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    SynthGut comes out right on, Multis come out 10% low?

    Any idea why I can string Gamma TNT Fat Core 17 at 60 lbs on my AeroStormTour 16x20, two piece or ATW, (dropweight), and the immediate "tension" reading from RacquetTune has come out at 60, 61, 60, and 63 lbs for the last four stringings, but when I strung Technifibre MultiFeel 17 the immediate...
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    Exploring ATW on X-2 (Flying Clamps, Starting clamp, and Starting pin)

    My first stringing with the Gamma X-2 (my good racquet, two piece) went so well I decided to learn to string ATW on an old racquet I have (Head TI Radical OS), and use up one of the free string sets that came with the machine. Irvin had posted several short (and long) side ATW methods, one of...
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    Tension Loss vs. Reference Tension?

    Has anyone charted "steady state" tension loss percentage versus a range of reference tensions for a synthetic gut or a multifilament string? I'm wondering if the percentage stays the same or goes down as the reference tension goes down - i.e. goes down: 13% loss at 60 lbs reference...
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    String break in for non-string-breakers?

    I'm a non-string-breaker, and want my racquet to play the same every time I go out. It seems to take six to eight hours of play after a fresh stringing to level out and feel the same every game (at 14-15% tension loss). I always keep one racquet leveled out, and during practice sessions, I...
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    Why, What, and How: My First Stringing

    My First Stringing Story I strung my first racquet yesterday, and it turned out great. I'm going to explain why *I* decided to buy a stringing machine, what I decided to buy and why, and how my first stringing experience went. I am an engineer. I like to investigate and study, and...
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    Help? ATW with flying clamps on Aero Storm Tour

    I'm trying to figure out how to duplicate the around the world pattern my pro shop uses on my Babolat Aero Storm Tour but with flying clamps (and perhaps I need to add a starting clamp but I can't see how that will help.) Here is the pattern so far. The numbers inside the frame are clamp...
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    Klippermate starting pin?

    In reading the Klippermate manual, it mentions starting the mains with the use of a "starting pin". Does this method have any advantages or disadvantages compared with the starting method of using the next string with flying clamp described in the Gamma X-2 or Progression II manual (and...
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    Stringing Consistency

    I have had my racquets strung three times at my local pro shop (same person did each racquet). Each time I requested 60 lbs. The RacquetTune measurements at 2-3 hours (pickup) and 24 hrs 17g Gamma TNT Fat Core: 61.0 lbs 58.5 lbs (-4%) 17g Gamma TNT Fat Core: 63.5 lbs 61.0 lbs...
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    String Tension Truth?

    Questions: 1) Racquet's "Recommended Tension" is 55-62 lbs. Is that the "String at" or "Use at" tension? 2) My tennis teacher told me to string at 60 with TNT FatCore 17. RacquetTune showed 61 lbs when I picked it up, lost 11% (54 lbs) the first week, down to 14% (53 lbs) the second...
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    Maybe tension is baloney?

    Fact: I laid off tennis for 2 years - 58lb 16g FatCore became 52lbs (RacquetTune) Fact: Started lessons again, teacher said restring at 60lb with 17g FatCore Fact: Racquet returned with sticker "Restring __ (4 months)" ------ RacquetTune showed 61 lbs after restring Fact: 4 days later -10%...
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    Itchy, Painful fibers / fibres from strings?

    I had a racquet restrung with Technifibre TGV 17 which is a multifilament string. My wife and I both suffered from painful fibers for days after handling the newly strung racquet. Is this normal?
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