checking string wave

dainova · Jul 13, 2008

Hi,

One guy I strung for, checked his racket looking at some sharp angle at the string bed where you can see all wave lines and pointed that in this case those lines are not correct or straight.
I told him he is not right, interesting to hear other opinions.

I used to do this as it's easy to see any missed waves, but never tried to get straight line, it's always a bit curvy.

Tx
Dai

Zach · Jul 13, 2008

Do you mean to say that the crosses are kind of "frowning" on the racket?

Loco4Tennis · Jul 13, 2008

yeah, this is a bit anal type of person,
i not only straighten the lines while stringing but also after wards, to where they are as straight as i care to get them, which is pretty straight to be as professional as possible, even then the string wave is off but in a curving pattern to the left and right
dainova - what did he say or do, did he straighten them himself??

YULitle · Jul 13, 2008

If you are talking about the fact that the strings are not perfectly straight, meaning a straight line between the two grommets, then tell him that he's in for a panic attack when he actually uses the racquet because strings move.

Loco4Tennis · Jul 13, 2008

i think the OP is saying when you pick up a racquet after stringing and bring it up to eye level to see the plain or rather the string bed from a horizontal plain point of view (maybe not everyone does this, i do

), you see the mains and crosses intersect, and the pattern is never straight, its very uniformed but never straight

by the way, reason why i do this, because it looks cool

Loco4Tennis · Jul 13, 2008

ok, here is a pic that "bud" posted, hope he doesn't mind
got it from this thread
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=148752&highlight=pictures+string&page=7
anyway, this pictures illustrates what i think the OP is trying to say, the client wants the diagonal rows to be straight from this angle

MPC · Jul 13, 2008

isn't it impossible for them to be straight from that angle?

like something would be seriously wrong if they were?

Loco4Tennis · Jul 13, 2008

YULitle said:
If you are talking about the fact that the strings are not perfectly straight, meaning a straight line between the two grommets, then tell him that he's in for a panic attack when he actually uses the racquet because strings move.

something tells me you've been bugged by this same question before

YULitle · Jul 13, 2008

MPC said:
isn't it impossible for them to be straight from that angle?

like something would be seriously wrong if they were?

It is only possible when the mains and crosses are evenly spaced across the stringbed, which few racquets are. Actually, if you had a final main that had a bigger gap between it and the second-to-last, you could maintain the "straight line" with a similar gap between the last and second-to-last cross, assuming M=C. But, since there are seldom the same amount of mains and crosses, the situation you describe as impossible is merely unlikely (but not impossible.)

Loco4Tennis said:
something tells me you've been bugged by this same question before

Just the ever present paranoia of moving strings.

dainova · Jul 14, 2008

Tx, all
to Loco:
I just told him don't bs me, I'm a pro and know what I'm doing for $15 labor.
Anybody who know basic geometry can see that it won't be stright.

Dai

diredesire · Jul 14, 2008

YULitle said:
It is only possible when the mains and crosses are evenly spaced across the stringbed, which few racquets are. Actually, if you had a final main that had a bigger gap between it and the second-to-last, you could maintain the "straight line" with a similar gap between the last and second-to-last cross, assuming M=C. But, since there are seldom the same amount of mains and crosses, the situation you describe as impossible is merely unlikely (but not impossible.)

Just the ever present paranoia of moving strings.

Bingo. The string spacing typically gets wider as you move further from the sweetspot. This is particularly obvious on the Wilson 6.1 series frames. The only way the "waves" will be straight is if the spacing is identical.

Looking at a sharp angle is an easy way to check for misweaves, though.

Zach · Jul 14, 2008

dainova said:
Tx, all
to Loco:
I just told him don't bs me, I'm a pro and know what I'm doing for $15 labor.
Anybody who know basic geometry can see that it won't be stright.

Dai

Give us a pic to show what you mean.

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