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My old spoke tension meter gave out mid wheel build yesterday
Honestly I was halfway through lacing a set of 32 hole hubs when the little needle on my Park Tool TM-1 just stopped moving. I had to finish the build by feel and plucking spokes like a guitar string. Anyone else have a trusty old tool finally die on them out of the blue?
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masonbell1d ago
Oh man, nothing worse than a tool dying mid-build. Total bummer.
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lisa51d ago
Total bummer" is right, but I think the REAL pain is when it's a specialty tool you only use once a year and you can't even remember where you bought it. Like that time my weird jigsaw blade adapter just snapped in the middle of cutting a circle for a vanity project. I spent more time hunting for a replacement online than I did on the actual cut. Meanwhile the project sat there mocking me for a week. Makes you wonder if some tools are DESIGNED to fail at the worst possible moment.
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