What's wrong with helping the poor bike shop owner who invested in a Phil Wood spoke threading machine earn a return on his investment? In northern Vermont, that would be Winooski Bike Shop. I bet that most of the folks who bought these machines haven't made their money back when you figure in cost of spokes, time and the cost of replacement dies.
Steve Barner, Bolton, Vermont
> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 13:06:59 -0800
\r?\n> From: <d-gordon@sbcglobal.net>
\r?\n> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> Subject: [CR]Spoke threading
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Dear Group:
\r?\n> I have been thinking about this problem for a while. It has ocurred =
\r?\n> to
\r?\n> me that it should be possible to buy a spoke thread die, with the =
\r?\n> correct
\r?\n> threading that can be used to do my own spoke threading. Here is the
\r?\n> problem. Occasionally, I don't have the correct spoke on hand and I can =
\r?\n> see
\r?\n> that it would be nice to add a few threads to a spoke that is a tad =
\r?\n> long,
\r?\n> for example. I don't need a fancy $3000 Phil Wood spoke threader, =
\r?\n> because I
\r?\n> am not in a hurry. I have always thought about going to a place that =
\r?\n> sells
\r?\n> taps and dies to see if I could find the right size, but have never made =
\r?\n> it
\r?\n> around to finding one. So my question to the group, is whether someone =
\r?\n> has
\r?\n> tried this trick, or knows if a thread die is available somewhere? I =
\r?\n> bought
\r?\n> a spoke threader on eBay last year for $75, but it was worn out and =
\r?\n> doesn't
\r?\n> work. I think it would be a great solution to my spoke needs, because I =
\r?\n> find
\r?\n> some of the bike stores are not always willing to sell individual =
\r?\n> spokes,
\r?\n> because they say they don't want to break up their sets. Any help would =
\r?\n> be
\r?\n> appreciated.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Thanks,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> -Dave Gordon
\r?\n> Los Angeles