Ivy: Front Lacing

As before, I removed all the old spokes on what is to be Ivy's "good" front, then opened up the holes in the hub to accept the thicker new spokes.  All good.

But then I went to start lacing it up and found that the holes in the rim are a little too small for the new nipples.  Ok, that's not uncommon.

So I tried just using the same aluminum oxide Dremel bit I use for the hub and that was slow work.  I switched to using a drill bit in the cordless, but for some reason, that just spun around and never actually cut into the metal.

Then I switched back to the Dremel and actually broke the bit.  It's only a fraction of a mm of extra space I need, but I think the steel of the rim is pretty hard.

Maybe next I'll see how well the silicon carbide tip works instead.