Custom star bikewheel

Step 8 Truing the wheel 1 ( fastening the spokes up to first tension )

Now we start fastening the nipples up to the end of the thread on the spokes, do this as accurate as possible.
Start and stop at the valvehole.
Accurate work will make a big difference later on at the truing stage.
A screwdriver is easiest for this job.

With the wheel I made the spokes where bulging a bit.
No fear this will be fine.
If there is a lot of space on the nipples you can start fastening them by turning them 1 full turn at the time, and when tension start mounting half a turn.
Do a full round every time.
Now we get an exceptional situation, on and off one spoke will have tension and the next one will be very loose, with a normal spoke layout all spokes would have about the same amount of tension.
This is because of the extraordinary spoke layout.

Before we start correcting this we first want to check if the wheel is fairly true.

It is better to correct this before going on.
The way you do this is a little bit further on in this instructable.
When this is done you can start fastening the spokes that are loose.
Only fasten them up to the point where they start building tension.