No Room to Tie Off Last Cross Because of Clamp

[kenshireen]

I have been stringing 2 piece for quite a while. When I finish the last cross at lets say 7b (bottom) I clamp it as close to the grommet and when I go to tie off at 6b there is barely enough room to slip the string through to tie knot since the clamp is right there in the corner next to 6b.

How do I get around this? I can clamp off in the middle of the last cross so that I have room but then I loose tension on the last half.

This always happens to me

Ken

 

[Tbraziel]

I would suggest, pre-weaving that last hole before you clamp and pull. You should be able to put your clamp just as close. Let me know if that helps?

 

[kenshireen]

I would suggest, pre-weaving that last hole before you clamp and pull. You should be able to put your clamp just as close. Let me know if that helps?

I think there is some confusion here and it is probably on my explanation..
Even if I pre-weave the last cross, it is tying the knot in the cross below the last cross tensioned that is causing me the tightness... When I string the last cross I still have to clamp it before I insert the string into 6B which is where I will be tying the know... Since the clamp is sitting on 7b (the end of the last cross), 6B offers little room to make and tie a knot.

I hope this clarifies a bit

thank you

 

[iplaybetter]

just move the clamp allitle, just enough to be able to tie off

 

[kenshireen]

If I move the clamp a little than the last cross will not have complete tension.
If I tension and then tie off at the end of the cross than I have no room for the know.

 

[Nellie]

If you want (not recommended!) you could use your awl to hold tension while tiing the knot.

 

[diredesire]

just move the clamp allitle, just enough to be able to tie off

If I move the clamp a little than the last cross will not have complete tension.
If I tension and then tie off at the end of the cross than I have no room for the know.

Just move your clamp. The string doesn't have "complete" tension anyways. What you decide to do about it after that is up to you.

There is always going to be an untensioned length of string on the outside of the frame (for your knot!) I suggest you try moving your clamp, and if the tension loss REALLY bothers you, you can bump the tension up a little bit on the last cross. I don't bother, but some like to.

 

[Deleted member 25923]

Just move your clamp. The string doesn't have "complete" tension anyways. What you decide to do about it after that is up to you.

There is always going to be an untensioned length of string on the outside of the frame (for your knot!) I suggest you try moving your clamp, and if the tension loss REALLY bothers you, you can bump the tension up a little bit on the last cross. I don't bother, but some like to.

Yea, moving the clamp a quarter of an inch really isn't a big deal to tie off a knot.

If you have fixed clamps, this is even more of a non issue because they're usually more compact than flying clamps and always under the stringbed.