[Closed] Wheel building jigs.

I built a version of the Roger one in plywood. It works well.
I made the 'dropouts' from steel plate though.

Depends on how often you are going to do it, you need to take into account axle size fittment etc. Ive always used park wheel truing stands but they arent cheap for a decent one £100+

Ideally you want a dishing tool and spoke tension guage as well

(Aerospace engineer so hopefully that might help.)

it wont 😉

Well I'm a fussy chap and just couldn't get what I wanted at the price I wanted to pay

oddly the ones we make there's a waiting list for and they ain't cheap...go figure

Mickmcd I'm sure your right. I didn't want a Hope hub and wide rim. I ideally wanted a Mavic rim 19mm wide with at least 32 eyeleted spokes with an Xt hub. My go to wheels have always been Merlin but they don't seem to offer the old combinations they once did. I don't need a mega light wide tubeless rim with a super strength hub. Overkill for what I ride. I am 6ft 4" and about 95 kilograms so it needs to be sturdy-ish. I can see some scrap aluminium at work being appropriated.

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Don't forget to buy a nipple shuffler while you're at it...

More helpfully perhaps, I can also add myself to the list of satisfied Roger Musson customers, built one to his design a while ago and it works as promised. It isn't to everyone's taste as it's fairly unconventional but it does have its advantages. But then, I had some offcuts of 25mm ply, some free time and access to a bandsaw, so it was an easy choice. I'd probably do something more traditional out of metal if I was making another one, just to try it.

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On One do jig which I got for £50 last year. Does the job but a tight fit width wise with a boost rear but still works.

Handy to have even if your not building all the time. My wheels have never been in such good condition.

I had one built partially following Roger Musson's plans, but adapted them for flat plate laser cutting and folding. We had spare off-cuts of 4mm Gr. 2205 duplex material from a project and I re-worked the plans to include three main elements and a movable guide. Clamping is by two 18mm Dia threaded bars which have been machined on the inside ends to a indented semi hemisphere which then holds a ball bearing. This means as you nip the wheel in place, it will always find a natural true in the stand.

It works very well and is utterly bomb proof!

I bought the Park stand but made a dishing tool using some plywood, cable ties and a chopstick. Works rather well.

Got any pics Kevj?

Is a dishing tool really needed if you have a properly centred stand?

I keep meaning to order some aluminium extrusions to make a stand like the one mike posted. Got to be more stable than a lot of the flimsy cheap ones you see.

I've been using a Tacx one (£50+) which has been fine for me! It folds away nicely too

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kayak23 - Member
Got any pics Kevj?

I'm out of the country until next weekend, will take a couple and post when I return.

ive got a minoura one thats ok, but if you can buy the best stiffest one you can afford.

also, and most definitely, buy a dishing tool. i made my first wheel with a cardboard one, a la munson, and it really was a disaster as i found out half way round a trail at afan.

I bought a Minoura stand when they were being sold with the dishing tool. The stand works well enough for home usage but I hardly use the dishing tool. I tend to just flip the wheel over in the stand.

I use a spoke driver bit in an electric screwdriver for winding the nipples on.

Yes, I agree, the only tools I bought were the dishing tool from Park and a spoke key. Musson does give a plan for a dishing tool but after a brief attempt to make one I decided I was happier with something with a bit more precision. You definitely do need one.

Otherwise I bought Musson's book and made the jig from 18mm mdf, the jaws from steel plate and the spoke driver from an old screwdriver. I did have the advantage of a shed with a band saw for the mdf and a friendly neighbour who worked for an engineering firm and saved me the hassle of cutting/drilling the slots in the plate dropouts but at the time a commercial jig was several hundred pounds. Musson jig has been fine for 20 plus wheel builds and can be flat packed for storage.

I must be tightest tight wad ever.
I always finish them in the frame or forks, with blue-tack & straws as guides.
I do use genuine blue-tack though.

kayak23 - Member
Got any pics Kevj?

@kayak23, some images as requested;

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That's awesome. Great idea holding the hub with the balls.
Looks very sturdy.
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The ball bearings mean I can hold pretty much any diameter axle without having to change the jig.

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https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/rose-centering-set-ii/aid:17131

I got this + musson book. My first wheel is still bang on after 8 months (I did spend ages doing it though)

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/x-tools-pro-mechanic-wheel-truing-stand/rp-prod122322
I have this one, heavy solid lump and does the job well.

I built a roger jig, been great