Tension is lower when using a starting clamp bridge...

[ricardo]

I notice that when I use a starting clamp as a bridge to pull my last string, the tension seems lower compared to a string I tension without using a starting clamp.

Could this be due to the two strings attached to the starting clamp?

http://www.keohi.com/tennis/misc/images/39.gif

Thank you in advance...

 

[esgee48]

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/inde...oo-short-string-with-a-starting-clamp.344515/
See post #8. Your short string has pulled up and I think that perhaps the string is slipping in your starting clamp.

 

[Irvin]

No

 

[MathieuR]

The bridge-construction does not change the tension. Might be that you can remove less slack with a short piece of string.
Normally I use a pro-knot, but when the string is short I have to use a double half hitch

 

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

No

No as well

 

[Rabbit]

One more emphatic NO

 

[Chotobaka]

May I chime in with...

...OH, HELL NO!

 

[kkm]

What string do you have in the starting clamp's eyelets? Try Kevlar if you haven't.

 

[ricardo]

What string do you have in the starting clamp's eyelets? Try Kevlar if you haven't.

My bridge string is a 17g soft multi-filament.

I use this for all type of short strings, multi, synthetic gut, natural gut and even poly.

So if the short string is a poly (16g) and the bridge string is a 17g multi,
are you perhaps implying that the poly maybe under-tensioned?

Maybe I am just losing my feel.
If I deflect the last two mains (I string 2 piece), I notice a slight tension differential.
The sound pitch is also different, but only slightly.

I think it is Ok.

At any rate, I don't normally hit on the last 3 (x2) outside mains (16x??).

Thank you all for your responses.

 

[Irvin]

What string do you have in the starting clamp's eyelets? Try Kevlar if you haven't.

Kevlar string won't make any difference in tension either. I use any string long enough in the can.