Test from the other side - the head - not the barrel and threads.
If you see that the ends of the spokes are more than 2mm down below the flats AND there are thread on the barrel side, you are too short.
=8-)
Actually you are way too short....
Spoke length should be 293..17
You took spokes out of a box lablelled 291.00? If so they are probably actually 290.50mm...since many boxed spokes are .5mm shorter than the label...
That puts you at 2.5mm shorter than a spoke length that was intended to reach the screwdriver flats....
=8-(
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