RE: [CR] Spoke Screwdriver?

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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:28:23 -0400
From: "Edward Albert" <Edward.H.Albert@hofstra.edu>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>, <mark@sisuhome.com>
Subject: RE: [CR] Spoke Screwdriver?


This is the tool I have always used for wheel building.

http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cgi?id=335569593034&d=single&c= Tools&sc=Wheel-and-Rim&tc=Nipple-Drivers&item_id=BR-ND1

made by Bicycle Research and available from Bike tools etc. Edward Albert Chappaqua, NY, USA
>>> "devotion finesse" <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com> 04/13/07 9:19 AM
>>> Mark, The only one I have ever seen was home made 30+ years ago by Mr. Pergolizzi. Perhaps he can tell you how to easily make one? Matthew Bowne Brooklyn, New York


>From: Mark Buswell <mark@sisuhome.com>
>To: Classic Rendezvous Bike List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: [CR] Spoke Screwdriver?
>Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:41:19 -0700
>
>Hi All.
>
>Is there such thing as a spoke screwdriver? This would basically be a
>standard slot screwdriver with a small channel to accomodate the end of a
>spoke.
>
>I'm trying to UNbuild a set of wheels. Unfortunately, when I try to loosen
>the nipples with a spoke wrench, the spoke turns too. So instead of the
>nipple screwing off the spoke, it just torques the spoke. I'd like to
>avoid snipping.
>
>Thanks
>Mark Buswell
>San Francisco, CA
>USA
>
>
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