrote: > X-posted Ibob/rbw > > > The ERD discussion the other day got me thinking about some extras I came > across that are helpful to those building wheels. I thought I’d share. > Also, my typing skills coupled with a mobile device seems to increase my > errors, sorry about that! > > > Does anyone on the list have a 3d printer? Who doesn’t like specialty > tools? I had a friend with a 3D printer make a few sets of these for me. > They are for a wheel building class in Des Moines. The class is a > fundraiser for the local Bike Collective. If you need a place to help in > your community, I’ve found this to be vary rewarding. > > The items printed were mostly free files on online. A few bucks in > material. Are they perfect? No, but close. They are fun and functional. > Can’t beat that! > > > The orange spoke nipple tool uses a filed point on an old spoke to hold > the nipple through friction. It’s helpful as you turn it onto a spoke while > building. A real time saver. > > > The blue shuffler is a neat deal that tumbles all nipples into the slots > head up. This makes them all ready to easily pick with the orange tool. > > > The yellow spoke wrench holder has a few mounting holes at the bottom to > fasten somewhere. > > > If you look around on https://www.thingiverse.com/ > > Search for: spoke nipple shuffler, (a few versions are out there) Park > tool spoke wrench holder, Bicycle spoke nipple insertion tool. > > > The blue spoke wrench holder was purchased for $10 on Etsy. 3 small > magnets both hold it to the park stand (or other metal things) and hold the > wrenches in. I like how it is angled a bit, makes it nice and tidy. > > > Feel free to direct message me with any questions. I’m a slower responder > on-list. > > > -Rich in DSM > > > > > > > > > > -- 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/55b6f9fc-041e-4fd8-a7cf-29b55ba7c276n%40googlegroups.com.
