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Always found Teflon a pain, invested in fittex and grommet grinders many years ago and its a far better solution.

I have a 3001 and a star 3 and all I can say is that range is consistent with them and I think is pretty dam good considering the constant pull nature of the machine and string stretch Also I guess there will be the accuracy of your digital scale but all in all im happy with mine.

Yawn - should be one post and one answer, job done. But yet another derailed petulant posting-fest. Keep it up guys, see if you can bore everyone to death whilst simultaneously devaluing the forum entirely.

Fairly subjective position

I've seen a fair few eagnas and pros pro manuals which say set to zero (comet doesn't). So maybe go based on the machine you have and the manufacturers instructions assuming they say it for a reason.... would seem a sensible start point. Regardless i would suggest checking the calibration...

Your spring will slowly creep/stretch over time. Manufacturers instructions always say to release them. I've not measured the rate of loss but it will happen. Buy a cheap luggage scale and calibrate the machine. I've bought a cheap one off am zon and had a very expensive electronic one and...

Yes, relax it back to take tension off spring. You should do that as standard anyway not just for long term storage.

Every machine will obviously be very different, but I bought a very well used, but also well maintained 2001 nearly 10 years ago. It hasn't missed a beat. It is always a risk as repairs aren't readily available or may not be possible but these are tanks. If you were savvy I suspect you could...

Im just coming at this as someone who used to enjoy dipping in and out of this forum. I'm finding it a less enjoyable way to use a spare 15 minutes over recent times, largely due to this issue. But I'm a big boy, I can choose not to visit. Plus i do appreciate the irony of me rail roading this...

I think the OP only asked about an error code??? The petty bickering and metaphorical comparison of your appendage sizes is really boring. Do you think you could have a separate thread for whinging at each other as the rail roading of every thread for this same purpose is a bit tiresome. Just...

An oldie but a goodie!!! Enjoy

I would snap it up assuming it works. If all else failed I bet you could part it out and get most of that back. String clamps are expensive so give them a good test and adjustment to. I had original babolat ones but the mechanism was worn out and they'd pop open. from memory the high service...

It doesn't even include the string clamps, crazy price. Makes no economic sense vs a new machine. Those machines (star 3 or 4) are £500 max in my opinion. Good chance they'll serve you well at that price. Only reason to spend big is if you need it for a very specific reason but you need...

I do use one and have done for many years without a hiccup. I did pick up another machine to harvest parts if anything did fail but nothing has. They are great but as you say its down to what you are willing or able to risk. If you see one I'd test it thoroughly.

Have an older TF rackpack...... absolute beast. Great build quality and just a great bag. Assuming similar quality then you really can't go wrong.

Not exactly accurate / fair. They aren't allowed to offer him less than 50% of his previous wage. So even if he offered to play for free it would likely have legal implications and wouldn't be accepted.

Thats intetesting. I wasn't aware of that. I should probably just accept the limitations and be pleased my machine is still alive and kicking at this point

Yip, that's what's being discussed. It's just with time and changes in machine ownership it seems it's become unclear what options/adaptations existed.

I have badminton 6/12 supports for my star 3 so they must have existed. I suspect there's folk coming across lots of such dusty pieces of metal in their stores and they get chucked as they have no idea what they're for! Unfortunate!

I see there's a company selling them for £999. Nothing like a supply issue to drive up the price!!

It's not just the risk of physical harm, I once heard about a guy who strung on a 2 point machine. He ended up pregnant..... figure that one out. Never happens with 6 point.

I also use load spreaders (like you can pick up on the bay). They buy you about 10mm at either end so can be helpful.

The images in post 12 are the original ones that came with the machines. I think there may another one also, but don't have mine to hand to check.

If don't have the spacers in post 12 I'd look to see if you find them, or have some machined. They are necessary for quite a few frames. But, in terms of my issue even having those adapters doesn't mean all OS frames will be able to be mounted, especially where the beams get thicker.

Or more seriously, maybe when I recently decided I needed to try alpecin shampoo!! Sad day

When I had my hip resurfaced and realised I wouldn't win another slam.

The arms do spread further. Ideally I would shift the racket so it moved up towards the head so at the throat it moved to a narrower point of the V, but that all depends on the strung pattern and adaptors allowing that. On some rackets it just doesn't. The issue is the beam thickness of the...

Stick a dampener on, if it goes away it's prob not a crack. I foubd weird buzzing sounds from odd things like tail ends of knots, cross overs that lay in just the wrong place and things like that. I've had rackets that I've then strung again and the sound has gone away.

I'm shocked you'd partake in such blatantly illegal activities like placing a dampening device there.

Don't usually pay much attention but last night had 2 APDs arrive. Were received strung. Exactly an hour later doorbell rang to pick back up and the second was just getting the final straighten so 30 minutes all in.