Redfish Golden Plans

The plans arrived in good enough order, except for one detail-no rocker measurements on the forms.
They came with a manual, which is as terse as Rob Macks' is wordy. It seems that Joe has a completely different system for setting up forms than I've been using-he places the form risers precisely plumb and level, then sets the forms to a uniform height. The rocker is supposed to just fall in place. I'm still thinking about what to do: Ask him for the rocker measurements (he probably doesn't have them), or just follow the manual's instructions, and experience "The Learning Curve". I ditched the Dark Star because I wasn't in the mood for meeting challenges (with probable mediocrity), and here we are with "a surprise".
In the manual, they have you placing the blocks precisely on the strongback, then screwing the risers precisely plumb to an overhead string. I'd have to do everything exactly as in the manual, to the letter.
Also, the system for the internal stems is different. He has you building up a lamination of 1/8" strips on top of the end forms, and carving it to shape, instead of Jay's cut-away technique. This may actually be a good thing, since I can use cedar for the lamination only, instead of having to make the whole end forms of cedar. However, if he doesn't have the rocker measurements for the other forms, he really won't have them for the end forms.
In any case, I could just ask him, as a shot in the dark.