UPDATE: On the HF true/balance stand. I was having a lot of trouble getting a final "true" on the rims. Would get one area right, go to another and get it right, come back and first was out! Seemed to be random. Was set to go back to using an old front fork, ala xb33bsa suggestion - had done that on the first wheels I re-laced couple years ago. Gave the HF stand / wheel setup one more engineering look and searched on why measurements were random and focused on that. Basically looking at where there could be tolerance stack-ups. Found a ton of issues - came down to the need to hold the rod fixed, which holds the inner bearing race fixed and you would eliminate almost all of them. Just clamped a pair of vice grips to the rod and kept it from rotating - let the wheel rotate on its bearings only. That fixed the issue and everything came out fine. Bottom line, make sure the inner bearing races are held fixed and that will give you the best chance for a good "true" I think.