I finally got around to making some upgrades to my Park TS2 today. I have had this for about 15 years now, it is definitely the best investment I have ever made. It might not be Apple stock but it will have to do.
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When I originally purchased it in 1995ish I was dismayed to find out that it did not include a base, what good is it if it doesn't hold itself up? So Otis, my mentor, gave me this old home made wooden base so that I would stop whining. I have loved it and cherished it ever since. I propped it up on a piece of 2x4 to get a better angle as it was not adjustable and then drilled some holes in it to fit a bottle of Tri-Flow and a bottle of Loc-Tite. A few years ago though the round bottle of Tri-Flow I have been refilling for years finally broke, and I have now modified it to fit the goofy oval shaped bottle. Sometimes we must evolve, like it or not. And I also just fitted it with a sweet Schwinn friction shifter, for when I need to build wheels in high gear!
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Here you see my custom spoke wrench holders, and my newly fitted custom Crane brass bell. It allows me to celebrate the birth of new wheels with a lovely ding ding.
Now I am ready for many more years of happy wheel building.
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