Wheel stand 'lock' for polishing
 

I'm doing a bunch of refurbishing of wheels and rims. Polishing them yeilds SUCH great results. You will agree.

I found it hard to polish rims on my stand. When I used the cloth I want to pull it 3/4 around the spoke, and it made me shoulder it to stabilize. Messy and imperfect.

So I created a little arm which pivots and captures the spoke. I wrapped it with some electrical tape to prevent rattling and scratches. Not ideal, but it works.

Do a couple of sections, lift, rotate, lock in. Repeat.

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I'll just say this was a game changer for me. I'm sharing because it was so simple and effective.

Coop

Excellent - a definite hack. :thumb:

Rack struts are the unsung heroes of making cool cycling stuff. My business partner and I built a chain keeper because he couldn't buy a N/W chainring at the moment so I said use this piece of rack strut and he went work building and I told him no do this, make room for that yada yada and it now works and the chain doesn't come off and with a little black nail polish you cannot tell it is not a stock piece or something.

Nice!

Really like this simple modification. Will put a copy on a post of mine called “Truing stand modification” just so I have it in one place. Very handy when building wheels and you get called away for dinner, I use a peg to mark where I am but like the usefulness of this. Well done!

BTW, As you would hope, I tightened it firm but not tight, and used red Loctite on the nut, and grease on the sides of the bar.

Thanks guys!

My God the man uses RED loctite, runaway my BLUE friends he does not mess around! I bet he kicks sand in the face of PURPLE loctite users! Lol.