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I like what the SM reads after stringing up a 16x19 100 sq. in. Wilson Blx Pro Open for a student, with Gamma Progression II FC drop weight stringer.
After strung, FB Prince Tournament SG 15L 2-piece FB, StringMeter reads the center 12 strings as:
47 45 42, 45 45 43 | 42 42 42, 42 47 50
Ref. tension were:
48 48 48, 51 51 51 | 51 51 51, 48 48 48
The current starting sequence: (my favorite so far)
Conclusion/thoughts:
After strung, FB Prince Tournament SG 15L 2-piece FB, StringMeter reads the center 12 strings as:
47 45 42, 45 45 43 | 42 42 42, 42 47 50
Ref. tension were:
48 48 48, 51 51 51 | 51 51 51, 48 48 48
The current starting sequence: (my favorite so far)
- Starting clamp on L2 inside frame, 1st pull on L1
- R1, 2 and 3
- L2, L3
- R4, L4 and repeat
Conclusion/thoughts:
- Good starting sequence going from L1, R1, 2, 3, because the SM reading shows even close to 42~43 across the 5 strings. Lower tension on the first 2 center main was not evident. (Thanks to Irvin for introducing it.)
- Dropping 3 lbs from 4th to 6th works. This is a decent and acceptable compromise that level 4th to 6th main tension down somewhat without complicated measuring, calculating, and changing tension every string.
- Yonex loop might help with main and specially cross. There was a 32->23 drop cross tie-up at 11B with a long long outside section plus the clamp was not able to get close to the frame. Might want to look into cam-action plier to minimize this problem.
- The short string section between clamp and grommet is certainly under-tensioned. This is not 100% pulled out by the following pull because of the friction in the grommet. Thus how much string or distance you leave can effect the final tension. To complicate things, all strings are not at the same length, so gap would lead to more pronounce variation going toward short or side mains. And I found that I seldom was able to put my clamp close to the grommet specially on the very last main because of the mount, no matter how much tension I added, the last main tension would always be way low.