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@Skülly
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If your hub is a flipflop, your spokes should be the same length. Also some single sided hubs, like Royce, have an equal flange to centre measurement, to keep spoke tension even. It is important to have spokes that are the appropriate length. Working it out may be hard to get your head around but it's imperative.
Don't lace all the spokes on the first side! If that's what you're describing up there ^^ as meaning your other side's spokes won't reach. just the head-out half of your spokes, then do the other side head-out spokes, and only then do the head-inward spokes. Only do up each nipple til the spoke threading is still just visible.
Is any of this making sense?