Sent an email to Ryca about spokes. They said the spoke kit they sell has inners and outers, two different bends.
The spokes I got from Mike's XS were all the same bend. They should have had a sharper bend for the outers so that the spokes could reach the center of the wheel.
Out of frustration, I came up with a solution. A piece of 1/8 by 1 steel strip with a hole in the end. Radiused the hole and put the spoke in. Then I used some telescoping tubing to make a bender tool. Inserted the tool in the spoke and made my own acute angle bend. There, now I got inner and outer spokes.
BEND TOOL IN ACTION
Then I tried to assemble the wheel. It took me all day to do but I finally got it laced up. The spokes were marginally too short but I made them work. At one point I was so frustrated I was thinking of buying a whole 'nother spoke set but I just kept taking a break and coming back til the job was done. It's been over 40 (yes forty) years since I laced a wheel and had to relearn the drill.
After that, the truing of the wheel and installing the tire were easy, in comparison.
John in Kalifornia