Originally Posted by
p2templin
Is there truly any need to consult the chart even once? If the spokes are all the same gauge and they're all the same deflection, they're the same tension, right?
Yes, if that's your only reason to use a tension meter.
I don't use it for that since I use an old school methodology that ensures even tension from the beginning of the process. For decades I built good even tensioned wheels without the need for a gadget.
However, today, with so many rim weights, using different gauge spokes, in various lacings, I can no longer trust my fingers to stay properly calibrated so I use a tension gauge to check the work. On a typical built I'll check the tension on 2-4 spokes as I come to final tension just to be sure I'm where I want to be. However for 32h 3x builds with tubular rims, I can still come to within 10% of target using my calibrated fingers.