What tools do you use to string rackets? i know theirs the: Flying clamp awls needle nose and regular pliers anything else? and could you please tell me what there for? imm looking into the future to string rackets
Snips - cutting strings Starting clamp (although no-one seems to use it a lot for badminton stringing)
fixed clamp, for fixed clamping, floss, for pulling string through tight shared grommits. string mover, to pull strings on a pre-woven racket, sledge hammer, for breaking stuff
oh not really a tool but if you're planning to string you should pick of various types of grommets, and maybe even some "leather bits" for those older rackets
Actually the funniest thing I have ever read on BCF. If only we could have forum signatures, that would be in mine. Good point but if he wants a complete list of tools, an awl is a stringing tool. My advice, if you want to use it, make sure it's very blunt. Leather bits? Like power pads on tennis rackets?
yes exactly like power pads. you can place them where the rounded mp style grommits go on the throat and I commonly see them around the top as well, and less frequently on the sides.
^ not quite for in terms of tennis but older rackets i;ve seen such as carbonex 7 which i gave away had the tiny leather bits to cushion the string between the grommets near the throat. (sorry for my lack of knowledge in this area)
Oh, I've never seen those but older tennis rackets did have a similar thing (some people still use them today).
I use an awl what do you/ BC members use generally? as dan said use blunt ones, and mine isnt blunt but its very rounded and well used its 30 years old. I havnt broken/damaged a single string using it yet. mind you the highest i string at is only 28lbs. Gav
... and smooth. I popped a set of BG9 right at the end of stringing because I twisted my (rough) awl into a main grommet to get enough room to tie off. Probably the closest I've ever come to throwing my machine in the pond. Deep breath, start again. Use wet/dry paper every so often to get the finish back; I also stab it into a tub of Vaseline every once in while (my awl, just to shut the door in the face of anybody who spotted a double entendre).
