[darkpuppet]

The hardest part with lacing a wheel is getting the dish right. That's why it's handy if you can put the wheel in a fork with measured zipties/tape/paper,etc.

A wheel is true when it doesn't wobble (use a ziptie or something to measure wobble)
A wheel is dished when the rim is equidistant from the fork legs
A wheel is round when it doesn't hop up and down when you spin it (using tape across the forks is handy)
A wheel is strong when it's tensioned enough that id doesn't ping when there's weight on it (after you lace, give everything a heafty squeeze with your hands before setting the bike on it and giving it a roll -- it'll likely ping a couple of times and then settle down).

Just remember to true it, give it a roll, check the tension and trueness again. The lacing patterns are all over the web.. there's not much you can really screw up. I know it seems daunting having 30 or more little sticks of metal supporting your bike and it's weight, but that's why you just get a bike shop to give it a once over when you're done the first time.

Either way, good luck man... post pics of your progress.