Dang.... But with the 2 knot system, you can do a prestring using a drop weight machine? Or does prestringing only wirk with a crank system?
what is the reason it won't work with drop weight? I thought as long as you have enough length of string to reach the gripper it should be fine? Pre-string also work with drop weight machine. I tried before.
It's the distance between the frame and the tensioner. Maybe you have a badminton specific drop-weight machine.
Grrrrr Grrr...I guess there's nothing that can be done then. I'm using a flex740 and the fastest that I've been able to do it with a 4 know system is 40 minutes. Dang, you can save so much time doing a prestring since you don't have to fight all the shared grommets. Anyone have any more efficient way of stringing using the 4 knot way? Oh and with a drop weight machine heh heh.
Dang, I am going to string a nano 9000 for a friend. I knew this racket use single grommet. Is it possible to do 1-piece string job using your pre-string method? What I worrying is, will it be hard to pull the cross string where it is lies underneath the main tensioned main string?
Easily. In fact, the 9000 string pattern is the easiest to string so far because there's minimal sharing of grommets. You should not have any problems.
Just finish the string job on the nano 9000 with 1 piece pre-string but I have some minor problems here during stringing. When I pull the last 4 main strings, the string twist a lot and I find no way to get rid of it except keep stringing to the last cross. Do you have this problem before? I think it is due to the cross string touching the tensioned main string and hence the cross string twist. Am I right? I am stringing at 25 x 27lbs with BG80.
There is nothing you can do about axial twist in this situation. In fact, this is the biggest issue I have with pre-looped (or pre-laced) with strings. Ohhhhhh, Neil prestretch the string outside the machine first. He says it reduces the axial twist.
Never, not on any of the NS series rackets. They are by far, the easiest to string. I believe one and/or two things is happening: 1) The angle in which you are pulling 2) You are crossing the strings when pre-stringing If you pre-string correctly without crossing the strings, even when tension there will be no twist. I'll take a pictures of correctly strung rackets with no twist tonight.
Beg to differ on the NS rackets. There should be no twist at all if pre-strung correctly, which is not hard to do. However, on traditional rackets, it's much more of a concern. But I have a way of minimizing the twist with a pattern I figured out for the last 5-6 crosses. It's pretty interesting because what appeared to be the correct way still had twist. Then I tried another way which should have twisted, but did not; and I've been doing it this way every since. Go figure.
OK, later on tonight...I have to go play BAD now. Since Mona's come to SGVBC, everyone's game has improved because all the top players are now more motivated to play. It's a win-win for everyone except my knees.
I do, but it reduces the coil memory making it easier to handle. I don't think it affects that twisting. That twisting is from being pulled through a shared grommet with too much contact with the already tensioned string. You can use a string puller to move the already tensioned string to make room for the other string to pass by. http://www.eagnas.com/tools.html
Yes, I think I crossing some of the string when pre-stringing. But I saw some racket strung in a Pro shop and they cross the strings as well? Any good or bad? If not crossing the string, the string loop at the outer frame need to be squueze to the side of the outside grommet. Is that good? Waiting for your pics. I am still in a learning curve. Unfortunately I don't have a string puller. What I did is to use the awl as a string puller when it is hard to pull. Just loop the string to the neck of the awl and pull it. The neck is smooth so I think they shouldn't have any damage to the string.
No offense to Pro Shops. They do not necessarily do a, what is deemed "good" string job (by BC Elite standards). They focus on time, getting the racket completed as fast as possible. This is not to say Pro Shops do not string well, I'm sure many do but again, they focus on volume. Too busy right now, will have to be tonight or tomorrow morning... You don't need a string puller, an awl is just fine too, the string puller is just easier to use.
LMAO! That's so funny. In fact, I have two awls I never use. If anyone wants them, you can have them for free, just PM me (one per person). String Puller FOREVER!!!
