can you stop stringing in the middle of a stringjob? - Page 2

Bud · 01-25-2008, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Cup8489

but that's one string, and at most it changes the tension on 4 of the strings, most likely the mains in the center. if you leave it half done with all the mains and none of the crosses, you're askin for it.

i did that with my old Prince Thundercloud, and it was not pretty.

6 point mount too.

The mounting system is there to hold the racquet, prevent it from twisting AND keep the stresses in check and fairly balanced as the racquet is strung. I'd like to see a racquet that was broken while mounted properly in a stringing machine. I've left the mains strung many times without immediately starting on the crosses and have never had a problem... and that's with a 2-point mounting system.

chrisplchs · 01-25-2008, 08:15 PM

if you string the mains, stop for an extended amount of time and then come back to finish the crosses, you deserve to get kicked in the nuts.

Every time you tension a string, the racquet gets distorted because of the various forces acting upon it. While modern racquet are built to survive nuclear fallouts and Marat Safin's abuse (alright... most of his abuses), leaving a racquet with only the mains tensioned on the mount decreases the lifespan of the racquet significantly.

Will you or your customers notice? Possibly, depending on the racquet and the person. If it is a person who players once a month and strings their racquet once a year, then the racquet will never go through enough stringing and flexes to render the racquet "dead".

So basically, finish stringing what you started as soon as possible.

Bud · 01-27-2008, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisplchs

if you string the mains, stop for an extended amount of time and then come back to finish the crosses, you deserve to get kicked in the nuts.

Every time you tension a string, the racquet gets distorted because of the various forces acting upon it. While modern racquet are built to survive nuclear fallouts and Marat Safin's abuse (alright... most of his abuses), leaving a racquet with only the mains tensioned on the mount decreases the lifespan of the racquet significantly.

Will you or your customers notice? Possibly, depending on the racquet and the person. If it is a person who players once a month and strings their racquet once a year, then the racquet will never go through enough stringing and flexes to render the racquet "dead".

So basically, finish stringing what you started as soon as possible.

Oh, brother! Another person professing to know about the elusive dead racquet syndrome... and one who states that I deserve to be kicked in the nuts for leaving my personal racquets in the stringing machine with the mains strung only

I'd appreciate if you'd post a link to a legitimate scientific study concerning dead racquets. I think you, like a few others on the boards, simply repeat information because you're too lazy to research it

iplaybetter · 01-27-2008, 04:45 AM

its a huge nono, but i have seen so many rackets left on machines at big stores

Bud · 01-27-2008, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by iplaybetter

its a huge nono, but i have seen so many rackets left on machines at big stores

Ever seen one break or shatter because of this?

iplaybetter · 01-28-2008, 05:08 AM

no but i cringe every time i see it

oiler90 · 02-01-2008, 07:56 AM

Dont start stringing unless you plan on finishing the racquet. Common sense should prevail here.

jflores · 06-23-2008, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by iplaybetter

its a huge nono, but i have seen so many rackets left on machines at big stores

Saw one today at my local store too. It wasn't even mounted properly also. Just makes me angry that the customers don't know it's wrong and pay ridiculous prices for poor quality stringjobs.

Deano · 06-23-2008, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jflores

Saw one today at my local store too. It wasn't even mounted properly also. Just makes me angry that the customers don't know it's wrong and pay ridiculous prices for poor quality stringjobs.

The racquet you saw was unfinished and not mounted properly? How was it mounted?

Mansewerz · 06-23-2008, 09:42 AM

You can take a quick break, I've left it for a little bit while I was looking over some YULitle vids. I did it for like 10-15 mins, but no more, and even I took way to long. I'd just start right away.

Zach · 06-23-2008, 10:00 AM

I've seen at least 15+ frames left with just the mains finished at our country club. The only time I've ever left a racket with just the mains finished was to look to look up the correct starting knot grommet, etc.

prostaff18 · 06-23-2008, 02:01 PM

it's not a good practice but it's not going to break any racquets. I have never left a racquet for more than 10min, and I probably will never leave one more than that in my life.

I'm just saying that if any of you say that you have NEVER done anything that did danger to the frame you are full of it. If you never make mistakes then you never learn anything. Ask any tournament stringer and they say you need to string 10's of thousands of racquets to even think about going to a big tournament to string. You have to string that number of frames so that you have seen everything and know what to do in every situation presented to you.

I'm not saying that it is ok to leave the string job unfinished but I think that saying that the racquet will shatter is overkill! Now if you repeatedly do things that hurt the frame then you do run the risk of the frame becoming weak. The racquet will develop places where it bends during stringing and after a while these places can fail. But leaving a racquet once for a few minutes wont hurt anything. But just don't make it a common practice.

also about racquets becoming dead it does happen. If you check the flex you will be able to see the difference over time.

