Originally Posted by
DiabloScott
My bike shop did that, I don't know if they added the 3mm, but they came up about 2mm short... bought a whole box of the wrong size.
This is the completed tensioned wheel with a bare spoke for reference.

I may not being seeing the photo correctly, but it looks to me as though the spoke is touching the rim I.D. and just ~2mm short of bottoming out at the spoke head??