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Stringing Query
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9:57 pm
September 18, 2011


Simon

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Is there a reason we string from the middle when we do the main strings ?

11:14 pm
September 18, 2011


Peter Warman

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Yes, otherwise the racket would break. You have to load the tension to the racket carefully (and unload when cutting the old strings out). Why do you suddenly ask even when you have been stringing for a little while? I only ask as this would be one of the first things you learn?

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11:31 pm
September 18, 2011


Matthew Seeley

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Agreed. The idea is to stress the racket as little as possible, as evenly as possible. However, stringing the racket from one side to the other is not necessarily going to be lethal. During stringing the main strings, the racket is extremely vulnerable. As the cross strings are done, the racket is put under less and less stress (until finally you are finished stringing!).

2:11 pm
September 19, 2011


Paul

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Simon
 
I have seen racquets strung so many ways.
 
If you string from the side first you are stressing the frame with one side pulling without the balance to keep the shape of the frame. That's fine if you are stringing at low tensions and you have the speed to complete the main strings. However, under high tension the risk is simply too high and the likelihood is you have stressed the frame and possibly caused a hairline crack.
 
By stringing from the centre you have the best balance possible to protect the frame.
 
The best advice I can give you Simon is always string to the manufacturers recommendations e.g. Yonex insist on 2 piece stringing with the crosses beginning from the bottom and working up. If you are asked to string beyond the manufacturers recommended tension, then ask your customer to sign a waiver as you cannot be responsible for frame breakage. Also by signing they are understanding that they are happy to invalidate their racquet warranty. This really covers you from players saying "they didn't know"
 
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11:30 pm
September 19, 2011


Simon

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I guessed as much, just thought I'd check.

1:51 pm
September 20, 2011


Peter Warman

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Just out of interest, but why did you ask? Smile

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10:52 pm
September 22, 2011


Simon

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Took a clamp off by accident so had to start again, my kids were watching/interfering and asked why i was doing it from the middle and wasting lots of string.

11:25 pm
September 22, 2011


Peter Warman

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lol
Been there, done that! Very difficult to do a racket with kids about. Or animals come to think of it.

A few years ago when my son was younger, he happened to fall off the sofa. And whilst I downed tools and checked that he was OK, one of my cats started biting the string that was hanging from the racket to the floor! I was like *&%@$!?!

Not only I had to start all over again (he had almost bitten it right through the string!), but the bloke who's racket I was doing had given me the string to do his racket and I didn't have that string in stock! So I had to text him to say that my cat had eaten his string and that I could do it in another string and give him a small discount!

Lesson learned, feed the cats before you start (they were waiting to be fed)!

If it's not the kids, it'll be something else!

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11:11 pm
September 23, 2011


Terence

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Peter Warman said:

Yes, otherwise the racket would break. You have to load the tension to the racket carefully (and unload when cutting the old strings out). Why do you suddenly ask even when you have been stringing for a little while? I only ask as this would be one of the first things you learn?

For us novices, what order do you cut the old strings? Do you leave the mains for last? Or does it depend on which string is broken?

12:04 am
September 24, 2011


Peter Warman

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You cut the mains first. It doesn't matter to much where the break is (if there is one, you might be restringing as strings have lost their tension) but generally you star with one of the middle strings (as there isn't one middle string) and then you leave the string next to where you have cut and cut the one next to it. And then do the other side. Then go back to the other side and miss one from the last one cut and cut the next one and do same on other side till you have reached the sides of the racket. Then cut all the mains strings that you missed and then the across strings. On higher tensions, when you are first cutting the first lot of strings, you can see the racket changing shape. By doing this method you are slowly reducing the tension around the racket head and therefore reduce the chances of getting hair line cracks.

It is also generally recommended that you cut the strings as soon as you can to protect the racket head shape but I am guessing this is probably more for high tensions like 27 lbs and upward as I have never seen a problem with keeping the strings in there until you get round to it!

Maybe someone more qualified could answer that one better and I have found that at the end of the day, some stuff regarding stringing is down to preference as there isn't a set way as such as people do somethings differently and never experience problems. However, I don't normally string any higher than 24-25lbs so I don't have experience with high tensions. I also mainly string for myself and some people at my club, so you could argue that I am a beginner myself.

If my long winded reply does not make sense, let me know and I will try again, it sounded right in my head anyway!

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