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    String Name Contest - Win 12 Sets of Natural Gut!

    klip tastic
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    stringing mains/crosses

    sorry I realised as soon as I posted last. I was thinking that there was a knot required where crosses start on the chart. But it was only required at where the knots for crosses are stated then loop through to the first cross. silly me. BTW the wilson i am playing with will have the three...
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    stringing mains/crosses

    I thought I had it, but I am confused again. I have the following specs for crosses. Start C at 7t (starting knot here right?) and it also has tie of c at 5t and 12b. what is the deal with this that is 3 knots not 2. Or do i ignore the tie off at 5t? Adam -confused :?
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    Mechanics of a lockout spring machine + Testing&Calibrat

    thanks SW I will give it a whirl later this week. BTW I got my calibrator today - so I will measure this method against it :) My machine was was 4lbs off in the end.
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    Cleaning a Stringing Machine

    Hi, it might be my newness so to speak to stringing. But what good does cleaning the clamps do? Holds string better? There is a fine balance between the clamps gripping and being too tight right? Should you be able to feel any marks (no matter how negligible) on the string from the clamps...
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    6 test polys'

    Hello, I am going to buy 6 poly's to test from TW. I have been playing with Wilson Polylast and do not like it, I find it a lil stiff and lacks feel. These are the five I am think of trying. Kirshbaum Touch Turbo (most excited about) Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power (to see what all the rage...
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    Mechanics of a lockout spring machine + Testing&Calibrat

    SW could you give me one worked example please, I feel I am miscalculating something. I need a frequency range of between 430 and 450 hz ideally. regards, Adam ps I have a Korg GA-10 guitar tuner.
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    Mechanics of a lockout spring machine + Testing&Calibrat

    yes, i was just being curious - I wanted to play around before my calibrator comes. Most of the equipment I have already, so I was going to see how the physics worked and see what kind of measurements I could get, compared to the calibrator. But I dont think my tuner has enough of a range to...
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    Mechanics of a lockout spring machine + Testing&Calibrat

    Gaines - we just took into acount those factors u mentioned - see the equation, by rearranging we can solve the tension? agreed?
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    Mechanics of a lockout spring machine + Testing&Calibrat

    SW - which formula did you use to calculate frequency? was it F=1/2*L*(T/M)^0.5 where F= fundamental frequency L = length of string M = mass per unit of length g/m or lb/inch - god the imperial system is so ugly, when will you get rid of it? :P T = tension in newtons =1600N=360lbs - easy...
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    Mechanics of a lockout spring machine + Testing&Calibrat

    gaines - this is the link SW was referring to. http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/viewtopic.php?t=10507&highlight= last point made by coach raises some questions. But then again there will be another formula that should be able to take care of that as well. thanks, Again I might compare...
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    Mechanics of a lockout spring machine + Testing&Calibrat

    Well that is why I was being so pedantic about calibrating before stringing a racquet - still haven't. It was a second hand machine, and I want to know how accurate it was. Looks like I will have to wait even longer and have to buy a tension calibrator. But surely there is another way to measure...
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    stringing mains/crosses

    thanks. All frames have either 6 or 8 grommets in the throat don't they? Does it not depend on whether there is 6 or 8 in the throat. 6 start at bottom. 8 top? "wrap around 2 holes" because that is the first free grommet where we can now pull a cross right? Hey I think I got it, looking at...
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    stringing mains/crosses

    so mains are always tied off on same side? with starting knot you said: "The starting knot is used for the crosses, it is usually 2 holes from the first cross. So on my Tour 90 it says to start the crosses at 5H. So I will tie the cross string to the main string at 5H then take the cross...
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    stringing mains/crosses

    and how do you know what side to start the mains? patterns on klipper site do not say where to start mains. thanks
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    stringing mains/crosses

    Hi when interpretting stringing charts; when it says to tie off mains(for two piece stringing) at 6T or H what ever convention you are using you tie off 6 from the middle, no probs. But we have 2 main ends to tie off, on all the racquets I have at home, there are 3 knots on the throat of the...
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    Mechanics of a lockout spring machine + Testing&Calibrat

    No just a poor university student, who his racquets are one of his biggest investments.
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    Mechanics of a lockout spring machine + Testing&Calibrat

    yes I am analyzing to the extent of paralyzing. But I will eventually be putting in there some expensive racquets which I am emotionally attached to. haha :lol: . I found some information on adjusting the tension. I know that you can measure tension through calibrators, but wanted to do some...
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    Mechanics of a lockout spring machine + Testing&Calibrat

    I understand that they lock out when the desired tension is reached. But does this mean they should only lock out at this tension? As we turn the crank and it moves further from the racquet there is a higher tension. My question is when I was testing the accuracy of the tensioner, I had 58lbs...
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    Mounting racquet with retainers.

    Hello people, I am unsure how to mount the racquet on my epsilon machine which with research have found to be really equivalent to an Win II pro Eagnas 700le and with two extra mounting points really an Ektelon H. Anyhow I have many retainers but am unsure of the exact procedure of...
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    Mounting Racquet with retainers

    Hello people, I am unsure how to mount the racquet on my epsilon machine which with research have found to be really equivalent to an Win II pro Eagnas 700le and with two extra mounting points really an Ektelon H. Anyhow I have many retainers but am unsure of the exact procedure of...
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