Originally Posted by
sweeks
You should do a little reading up on "Wheel Truing" before you start twisting spoke nipples. It's not difficult, but a systematic approach will give you better results.
See
Park Tools,
Sheldon Brown (scroll down to "Tensioning and Truing"). A good, inexpensive, basic source of wheel-building information is Roger Musson's book on
Wheelbuilding.
Thanks for responding. will do some reading. it's going to be some time before I tackle any "wheel building".