Making a Replacement Handle for the Park Tool TS-4.2 

The arms should move evenly along the threads since they are both tied to the same rod spinning at the same rate. The uprights do get off-center though - Park and BSC both have calibration tools to set the indicators to center if you would like to measure dish accurately in the stand. I typically use a separate dishing tool, so the centering is less important. It is hard to accurately set a thru axle wheel in a stand with half-round adapters - if you're using the indicators to measure dish you should use a separate thru axle adapter with this stand.

As long as what you need is smaller than the material you start with!

The machinists' oven mitt 😁

If you intend to work on fat bike wheels with (4-5") tires while still on the rim, absolutely. If you don't, I would just go with the regular pro level with the 2.3. The 4.2 is massive, so if you don't need the extra capacity, it's easier to work with the others. I'm not a huge proponent of "more money is better" either - sure you can get the Abbey $$$ but you can build just as perfect of a wheel without it and I don't see the time savings in the fancy truing stands to justify the cost. Would I take one? Sure 😁 But it's not on my list of purchases even as a wheelbuilder.

They wander off for sure. I've never trusted a truing stand to tell me dish, always double check with a tool. Especially with the thru axle "nubs" - the hub won't ever be perfectly straight in the stand anyway.

@@NeutralSupportNews Sorry, I meant that these Park stands are not fully self-centering like advertised. If they were you wouldn’t have to use a dishing tool. Maybe I’m doing something wrong, but I’ve been able to perfectly calibrate the stand fully. I can get sort of close to center, but not 100%. Thus, I have to use a dishing tool.