Spin monster in the making.

cluckcluck · 01-06-2013, 05:23 PM

I had some junk string laying around and I decided to try out a different technique of crossing to see if I could get more spin.

The racquet is a Dunlop AG 4D 200, the mains are a cheap multi (16g) and the crosses are a cheap syngut (17g), mains at 60lbs, top 3 crosses @ 60lbs, next 3 @ 50, next 5 @ 40lbs, and remainder @ 50lbs.

It was a major pain in the hiney to string and I had to be extremely careful. I misweaved a bunch of crosses because the loops threw me off.
I imagine the setup will break quickly and or hurt me. I did this purely for the experiment and to see if I could generate more spin.

What do you guys think? Have you tried this before? If so, what were the results?

pvaudio · 01-06-2013, 06:21 PM

Heh that should be pretty nasty, but should break within 10 minutes.

fortun8son · 01-06-2013, 11:47 PM

(sung)'Too much time on my hands, ticking away...'

bigmatt · 01-07-2013, 06:23 AM

Hope you're not planning on using that in a tournament...

cluckcluck · 01-07-2013, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by fortun8son

(sung)'Too much time on my hands, ticking away...'

Well, the wife was out shopping and the kid was taking a nap. Rather string than clean.

Irvin · 01-07-2013, 08:45 AM

You would have been better off using Kevlar mains and sh crosses for more spin and easier stringing.

db10s · 01-07-2013, 09:21 AM

That looks like the biggest PITA...

cluckcluck · 01-07-2013, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Irvin

You would have been better off using Kevlar mains and sh crosses for more spin and easier stringing.

I didn't have any kevlar handy so I just used whatever crap I've had on hand. Going to take it out tonight to test.

Lakers4Life · 01-07-2013, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by cluckcluck

I didn't have any kevlar handy so I just used whatever crap I've had on hand. Going to take it out tonight to test.

It looks like crap.

I don't think it will work.

cluckcluck · 01-07-2013, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Lakers4Life

It looks like crap.

I don't think it will work.

It looks like total crap. It wasn't mean to be pretty. Who knows what it will do.

db10s · 01-07-2013, 10:32 AM

Maybe if you weave every other cross in the middle of the racket...

The Meat · 01-07-2013, 10:38 AM

Looks interesting, you never know how it might play. I remember my barb wire stringing job, didn't play like how I would imagine it would.

Steve Huff · 01-10-2013, 05:41 PM

I'm guessing it will break quickly too. But, always fun to experiment.

01-06-2013, 05:23 PM	#1
cluckcluck Professional Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Between the baseline and netcord. Posts: 1,463	Spin monster in the making. I had some junk string laying around and I decided to try out a different technique of crossing to see if I could get more spin. The racquet is a Dunlop AG 4D 200, the mains are a cheap multi (16g) and the crosses are a cheap syngut (17g), mains at 60lbs, top 3 crosses @ 60lbs, next 3 @ 50, next 5 @ 40lbs, and remainder @ 50lbs. It was a major pain in the hiney to string and I had to be extremely careful. I misweaved a bunch of crosses because the loops threw me off. I imagine the setup will break quickly and or hurt me. I did this purely for the experiment and to see if I could generate more spin. What do you guys think? Have you tried this before? If so, what were the results? __________________ Donnay X-Dark Red 94

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01-07-2013, 09:21 AM	#7
db10s Hall Of Fame Join Date: May 2012 Location: S. FL Posts: 1,974	That looks like the biggest PITA... __________________ Dunlop D-Squad Member... So I'm biased towards Dunlop. Biomimetic Max 200G x3 and a few others...