Wanted: Forks to build truing stand

Any old forks really, as long as they're not bent

and indeed I'm going to rip old Duchamp off and stick em on a stool

can pick up anywhere east / central ish

How are you going to true your rear wheel?

first things first, and I'll build a front wheel up. Then if all goes well, I'll bend the forks out to accommodate a wider hub.

Hence wanting a crap old fork, would be a shame to do it to something nice

I know you can build up wheels in the forks you got on your frame, and also use the rear stays, but I wouldn't mind having a separate device for such adventures

I know you said not a bent set but if you cant find owt else I has.

Don't forget something like this:

You don't really need a dish stick for front wheels (or none dished track wheels)

I have a bianchi pista fork spare. Drop me a PM if you want it.

When you start bending forks a dish tool might help.

But you'd be better off buying a cheap truing stand.

Pfff make a truing stand!
http://www.wheelpro.co.uk/
im just going out to buy everything today :)
should be fun, i dismantled a front wheel yesterday to rebuild up, the bearings are nice a smooth in the hub not instead of crunchy and its polished as well as the rim :D
if you dont want to fork out £9 i can send you it so you can see how good it is and then buy it hehe
EDIT - also tells you how to build dish sticks out of cardboard. . .

good call, I'll grab that today and read it over the weekend

Pfff make a truing stand!
http://www.wheelpro.co.uk/
im just going out to buy everything today :)
should be fun, i dismantled a front wheel yesterday to rebuild up, the bearings are nice a smooth in the hub not instead of crunchy and its polished as well as the rim :D
if you dont want to fork out £9 i can send you it so you can see how good it is and then buy it hehe
EDIT - also tells you how to build dish sticks out of cardboard. . .

skimmed the pdf, looks good but that truing stand won't get built in an afternoon. Back to fork-plan

what about this ?

http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=T3175

You don't really need a dish stick for front wheels (or none dished track wheels)

I have a bianchi pista fork spare. Drop me a PM if you want it.

No, you're right, you never really need it, even for a dished wheel.
But it's sooooo convenient to have one.
I bought this in one set last year:

Also not necessary, but a very nice bit:

skimmed the pdf, looks good but that truing stand won't get built in an afternoon. Back to fork-plan

I built that one and unless you have proper carpenter tools it wont be same as the one in the book but it worked for my first built. so yeah fork is a much better idea