I haven't tried this, but seems like the one Gipiemme hub I stripped looked like any one of many Campy knock-offs. Could he get some cones and locknuts from, say, a Miche, Galli or Ofmega/Avocet hub and call it a day? (I'm sure that real Campy uses prorietary/different tpi threading, right?) Shipping on those little bits should be cheap wherever they come from.