Well I learned something today, that spoke threads are "rolled" and not "cut", and to further my edification, my mate Jeff at Ace Motorcycles here in Melbourne demonstrated as best he was able on his little spoke threading machine, that is sadly, quite f*cked. Nevertheless I was not deterred in my quest to shorten a set of new CB750 spokes so that I can lace up a new Harley (ooh no, spit spit, pffftt!
) 19 inch drop centre rim to a CB750 front hub.
I did an Ebay search (surprisingly not much unless you're looking at bicycle spoke threading machines) and did a google search, but the only one i could see was $3150.00 which is about 3000 more than I want to pay? Then I thought about the wealth of knowledge (actually experienced or at least well read and plagiarised) lying herein, so I thought I'd throw it over to you guys, does anyone here either: 1. Have a spoke machine they'd sell me cheap, or: 2. Point me in the right direction as to where I can buy one?
I would have thought that with the amount of spoked wheels on this planet, there'd be a lot more options than to take my spokes to a wheel builder and have him make me a set, I'd rather pay the same sort of money, and keep the machine? Any help, either real, or imagined, will as always, be well received! Cheers, Terry.