racquetattack
Regular Member
Point well taken, Thanks
i tried pre-weaving before and i have two issues with it:
1) it doesn't help the weaving process. in fact, it makes it even more difficult as the strings have almost no tension and goes everywhere.
2) tensioning the string always lead to the string twisting. seems to add more stress to the surface.
i tried pre-weaving before and i have two issues with it:
1) it doesn't help the weaving process. in fact, it makes it even more difficult as the strings have almost no tension and goes everywhere.
2) tensioning the string always lead to the string twisting. seems to add more stress to the surface.
i tried pre-weaving before [...]:
it doesn't help the weaving process. in fact, it makes it even more difficult as the strings have almost no tension and goes everywhere.
HURRAY! Finally someone agrees with me that pre-weaving isn't the best thing since sliced bread. Weaving through loose (as in <15 lbs) crosses is a complete nightmare. Also, I've found that if I pre-weave every main I end up wasting string, about three feet per racket, and I hate waste.
Who says pre-weaving cannot be done with adequate enough tension to make the weaving of the crosses easy?
You can actually pre-weave the mains first, hand-tension each main string by hand working from both the sides towards the center. Doing the mains is a two-step process, ending with reasonably tight mains, by pulling the two middle main strings with some rubber bands towards the handle and then just tighten them.
With reasonably tight mains you then pre-weave the crosses, which is an easy job.
After you have finished, just untie the rubber bands used to hold the mains tension.
To ensure fool-proof kink-free stringing, don't pre-weave the first 4 top cross strings.
HURRAY! Finally someone agrees with me that pre-weaving isn't the best thing since sliced bread. Weaving through loose (as in <15 lbs) crosses is a complete nightmare. Also, I've found that if I pre-weave every main I end up wasting string, about three feet per racket, and I hate waste.
twisting can be avoided during the pulling of mains. you just have to pay extra attention when you are pulling the mains through the grommets which the cross string is also there.
otherwise, pre-weaving or not is really a personal preference.