I posted this in "Strings and Stringing" at 6:21am. As of 10:00am there were 76 viewers, and one response. The thread was about a third of the way down the front page of the forum, and continuing to move down quickly. I think this illustrates exactly what my post is addressing.
I invite the "Stringing Machines" crowd to read this and see if it rings a bell. I think I'm right about this, but hey, I'm just one guy. Are there any others?
I bought a stringing machine a little over six months ago. I've become more and more interested in using different string combinations and in the technical side of stringing. What I've discovered is that "strings" and "stringing" are two very different subjects.
If you take a big-picture look at "Strings and Stringing", you'll notice that it is really devoted almost entirely to strings ("What multi cross to use with what poly"; "Which poly is softest?"; "My review of string 'x'", and on and on and on). The threads move far too fast to keep up a thoughtful discussion of, say, stringing based soley on tension of the strings, or instead using string bed stiffness as a basis for your practice.
I started a thread in "Stringing Machines" about this very thing, string tension vs. string bed stiffness, about a month ago or so (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=332988). I put it in "Stringing Machines" because I felt there was a better chance of meaningful discussion being generated on this subject there rather than here. It did turn into an excellent discussion. I learned a TON and made some new online friends.
It dawned on me that I put the thread in that board not because people there are more thoughtful (although I thought that was the case at first), but because "Strings" and "Stringing" are two different subjects. People talking about their stringing machines are inherently talking about the practice of stringing when they discuss their machines. People talking about strings are talking about, well, strings.
I wonder if anyone else on this forum has noticed this, too, or had this same thought. I would ask the TW administrators if they've considered separating "Strings and Stringing" into two different forums, so that these two related but different subjects could be discussed where they "belong".
Any yays or nays?
Dave
I invite the "Stringing Machines" crowd to read this and see if it rings a bell. I think I'm right about this, but hey, I'm just one guy. Are there any others?
I bought a stringing machine a little over six months ago. I've become more and more interested in using different string combinations and in the technical side of stringing. What I've discovered is that "strings" and "stringing" are two very different subjects.
If you take a big-picture look at "Strings and Stringing", you'll notice that it is really devoted almost entirely to strings ("What multi cross to use with what poly"; "Which poly is softest?"; "My review of string 'x'", and on and on and on). The threads move far too fast to keep up a thoughtful discussion of, say, stringing based soley on tension of the strings, or instead using string bed stiffness as a basis for your practice.
I started a thread in "Stringing Machines" about this very thing, string tension vs. string bed stiffness, about a month ago or so (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=332988). I put it in "Stringing Machines" because I felt there was a better chance of meaningful discussion being generated on this subject there rather than here. It did turn into an excellent discussion. I learned a TON and made some new online friends.
It dawned on me that I put the thread in that board not because people there are more thoughtful (although I thought that was the case at first), but because "Strings" and "Stringing" are two different subjects. People talking about their stringing machines are inherently talking about the practice of stringing when they discuss their machines. People talking about strings are talking about, well, strings.
I wonder if anyone else on this forum has noticed this, too, or had this same thought. I would ask the TW administrators if they've considered separating "Strings and Stringing" into two different forums, so that these two related but different subjects could be discussed where they "belong".
Any yays or nays?
Dave
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