martin8768
Rookie
Hey guys,
first of all, this is my first stringing machine. I have strung a couple times on my friends Gamma progression STII. I have learned very quickly and now it takes my 1h15m to finish a frame without being in a hurry. I live in Ontario and shipping from the Silent Partner headquarters in Toronto toke 3 days. Here is my review with pictures included:
Base and turntable
The Base is fairly heavy, the whole package weighed 45lbs as indicated on the box. The base only lifted once when pulling a knot very hard upwards. The turntable is very solid and i can rotate 360.
Mounting
With the 6 point mounting i get peace of mind when stringing frames, specially my expensive badminton rackets. the only thing is that the arms are not independant and i have figured out a trick. I loosen the support posts and tighten the side arms till they are secure, then i tighten the support post so that is it even on both side of the racket. the side arms have 4 holes and each has 3 different angles that the V shaped arms can fit in. The side arms wiggle a bit when not under pressure but once something is pushing from the inside they don't move at all. i think its just the way the screw tightens them. The 2 point head and throat have 3 pronged load spreaders that work very well, but theirs a warning saying not to attempt to get all three to touch. if the frame is to round then it also comes with regular rectangular plastic ones.
Clamps and clamp base
As i said, this is my first stringing machine so i can't say to much about the clamps so far, their working really great with me, once i get it adjusted right i have never had problems with pinching or slipping, but always take the time to re adjust if you use multiple types of string. I have mainly used TP cyberflash 16 and BB ace 18 and they hold nice, the SP guy told me they are not diamond dust coated and i was looking into buying some upgrades but i don't think i will need to at all they work great. The clamps have a spring to stop them from slamming down when you release them. the clamp base are not spring assisted bases. i have never tired spring assisted bases but these work great, slide easily and not to hard to tighten unless your a woosy
Crank and misc
Tested the tension with a gamma tension calibrator and it was spot on right out of the box at every tension i tested (70, 60,50,45, and 24). The Crank is easy to use and you can go as fast as you want basically. I tend to crank medium pace to make sure i get all the slack in between the grommets so im sure if i wanted to i could crank faster. Other then that i can't think of other things to talk about.
If you have any questions PM or reply me. If im forgetting anything just let me know.
Here is my Flickr Album with all the pics of the machine and tools incld
Martin8768
first of all, this is my first stringing machine. I have strung a couple times on my friends Gamma progression STII. I have learned very quickly and now it takes my 1h15m to finish a frame without being in a hurry. I live in Ontario and shipping from the Silent Partner headquarters in Toronto toke 3 days. Here is my review with pictures included:
Base and turntable
The Base is fairly heavy, the whole package weighed 45lbs as indicated on the box. The base only lifted once when pulling a knot very hard upwards. The turntable is very solid and i can rotate 360.
Mounting
With the 6 point mounting i get peace of mind when stringing frames, specially my expensive badminton rackets. the only thing is that the arms are not independant and i have figured out a trick. I loosen the support posts and tighten the side arms till they are secure, then i tighten the support post so that is it even on both side of the racket. the side arms have 4 holes and each has 3 different angles that the V shaped arms can fit in. The side arms wiggle a bit when not under pressure but once something is pushing from the inside they don't move at all. i think its just the way the screw tightens them. The 2 point head and throat have 3 pronged load spreaders that work very well, but theirs a warning saying not to attempt to get all three to touch. if the frame is to round then it also comes with regular rectangular plastic ones.
Clamps and clamp base
As i said, this is my first stringing machine so i can't say to much about the clamps so far, their working really great with me, once i get it adjusted right i have never had problems with pinching or slipping, but always take the time to re adjust if you use multiple types of string. I have mainly used TP cyberflash 16 and BB ace 18 and they hold nice, the SP guy told me they are not diamond dust coated and i was looking into buying some upgrades but i don't think i will need to at all they work great. The clamps have a spring to stop them from slamming down when you release them. the clamp base are not spring assisted bases. i have never tired spring assisted bases but these work great, slide easily and not to hard to tighten unless your a woosy
Crank and misc
Tested the tension with a gamma tension calibrator and it was spot on right out of the box at every tension i tested (70, 60,50,45, and 24). The Crank is easy to use and you can go as fast as you want basically. I tend to crank medium pace to make sure i get all the slack in between the grommets so im sure if i wanted to i could crank faster. Other then that i can't think of other things to talk about.
If you have any questions PM or reply me. If im forgetting anything just let me know.
Here is my Flickr Album with all the pics of the machine and tools incld
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