FedererISBetter · 08-10-2008, 08:38 PM

I had a tournment one day and couldnt finish stringing a racquet... first time stringing one of those ozones, and basically ran out of time due to complications so I just tied the mains and threw it in my car. Finished the crosses next day, made it a pound tighter than usual.... and the costumer was pretty satified. Thats the only time I did something like this, and now I feel guilty : (

Mansewerz · 08-10-2008, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by FedererISBetter

I had a tournment one day and couldnt finish stringing a racquet... first time stringing one of those ozones, and basically ran out of time due to complications so I just tied the mains and threw it in my car. Finished the crosses next day, made it a pound tighter than usual.... and the costumer was pretty satified. Thats the only time I did something like this, and now I feel guilty : (

You took it off the mounting???????????

RakettoKozou · 08-10-2008, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by FedererISBetter

I had a tournment one day and couldnt finish stringing a racquet... first time stringing one of those ozones, and basically ran out of time due to complications so I just tied the mains and threw it in my car. Finished the crosses next day, made it a pound tighter than usual.... and the costumer was pretty satified. Thats the only time I did something like this, and now I feel guilty : (

LOL, they'll never know...

zidane339 · 08-10-2008, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by FedererISBetter

I had a tournment one day and couldnt finish stringing a racquet... first time stringing one of those ozones, and basically ran out of time due to complications so I just tied the mains and threw it in my car. Finished the crosses next day, made it a pound tighter than usual.... and the costumer was pretty satified. Thats the only time I did something like this, and now I feel guilty : (

Wow,pleae don't tell me you took it off the mounting?Or are you just kidding?

FedererISBetter · 08-12-2008, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Mansewerz

You took it off the mounting???????????

Yup, took it off the mounting... ran into the car... threw it in the trunk... and head straight to the tournment. I got lucky I guess.

FedererISBetter · 08-12-2008, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by RakettoKozou

LOL, they'll never know...

It was my double partner's racquet... he played his usual game. Perhaps its all mental lol

Mansewerz · 08-12-2008, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by FedererISBetter

Yup, took it off the mounting... ran into the car... threw it in the trunk... and head straight to the tournment. I got lucky I guess.

That's one of the biggest no no's when it comes to stringing! the mounting system is there for a reason. That racquet could've broken. bet it warped like crazy? what racquet?

FedererISBetter · 08-12-2008, 07:50 PM

There was no visible warping... it was Ozone white.. something like that. But lol, I was in a hurry... either to get DQ or disapoint partner. I chose disappoint partner lol. I promise not to make any more newbie mistakes : )

01-25-2008, 08:15 PM	#22
chrisplchs Professional Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 870	if you string the mains, stop for an extended amount of time and then come back to finish the crosses, you deserve to get kicked in the nuts. Every time you tension a string, the racquet gets distorted because of the various forces acting upon it. While modern racquet are built to survive nuclear fallouts and Marat Safin's abuse (alright... most of his abuses), leaving a racquet with only the mains tensioned on the mount decreases the lifespan of the racquet significantly. Will you or your customers notice? Possibly, depending on the racquet and the person. If it is a person who players once a month and strings their racquet once a year, then the racquet will never go through enough stringing and flexes to render the racquet "dead". So basically, finish stringing what you started as soon as possible. __________________ USRSA MRT Volkl C10 Pro w/ Fairway Leather Grip Babolat Star 3 Innocent! 6 13 45

01-27-2008, 04:45 AM	#24
iplaybetter Hall Of Fame Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: behind you, but i have to be somewhere else by the time you look Posts: 3,441	its a huge nono, but i have seen so many rackets left on machines at big stores __________________ saffin, man first, tennis player second I string 75% O3's, and i enjoy every one of them

01-28-2008, 05:08 AM	#26
iplaybetter Hall Of Fame Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: behind you, but i have to be somewhere else by the time you look Posts: 3,441	no but i cringe every time i see it __________________ saffin, man first, tennis player second I string 75% O3's, and i enjoy every one of them

02-01-2008, 07:56 AM	#27
oiler90 Rookie Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Findlay, Ohio Posts: 137	Dont start stringing unless you plan on finishing the racquet. Common sense should prevail here. __________________ Wilson BLX Six-One Team

06-23-2008, 09:42 AM	#30
Mansewerz Legend Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Caught in No Man's Land Posts: 9,167	You can take a quick break, I've left it for a little bit while I was looking over some YULitle vids. I did it for like 10-15 mins, but no more, and even I took way to long. I'd just start right away. __________________ Gameplan: Get it deep, wait for the short ball, then come in. (2) Volkl C10 Pros