Originally Posted by
FastJake
This is fine for a front wheel, but the OP is having problems with the rear wheel which will have higher tension on one side (unless it's a FG/SS bike.)
In hindsight I was clear as mud.
By "uniform tension on both sides of the wheel" I mean that both sides must each have uniform tension among their spokes - all the same on the left, all the same on the right. Obviously they'll only be the same on both sides when the spokes are at the same angle.
Some variation may exist at the rim joint.