Might work...
However from my experience anytime you force nipples onto bad threads (too shallow or off angle or off-TPI) you will experience premature binding, twisting and "snap" action of the nipples before you have reached the 90-120 kgf tension range.
Fine truing becomes difficult because the bind and "snap" behavior encompasses almost an entire turn.
Just something to keep in mind...
=8-)
Robert Shackelford San Jose, CA USA
Quoting M-gineering <info@m-gineering.nl>:
> Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> > Well, in my continuing Hi-E Project, having destroyed one rim trying
> > to true a Hi-E wheel with old corroded spokes, I decided to respoke,
> > but hoped to reuse the special Hi-E nipples. The original spokes
> > measure 15 ga on the end, so I ordered some 15 ga DTs to rebuild
> > with. But when they arrived today, I found I cannot thread the Hi-E
> > nipples more than a couple of turns onto the DT 15 ga spokes. Did
> > Hi-E make their own spokes as well as nipples? Did they use a
> > non-standard thread?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry Moos
> >
>
> Hello, it's Hi-E again:
> "
> 286 alloy nipples 15 ga british threaded (2-56) with a class 3 fit.
> These fit Stella's B-U, Rodelli and most of the swiss and japanese
> spokes with 15 thread. They can als be used on on the french thread used
> by Robergel and Bernard but require a bit of persasion until the threads
> are covered
> "
>
> --
> mvg
>
> Marten Gerritsen
> Kiel Windeweer
> Netherlands
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