Spider Silk, ruined?

[Kostas]

Ok so I got my Gaucho Spider Silk and I was in the process of stringing it up when I noticed this:

I have been extremely careful and gentle while stringing. I've gently pulled through the whole string on the crosses and proceeded to only weave have the bed at a time...then I just saw this.

I went ahead and stopped stringing to see what you guys say....

 

[Lefty78]

If that split doesn't ruin the string job, stopping half way through the stringing process certainly will.

 

[Kostas]

Well my mains are finished and tied off...I just started my crosses (2 rows) when I noticed it.

This is my first time stringing gut so I'm not sure what to do.

 

[obnoxious2]

Might as well finish the string job now. Hopefully the synthetic stuff in the middle of the string holds up. And since you are only on the 2nd/3rd row it shouldn't pop unless you mishit badly.

 

[Kostas]

Might as well finish the string job now. Hopefully the synthetic stuff in the middle of the string holds up. And since you are only on the 2nd/3rd row it shouldn't pop unless you mishit badly.

Well the split is about half-way down the string so it's likely to be right in the middle of the string bed. I guess I'll just start the crosses over...

 

[jorel]

do a hybird

 

[Kostas]

Thought about that. I usually do a hybrid with polys in the mains and sgut in the crosses. For the SS I just wanted to try a full bed so I have the SS in the mains already and didn't want to put poly in the crosses.

Update: I kept going and the tension pull on that piece seemed fine....so I'll let everyone know if it doesn't pan out.

 

[Kostas]

Update #2:

Dammit!!! They broke on the stringer as I was close to finishing!

They didn't break on the fray in the above picture, but where I tied off my mains:

 

[MAX PLY]

How tight did you pull the knot?

 

[Kostas]

How tight did you pull the knot?

Not very tight at all considering how tight I usually do my polys and synthetics...

 

[Fedace]

That's what happens with 2nd grade gut strings. it happens, you should ask for a refund or another set of string.

 

[jorel]

Thought about that. I usually do a hybrid with polys in the mains and sgut in the crosses. For the SS I just wanted to try a full bed so I have the SS in the mains already and didn't want to put poly in the crosses.

Update: I kept going and the tension pull on that piece seemed fine....so I'll let everyone know if it doesn't pan out.

put sg in the cross

 

[GPB]

My Global Gut has unwoven like that before... I just wind it back as I put it in the racket, and I've never had it come back to bite me. Yet.

 

[Tennis100]

happpened to me!!! just send them the pic and they will give you a refund.

 

[Tennis100]

happpened to me!!! just send them the pic and they will give you a refund.

 

[DavidNERODease]

I just did my first racquet with Spider Silk for a customer - a hybird with PSGwD in the crosses. It went pretty well and looks good but I did notice that Spider Silk tends to squish much easier than say Tonic natural gut. After I was finished I exposed the inside of the string and you can clearly see 3 twisted rope like strands that are not bonded in anyway. It's like Spider Silk is hollow with 3 strands floating down the middle of a pipe - no wonder it squishes so easilly.

I have some good pics but what is the fastest way to get pics up on this forum?

 

[Kostas]

I took my pics with my iPhone4, emailed them to myself and uploaded to my flickr account. Took about 3 minutes total.

 

[DavidNERODease]

Test

 

[DavidNERODease]

Arg - I'll figure this out... okay the links work - for me anyway... and for other people too... embedded finally.

 

[DavidNERODease]

Here you can clearly see the 3 strands.