"terryc" wrote in message
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Geoff Lock wrote:

I am no closer to that elusive round and straight wheel

New materials, yes.
Old materials very, very hard.

BTW, what tension release do people use whilst building?
I grab bunches of four spokes and squeeze.

A pair at a time, and make sure each one gets squeezed left and right...

It get really tedious when you get down to trning the nipples 1/8 of a turn.