Wanted: North America Spoke Threader

saskatchewanian · 2012-07-05, 09:25 AM

Looking for a spoke threader in good shape.

If anyone has one that they don't need anymore I have a few project in mind where it will be put to good use.

Let me know what you have, I would be glad to take it off your hands. I have a bunch of random stuff I would be willing to trade or cash if you prefer.

brycer1968 · 2012-07-05, 02:29 PM

Thought I'd chime in on this.

I had a Hozan spoke threader that I bought to chase/clean-up the threads on some 36er spokes a couple of years back. It never worked well, no matter what I tried and I even had Hozan replace the cutters under warranty and it still worked poorly . . . . . and I know others have had the same experience with this tool. Not sure if there is something now that is between the $100 Hozan and the expensive professional threading machines like Phil Wood?
So what type/brand are you looking for?

Brycer1968

saskatchewanian · 2012-07-05, 03:20 PM

I was looking at Hozan, since it seems to be the most common rolled thread threader cheeper than the super-awesome Phill Wood spoke machine.

What you say gives me pause but I would still consider a Hozan if anyone has one. Where did you find one for $100? $160 is the cheapest I have found so far.

jtrops · 2012-07-05, 04:48 PM

fwiw, I used a Hozan threader for years without any trouble.

I can't say why it's getting a bed rap, but maybe the quality isn't what it used to be. The one we had in our shop was old even when I started using it.

knoxuni · 2012-07-05, 04:49 PM

We have a phill wood at the house and shop its bliss. i wouldnt get anything diffrent ever!

brycer1968 · 2012-07-06, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saskatchewanian

I was looking at Hozan, since it seems to be the most common rolled thread threader cheeper than the super-awesome Phill Wood spoke machine.

What you say gives me pause but I would still consider a Hozan if anyone has one. Where did you find one for $100? $160 is the cheapest I have found so far.

I may be mis-remembering the price. It is entirely possible that user error is responsible for my and others trouble with the Hozan. It wouldn't be the first time that this upright monkey didn't use a tool properly and blamed it on the tool. I do recall that its difficult to convince a freshly cut spoke end to go into the rollers. I think you have to chamfer the edge more than a little to get it to start. . .Others on here might be able to verify this quirk of the Hozan.

Good luck with your search
Brycer

Sagitaur · 2012-07-06, 08:03 PM

There is Hozan in an auction on eBay at $60 plus shipping ($8) with one bid right now. (I have nothing to do with it.) The auction ends on Sunday.

saskatchewanian · 2012-07-07, 02:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sagitaur

There is Hozan in an auction on eBay at $60 plus shipping ($8) with one bid right now. (I have nothing to do with it.) The auction ends on Sunday.

Not seeing it but my setting filter out "USA only" results, which saves some headaches.

2012-07-05, 09:25 AM	#1
saskatchewanian ERIC P Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denare Beach, Saskatchewan, Canada Age: 27 Posts: 5,244	Spoke Threader Looking for a spoke threader in good shape. If anyone has one that they don't need anymore I have a few project in mind where it will be put to good use. Let me know what you have, I would be glad to take it off your hands. I have a bunch of random stuff I would be willing to trade or cash if you prefer. __________________ My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. - Jack Layton

2012-07-05, 02:29 PM	#2
brycer1968 Brycer1968 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mayhem, OR Age: 45 Posts: 825	Spoke threader Thought I'd chime in on this. I had a Hozan spoke threader that I bought to chase/clean-up the threads on some 36er spokes a couple of years back. It never worked well, no matter what I tried and I even had Hozan replace the cutters under warranty and it still worked poorly . . . . . and I know others have had the same experience with this tool. Not sure if there is something now that is between the $100 Hozan and the expensive professional threading machines like Phil Wood? So what type/brand are you looking for? Brycer1968 __________________ Brycer1968, Mayhem on one-wheel since 1968

2012-07-05, 03:20 PM	#3
saskatchewanian ERIC P Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denare Beach, Saskatchewan, Canada Age: 27 Posts: 5,244	I was looking at Hozan, since it seems to be the most common rolled thread threader cheeper than the super-awesome Phill Wood spoke machine. What you say gives me pause but I would still consider a Hozan if anyone has one. Where did you find one for $100? $160 is the cheapest I have found so far. __________________ My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. - Jack Layton

2012-07-05, 04:48 PM	#4
jtrops Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Longmont, Colorado Age: 45 Posts: 1,286	fwiw, I used a Hozan threader for years without any trouble. I can't say why it's getting a bed rap, but maybe the quality isn't what it used to be. The one we had in our shop was old even when I started using it. __________________ "A properly ridden unicycle is like an object in orbit: constantly falling but never landing." -Diogenes

2012-07-05, 04:49 PM	#5
knoxuni wes style!! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: central ohio Age: 18 Posts: 4,695	We have a phill wood at the house and shop its bliss. i wouldnt get anything diffrent ever! __________________ Be a dumbass experience dumbass consequences its full circle of dumbass And then, do it again. That makes it an infinite loop!

2012-07-06, 08:03 PM	#7
Sagitaur John - My fixie is a unicycle. Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Houston, TX Age: 52 Posts: 43	There is Hozan in an auction on eBay at $60 plus shipping ($8) with one bid right now. (I have nothing to do with it.) The auction ends on Sunday.

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