Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie

As a follow up to my original post, I decided to lace the hub 3X to a Sun CR18 box section rim, and the outer spokes cleared the heads of the adjacent inner spokes easily. I'm sure that I could have laced it 4X w/o any overlap if I had wanted. I used DT Swiss Competition 2.0/1.8/2.0 butted SS spokes with brass nipples. I did not need to lubricate the spoke threads and there was no spoke wind up when tightening. Another thing I like about using DT spokes is that they are available in 1mm length increments, whereas many other brands are only available in either even or odd lengths, so I was able to get exactly the correct spoke length for each side of the hub and the spokes threaded onto the nipples fully w/o sticking out or bottoming on the threads.