[VonWegener]

Well I got a front wheel recently. It's an original Jones 21" wm1. I'm going to use the conical front hub. While doing some more reading on lacing wheels I read that with a conical hub the wheel needs to be drilled at a certain angle so that the spokes line up correctly. Can anyone tell me if the wheel I bought is correct for the hub or did I waste my money?

The rim for a conical hub is different than the rim for a spool hub.
There is a difference in nipple angle and used as is there would be a lot of bind.
You could elongate the nipple holes but I would rather look for the right rim instead of modifying that nice Jones rim.

 

[VonWegener]

Sorry Man. You'll have the same nipple angle problems on the rear. But I can tell you from experience that the conical hub front brake is not all that efficient.
On a previous project I changed out the '68-'70 tls brake with a '71 front end and conical brake to get the what I thought would be better brakes and I was really disappointed.
These conical hubs are loved by cafe racers though and you could exchange the rear for a sixties Triumph hub and brake and have money towards some stainless spokes.
The leaf spring front end is not really traditional - meaning it wasn't around on '60s and '70s custom bikes - and therefore would look O.K. with a disc brake on the left.
You could use the Jones rim on a disc hub.