Yes let's just pass on gospel and bad technique and never actually use tools designed to help you build better wheels. You think you can commit to memory the proper spoke tension for different size spokes, round, bladed and ellipitical? And then further divide that into recommended spoke tension for different rims and 'exotic' OEM wheelsets.

You do a disservice to future wheelbuilders by not even mentioning a tool that helps build better wheels, faster, more accurately and more consistently. When you can match my DT tensionmeter in accuracy for every single spoke on a wheel with your hand or by 'plucking', i'll eat my words.

Get with the times grandpa, your techniques are deprecated and so is your knowledge and you'll never be a better wheelbuilder with the attitude portrayed in your article. Good mechanics evolve with the times. You seem to be stuck in the good ole days.