Moving the Rim on the Previous Article's Wheel

This is useful, so I'm making a note of it here.
This isn't something I usually post here,
but having it up makes things convenient for me too.
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About the wheel from the previous article,
I divided the rim's relocation between the left and right flanges of the hub.

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↑Like this
From here, if I rotate the rim in front clockwise

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It looks like this.
It becomes a phase closer to pair-spoking.
Rotating it further

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I've made it fully pair-spoked.
The spokes remain at zero-cross,
but since the path doesn't lie on a radial line,
it's not a radial build in the strict sense.

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The flange on the far side from my perspective
shows observable phase twist,

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but the near flange doesn't show much,

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↑AL22 rim side
Though the nipples are sufficiently loosened,
only about 2 threads are visible from the 12mm length nipple

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↑AL22W rim side
I've only turned the threads lightly by 2-3 turns,
because the effective spoke length differs between left and right sides.

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I've rotated the rim as far as it will go
without twisting any further.

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You can observe the phase twist at both flanges.
While not as extreme as this,
when building a wheel with a 36H hub and 18H rim,
this same phase twist occurs.
It's the same with a pair-spoke phase rim (hole pattern)
combined with a standard hub with evenly-spaced rim holes.

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