Originally Posted by
silver_ghost
or is there any way to safely lop off the protruding ends and save myself a bunch of work?
Nope.
You have to completely restart with new spokes of the correct length. If it was maybe 1mm too long then you could probably just file it down, but 2-4 is a no go. You would have to file/chop a lot off and you will be missing nearly 40% of the threaded section. Unless you extend the threads.
Which is a complete waste of time, unless you already have the tool and you want a rainy day project.
Originally Posted by
daveornee
If it were me, I would redo the calculations and attain the correct length spokes. + star over on the wheel/
Cutting and/or rethreading is time consuming and difficult.
Correct length spokes are relatively inexpensive, compared to time/effort dealing with incorrect length spokes.
+1
Sudden outbreak of common sense in this forum.