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Milt, there were no torque wrenches involved, he did it all by "feel". I built the 32 hole Zeus / Mavic Open 4 Cd wheels on my Cannondale way back when. Under his supervision of course. He was a master craftsman, that's for sure.
We used to fix completely taco'ed wheels all the time. As long as there were no creases it was actually easy. You put them in the truing stand, and apply force in the opposite direction of the bend, and they would "pop" back into place. Since none of the spokes were loosened or tightened, that was the "natural" shape to be in, and all you did was relieve the stress that held it in the taco shape. Usually you only had to adjust 3 or 4 spokes to get back in perfect true.
Some of the stories I could tell from working in a bike shop in a college town!
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Brent
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