Most common cross weave area on a racket?

[Polotechnics]

Hi guys.

Theoretical question.

Is the most common cross weave error/ miss, on the last main of the top two and bottom two crosses?

Where the change in the number of mains throws out the pattern of the above string being the opposite eg over or under?

Cheers, Paul

 

[Irvin]

I wouldn’t know, I don’t think you’re supposed to mis weave. LOL But when I started stringing my most common ares was near the bottom on the last string. For some reason I would go over or under 2 at a time. I never did mis weave in the center of a racket and not catch it immediately.

 

[dak95_00]

I'd guess it would happen when you get tired or in a routine of start or finish over/under. Then have to switch it up because you find yourself near the end and are inside a main but still start/finish the same way.

 

[Jster]

I believe is "answering a phone call"

 

[norcal]

For me it's the area after 5 beers.

 

[jim e]

For me it's the area after 5 beers.

Only 5 ?

 

[Polotechnics]

Thanks for the replies, as always.

I use a cross 'perimeter' check to make sure I haven't done anything stupid.

All of the crosses at the top and bottom of the frame that AREN'T immediately flush underneath another cross - should be the opposite of the other side ie the crosses on the section where the head narrows at either end.

Then all crosses that are directly flush with an cross (above and below) should be the opposite of the string above and below.

Allows me to just zip around the whole perimeter of the frame in seconds and spot any miss weaves without check the middle of the bed.

I hope this makes sense

 

[dak95_00]

Last night I was worried a few times and it slowed me down. I was stringing a PS97 v13 in the dark with Technifibre Black Code 4s (black string) and doing an ATW pattern because the client wanted just two knots; I usually do two piece or 4 knots. I swear I had that small flashlight in my mouth for the last many crosses. My eyesight is already failing and black on black is very difficult for me in normal light. In the dark it was awful. It wasn't pitch black but it was very low lighting. No misweaves though!

 

[shadow01]

Last night I was worried a few times and it slowed me down. I was stringing a PS97 v13 in the dark with Technifibre Black Code 4s (black string) and doing an ATW pattern because the client wanted just two knots; I usually do two piece or 4 knots. I swear I had that small flashlight in my mouth for the last many crosses. My eyesight is already failing and black on black is very difficult for me in normal light. In the dark it was awful. It wasn't pitch black but it was very low lighting. No misweaves though!

Prepping for a blindfold stringing competition or lose power and couldn’t turn the light on?

 

[dak95_00]

Prepping for a blindfold stringing competition or lose power and couldn’t turn the light on?

I normally string in my bedroom where I have extra lights. However my wife is a nurse and she was sleeping so I had to string in a different room. My machine is on wheels.

 

[Steve Huff]

I would think the most common area would be the 1st string after there was a skipped hole because you would start under the 1st main whereas you were over it on the previous cross. Hard to explain, but if you're a stringer, you know what I mean.

 

[Ronaldo]

For me it's the area after 5 beers.

in 20 minutes or less!

 

[Ronaldo]

I normally string in my bedroom where I have extra lights. However my wife is a nurse and she was sleeping so I had to string in a different room. My machine is on wheels.

Luckily so is our bed

 

[dak95_00]

Luckily so is our bed

That’s a large doorway! Seems like something I’d see in a Marx Bros film.

 

[1HBHfanatic]

-i also think ive missed more near the bottom,
-but i go by "feel" first, and then sight,
-a miss weave feels different when fanning!
-i do also check as i go (sight) with the last main string and the previous cross
-you do have to watch out for cross pattern/s when doing ATW, BOX, etc
-it took me a few botched cross racquets to learn to pay more attention to it now!!
-if/when EVEN than it's ODD, if/when ODD than it's EVEN!!

 

[Bambooman]

The bottom couple of crosses for me. Twice I repeated a weave when finishing up the same racquet with minutes to spare before I had to head to the court. That may have been the main problem.
The first time I undid it and sacrificed the last cross which was a bit superfluous anyway. I just left it the next time and really it can't be that much of a problem.

