The BC chamber of stringing horrors

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  1. s_mair

    s_mair Regular Member

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    And let's not get distracted by the heavily sinking holes there.
     
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    With what, a drill bit?! :eek:
     
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    "Keen" might be stretching it a bit
     
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    Sorry, it's not really badminton related, and it's not that bad, but man it was just a pain to watch..

    He starts at 8:30, takes 30+minutes on a tennis racket! Marking the string with a permanent marker (solvants not great for string), hard weaving 50%. And taking so long! Did I mention he takes so long? :eek::(

    Watched for the nice machine..

    edit: I may have been a bit of a sourpuss
     
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    I don't know man. He could be just beginner stringer. We have ppl who are starting that takes 2 hours to string a badminton racket. I don't see anything wrong with that.
     
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    Damn I've been reading pages of this. Been to long since I've looked here!

    Saw someone comment on the video saying looks better than Halim or @kakinami. Must be troll post... Hahah
     
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    I don't think he was saying looked better, I think he was saying he is a better stringer than Halim and that douche bag Allan, actually spelled Alan. I have to agree with him 50%. Never met Halim but can tell you from personal experience, that Alan guy is 100% douche. I have met him and can say he is a douche. Maybe a Douche with a capital D. D bag! Douchebaggery, a douche-a-holic. Da-Da-Da...

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    Alan Kamikaze would be a great alter-ego name! :D
     
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    On a tournament yesterday:
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    When you just need 8 meters and you want to use 10 meters no matter what ... :D
     
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    More like, when you do everything in your power to squeeze 22 mains into a racket that was designed for 20.

    I can’t help but admire the creativity it took to actually use all the grommets and to make this work somehow. Wow.
     
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    I love the fact that the racket has "20/21 string bed" literally printed on the frame. But the stringer was like "challenge accepted, I can do 22/25!" And somehow he did make it work.
     
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    I found this today :D First I thought I was having a stroke. It's on all 4 sides of the frame!

    One of the cheaper Forzas: Light 4.1. Seems to have a laser engraved serial and everything (but stickered weight/grip category)
     

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    You wouldn't believe the stuff that sometimes slips past QC. And some which is noticed but decided to still pass on to the customers because in the end they won't notice. #

    That is bloody brilliant, I have to say! :D
     
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    I'm not sure if I saved this racket from abuse, or if I'm committing a stringing horror myself.


    I got this racket to string yesterday. The previous string snapped on the sunk holes, the grommets had completely disappeared into the frame and I had to push/dig them out. It has a crack along the holes on the outside of the frame and it already had some tape on it to try and keep it from cracking further.


    Strung at 26 lbs. Wound string around the frame to rest a bridge grommet on so it could hold the tension without disappearing into the frame like before. I don't suppose there is a recommended course of action on how to string rackets like these beyond just binning it.
     
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    Stringing Horror - Boss Level:


    I don't even know where to start pointing out the highlight of this. Thanks @Mr Arc2 for digging that one up. It will be hauting me for a while now.
     
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    Is it even called stringing or just weaving :rolleyes:
    Even the way of cutting out the strings and removing the little bits of strings from the racket looked painful
     
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    I thought he was going to reuse transplant that to the new racket as the restring or something. I was really worried.
     
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    Oh so that's how butterfly nets are made ! :p
     
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