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Thanks! The club i work at is closing in a few weeks so I picked up the machine for $250
$250 for that Alpha! What a steal!!! You robbed them, seriously! :shock:
Thanks! The club i work at is closing in a few weeks so I picked up the machine for $250
What alpha is that?
I believe it is called: Alpha Revolution
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I had trouble finding a lot of information on the machine
I am lucky to get such a great deal on the machine though, $250 which included starting clamp, a couple sets of nxt tour, and a few sets of synthetic gut
why is the club closing?
Thanks! The club i work at is closing in a few weeks so I picked up the machine for $250
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I had trouble finding a lot of information on the machine
I am lucky to get such a great deal on the machine though, $250 which included starting clamp, a couple sets of nxt tour, and a few sets of synthetic gut
that is outstanding! you got a big screen to look at while you string too! lots of string too
This is what I'm using:
It's a second-hand Eagnas Hawk with a Wise tension head. I've replaced the clamps, rebuilt the locks in the clamp bases, and cold-welded the table to its axle to stop it from wobbling. I'd like a suspension mounting system and cam-lock clamp bases, but this one's working well enough that it's hard to justify upgrading.
If those aren't the remakes of the prostaff 85's then i'm pretty damn jealous... but i'm pretty sure they are.
Seekay, what area of Illinois are you stringing in?
I think the thing about this setup that I like the most is the Wise being set at 48lbs
I had a machine with the same type of tower mounts and when I suspected they might be creeping a bit I would remove them and give the contact surfaces a good cleaning with alcohol and a stiff brush to make sure there was nothing hiding in the textured surfaces. If you maintain that friction between the towers and the table you shouldn't need to forcefully tighten the towers (which will eventually strip the threads).
I could be wrong but it looks like there may be some surface rust or residue on one of the tower guide rails.
I AM SO JEALOUS!!!!!!
only thing is you got a gamma mat....cool rebound poster too; how did you get it??
Haha the gamma mat. It works fine! Try to get another one in Europe..
The rebound posters did I get from Tecnifibre as promo material.
hehe i am sure it works fine. but why did babolat not give you one?
My newest addition...
very nice! i like the lil racket holders along the bottom too. nice touch
Finally found me an old Babs. As new, mint condition. Original owner had strung eight badminton racquets on it!?
Getting used to stringing on a mono-clamp. No problem, at all. But I would really like to find an two-clamp turn-table, I admit.
do the racquets holders catch the string or get in the way?
do the racquets holders catch the string or get in the way?
I finally set up the Prince Precision Tuning Center in the man cave right next to my Neos. This machine is beautiful and is obviously powered by sorcery. Which is fine considering I believe in Bigfoot and ghosts. I love the design and it was so easy to assemble and use. I just have to keep my youngest son from pouring water on it now.
My racquets weren't as far off as I thought and all four can be made the same with lead tape in roughly the same spot on the three lighter frames.
I've not had any issues since I got the Opus. Have strung about 25-30 racquets on it so far.
Veeeeery Nice Machine!!
Man this is beautiful! Did you just buy it brand new? I'm so eager to get one as well, but Prince seems to be out of stock. Their bankrupcy doesn't help at all now.
I have been through this entire thread, and i am very shocked that no one has posted a single picture of a Stringway machine yet!!.
I might have to put mine up when mine arrives in 1-2 weeks!
Thanks! Yeah I bought it brand new about a month ago via Amazon for a fairly reasonable price. I think it's okay to say that right? I would have bought it from TW if they carried them. If it's any consolation I bought my new Neos and $1500 in string from TW at the same time.
I have been through this entire thread, and i am very shocked that no one has posted a single picture of a Stringway machine yet!!.
I might have to put mine up when mine arrives in 1-2 weeks!
^^^ I think I'd like to get that machine to be my next machine.
What's up w/ the golf balls? JK. I know some tennis people will get angry about that.
Never seen a racquet that was broken like that Prince Diablo in the picture. What happened?
I've got a friend who was a (male) cheerleader in college, and still has crazy upper body strength from it. An awkward series of events on the tennis court suddenly left him with two badly sprained ankles and fair bit of anger. He smacked his Diablo hard into the court and severely cracked it in two places.
I took his ruined racquet and (in the name of science) tested it against my concrete driveway to see how much it took to break all the way through (a lot) and what was inside (foam).