Originally Posted by
operator
It's not a judgement call. There's a tool called a tensionmeter which can objectively quantify and present to the user the exact tension on the spoke.
haha sorry to turn this into a wheelbuilding debate thread.... but....
a tensiometer is useful to make sure all your spokes are the same tension relative to each other, but it doesn't tell you when your wheel is at the right tension as a whole. thats more a matter of feel, a.k.a. judgment.
what i mean is, every combination of spokes/rims is going to need a different overall tension. no chart or graph can tell you "bring all your spokes up to exactly X Kgf." so there is still some judgment needed. but my point still stands -- its not a hard judgment to make. OP should definitely give it a shot!