 

[Ronaldo]

That’s a large doorway! Seems like something I’d see in a Marx Bros film.

Used to have a Murphy bed. Cleared the room nicely,

 

[am1899]

Top or bottom cross have probably been the most susceptible areas for me. As a result I’m a little more careful there than I was just starting out.

 

[mad dog1]

Hi guys.

Theoretical question.

Is the most common cross weave error/ miss, on the last main of the top two and bottom two crosses?

Where the change in the number of mains throws out the pattern of the above string being the opposite eg over or under?

Cheers, Paul

Asking for a friend?

 

[Dags]

Thanks for the replies, as always.

I use a cross 'perimeter' check to make sure I haven't done anything stupid.

All of the crosses at the top and bottom of the frame that AREN'T immediately flush underneath another cross - should be the opposite of the other side ie the crosses on the section where the head narrows at either end.

Then all crosses that are directly flush with an cross (above and below) should be the opposite of the string above and below.

Allows me to just zip around the whole perimeter of the frame in seconds and spot any miss weaves without check the middle of the bed.

I hope this makes sense

If you bring the stringbed level with your eye and look diagonally across it from 10 to 4 and 8 to 2, you'll see a very uniform pattern. Any misweave sticks out like a sore thumb.

 

[Steve Huff]

I normally string in my bedroom where I have extra lights. However my wife is a nurse and she was sleeping so I had to string in a different room. My machine is on wheels.

Dak--my wife and I are both nurses too. You do know that if you wake her, she may kill you, and any nurse on the jury would find it justified.

 

[princemidplus]

Only 5 ?

Only 5? If I had 5 I wouldn't be standing let alone trying to work a stringing machine that has suddenly morphed into the terminator somewhere between beer 3 and 4. One beer and I'm missing a tennis ball on the court. 2 and I give up or have fun while everyone else laughs at me having fun. Dont expect any real tennis after 2 beers.

 

[jim e]

Should art least be able to handle a six pack!

 

[dak95_00]

Dak--my wife and I are both nurses too. You do know that if you wake her, she may kill you, and any nurse on the jury would find it justified.

Oh. I AM AWARE!

She’s a long time NICU nurse. I teach inner city high school math. We don’t discuss our work challenges at home.

 

[jim e]

Dak--my wife and I are both nurses too. You do know that if you wake her, she may kill you, and any nurse on the jury would find it justified.

I bet she did not have to tell you that twice.

 

[Steve Huff]

I bet she did not have to tell you that twice.

Jim can say that 'cause his wife's a nurse too.

 

[Trinity110]

Oh. I AM AWARE!

She’s a long time NICU nurse. I teach inner city high school math. We don’t discuss our work challenges at home.

Out of curiosity, what city? Many cities don't have a hospital with a NIC unit.

 

[Trinity110]

Out of curiosity, what city? Many cities don't have a hospital with a NIC unit.

Out of curiosity, what city? Many cities don't have a hospital with a NIC unit.

Oh, I see - Columbus. MY DIL is a NICU physician, in the Bay Area. Was at Columbia before.

 

[MtnPavlas]

If you bring the stringbed level with your eye and look diagonally across it from 10 to 4 and 8 to 2, you'll see a very uniform pattern. Any misweave sticks out like a sore thumb.

That's what I do 2-3 times throughout the cross stringing part (only takes a second). Not that it answers the OP's question, but still, a nice easy thing to do so hopefully someone will find it helpful.

 

[AceyMan]

Any misweave sticks out like a sore thumb.

I agree with this in main but ...

....if you bring the next to last cross (whose hole is between two mains) out in the "wrong phase" and do a double-under it can be really hard to spot with the 'low-diagonal glance' check alone, since the rest of the string will be correct and the double-under doesn't make a visual pattern that stands out (Don't ask me how I know this ).

I'd say until a person is rock solid on their weaving then the last two crosses deserve a separate eyeballing on their own.

My 2¢.