I know about the zip tie thing and have done it. I just wanted to build a wheel truer. This is the back triangle from a Huffy step through. I cut off a seat post and then inserted a steel handlebar stem in the seat post which just fit. 3/4 PVC pipe and fittings made the front legs. Those legs were capped with 1" rubber chair tips. There is a rubber foot under the bottom bracket. It is very stable. I wanted a finished look so I covered the bottom bracket housing with 2" fender washers.
The side to side indicators were made as followed. Hack saw the arms from some rim brakes and smooth the cut ends. Align the aluminum brackets so the sliding adjustment for the pads would be center of the rim edge. Then drill holes to mount them in that position. On the end of the 1/4-20 bolts I first tried the push on vinyl thread protectors for contacting the wheel. They got to much grip and would halt the rotation. The nylon 1/4-20 acorn nuts were perfect at allowing the wheel to rub without stopping. Wing nuts afford hand tightening for fine adjustment. Then I got the idea to drill the ends of the nylon nuts and insert WD40 straws for the contact indicators. That seems to work best.
Currently, my stable uses all 26" wheels. I could drill the stays for additional sizes.
The Stanley T bracket attached at the bottom to see if the wheel is concentric. I used an old trimmed up plastic credit type card to make a bolt on blade the area that contacts the wheel OD edge.
I think I have about $8 in it as I already had much of the hardware. I also have skin in the game but that is for our crash thread.
No that's not P@%K tools proprietary blue. It is Rustoleum high gloss "Morning Waterfall Blue."
The side to side indicators were made as followed. Hack saw the arms from some rim brakes and smooth the cut ends. Align the aluminum brackets so the sliding adjustment for the pads would be center of the rim edge. Then drill holes to mount them in that position. On the end of the 1/4-20 bolts I first tried the push on vinyl thread protectors for contacting the wheel. They got to much grip and would halt the rotation. The nylon 1/4-20 acorn nuts were perfect at allowing the wheel to rub without stopping. Wing nuts afford hand tightening for fine adjustment. Then I got the idea to drill the ends of the nylon nuts and insert WD40 straws for the contact indicators. That seems to work best.
Currently, my stable uses all 26" wheels. I could drill the stays for additional sizes.
The Stanley T bracket attached at the bottom to see if the wheel is concentric. I used an old trimmed up plastic credit type card to make a bolt on blade the area that contacts the wheel OD edge.
I think I have about $8 in it as I already had much of the hardware. I also have skin in the game but that is for our crash thread.
No that's not P@%K tools proprietary blue. It is Rustoleum high gloss "Morning Waterfall Blue."
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