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When I built my first wheel, my LBS (who were very helpful) suggested squeezing adjacent spokes on the machine built wheels on my Rockhopper and making the wheel I build a bit tighter, then when I'm happy take it in to them and they would check it over. They did and said there was plenty of tension but not too much and it should be fine to ride on. I then based my next wheels on that one and they are holding up fine. I probably spent 40 mins including a tea break to lace a pair of wheels then probably an hour a wheel tensioning them up and checking the dish, then 30 mins in the frame each truing them. I used a small bit of paperclip soldered to an M5 (I think) bolt which I screw into the cantimount as a reference point for truing.