In my exhaustive search for this specific sized axle, I went to Harris Cyclery to see about having a hub made (they don't do 8mm hubs) and saw the Phil's they had for sale. The smallest axle they had was 9mm. It's begining to look like I'm going to have to take the Dremmel to the dropouts and take off a millimeter of spacing to get a newer wheel in there.

Thanks for taking the time to measure and post a pic, though! I couldn't spring for a Phil if I wanted to. They are hellishly nice, though, and are on my list of makers to use when I make my dreambike. The 100mm spacing on it would have meant that I would have had to pinch the Chain/seat stays together 7mm's each and I don't know how that would have affected the frame. I don't like to cold-bend the frame like that.

Thanks again

Ryan