Originally Posted by
Proximo
Gerd Schraner, author of the Art of Wheelbuilding, suggests that when setting the drive side tension, tighten the spokes so that the rim is pulled all the way over to the drive side, adjusting the non-drive side only as much as is necessary to true the wheel. Only then do you adjust the non-drive side to properly dish the wheel. Doing that ensures the non-drive side spokes are at their highest possible tension.
Interesting approach. I don't have Schraner's book so I'm not quite sure what the technique is. Do you initially adust the drive-side spokes so they are "vertical", i.e. in the same plane as the drive side hub flange?