I received my Klippermate last night and, for the most part, had a successful first stringing experience! I put in a full bed of BHBR at 55lbs (two piece string job).
The only issue was that the final tie off for the cross (for my Wilson nPRO, it's in the 9B grommet) couldn't be used, because there was a bit of teflon tubing being used in that grommet, and it wasn't possible - at all - to get the cross string through there as well. I ended up having to tie it off about 4 grommets up. Are there any issues with this? Obviously it's not ideal, but I'll put in new strings in a couple weeks.
Overall: the klippermate is awesome! I didn't find using poly to begin with that challenging, except for the coil memory at the beginning and weaving the final few crosses. Finding the right amount of slack was very easy with the string jaws and I found the floating clamps to be very handy, both of which surprised me given some of the critiques of the Klip.
If anyone is on the fence about stringing -do it! I am awful with knots, but they were so simple, and I didn't notice any loss of tension whatsoever. The whole experience turned out to be very easy (save for the final tie off). The Klippermate Manual is excellent.
Happy stringing
The only issue was that the final tie off for the cross (for my Wilson nPRO, it's in the 9B grommet) couldn't be used, because there was a bit of teflon tubing being used in that grommet, and it wasn't possible - at all - to get the cross string through there as well. I ended up having to tie it off about 4 grommets up. Are there any issues with this? Obviously it's not ideal, but I'll put in new strings in a couple weeks.
Overall: the klippermate is awesome! I didn't find using poly to begin with that challenging, except for the coil memory at the beginning and weaving the final few crosses. Finding the right amount of slack was very easy with the string jaws and I found the floating clamps to be very handy, both of which surprised me given some of the critiques of the Klip.
If anyone is on the fence about stringing -do it! I am awful with knots, but they were so simple, and I didn't notice any loss of tension whatsoever. The whole experience turned out to be very easy (save for the final tie off). The Klippermate Manual is excellent.
Happy stringing