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Been looking at a way to reproduce one of these (£20 is too much for the Sapim or the Bicycle Research ones) and felt that Musson's version was a bit too flakey with the shaft that drops out.
Finally saw what I wanted, paid £2 for it and took a hacksaw to it:
I bent the end over using a socket held tight in a vice - you gotta watch out not to bend the metal where the handle is because it restricts its rotation. Then I shaped the end using a grinding disk and file. Altogether most satisfying...
It works a treat and it's helped me speed up a lot - using it I managed to lace a wheel in just a shade over 10 minutes (32 spoke, rear, asymmetric).
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