Baiardo Badminton Adapters

[jagregersen]

I have a Baiardo that I bought used from a shop that had to close about 5 years ago. I string about 90% squash and 10% tennis on it for members of a few gyms in my area, and have been asked to also string about 5-10 badminton racquets a year. Trouble is that my machine didn't come with the badminton adapters. I checked with Wilson, and they only include them with new machine purchases. There is one seller in the UK that I found through a Google search with the outer arm adapters, but they're sold out of the long inner arms.

Does anyone know of a source for the outer arm adapters and long inner support arms for my Baiardo?

 

[Rabbit]

maybe @Herb can help. He owns a couple of Baiardo's.

 

[Herb]

I do not know of a source. I know the new machines do not come with any adapters. The old machines came with longer 6 and 12 supports that were thinner to fit badminton racquets. They also came with several load spreaders and inserts for the supports. I had all of mine until 2 or 3 years ago when someone in New Mexico bought a used machine without them. I sent him all of my parts.

 

[jagregersen]

Thanks for replying. I'm still hoping to find someone like you who got them with their machines and has no intention of ever using them. I have access to a Neos 1500 to use in the meantime so I can still get the badminton racquets strung, but those tiny badminton racquets with 22/23 patterns are pretty horrible to string and they would be a little less horrible if I could do them on the comfort of my Baiardo!

I'll post an update if I manage to get a set, so if you come across this and don't see an update you can assume I'm still looking.

 

[jagregersen]

I managed to find all the pieces I needed, plus a few I didn't. If anyone comes across this and needs the outer arm adapters for the oldest generation Baiardo with the L-shaped side supports, you're welcome to have them since they're not needed for my newer gen machine with the C-shaped supports.