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I have one of the earlier Jobsworth Wheel truing stands, and quite fancy having dial indicators on it.
Does anyone know if there are any that can be "retro-fitted" to the stand, I don't think the park ones will fit as they seem to rely on the shape of the end plate on the park stands.
Also welcome comments on having/using dial gauges on the wheel building process.
I have a dial gague and a magnetic clamp stand for it which you can stick on anything metal in any position. Cheap Chinese stuff ought from either eBay or possibly Machine Mart I can't remember, but it's perfectly decent.
I really don't get on with the gauges.
I just end up chasing numbers and i can get thin to within the thickness of the label by eye and i reckon a fair bit faster than with the dials.
I also bought one of the ebay magnetic clamp dial gauges from ebay..
The arms the gauge mounts on are easily removable from the magnetic clamp and have a threaded end and nut...
I worked out where i needed the gauge to be then worked back with the arms.. drilled a hole in my stand (park) and mounted it... ands its also easily removable for storage..
I bought two gauges.. one for truing side to side and one for removing hop.. i dont tend to use the side to side gauge as its easy enough with the standard arms to get the wheel true enough.. but the gauge for removing hop makes it sooooooo much easier for me!
There are packs of 'dial gauge tips' on ebay from china in a red box.. these dont fit the magnetic clamp stand gauges..!