Wheelbuilding questions tips and ponderations

The wheel is assembled and all the spokes now have some tension. I just have to live the fact it's a bodge, to use the term of a well known YT channel.
I am hugely gratefull to those who took the time to offer their knowledge and help me in my questđź‘Ťđź‘Ť.
 
If it makes you feel better, i bet the spokes you removed were in the wrong holes, and the wrong length from before! Then copying the spokes like for like made it basically impossible to fit them correctly.

Glad to hear its all together and can go back in!

Hope they enjoy the bike.
 
Maybe, we may never know. It feels most probable that the spokes are the wrong length and to get past that problem i had to put the spokes in the wrong hole. As I saw it, the spoke holes are angled for entry. When i did this, i was able to tighten all the spokes. It seems that i did something right. Now i have about 98 pairs of wheels left to build before i can say i can build wheels(or is it 998?). Anyway i felt i was able to hand it back to my son with a reasonably clean concience. I gave it my best shot.
 
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