I would love to get my hands on this tensioner to see if its a big improvement over the wise. I really like how the holder raises upward upon tensioning, like some of the higher end victor machines.
I'm also eagerly waiting for more info on this tensioner. I'm more curious if it pulls faster than the Wise 2086. That would speed up my weave, tension, clamp, untension & repeat flow. I notice now that i'm waiting for the WISE tensioner to reach the set tension on the mains to clamp.
Yes, that 0.5-1s pause between clamping really takes its toll, especially on 400+ pulls per racket..it really adds up
one of the issue i can see with the machine is the short travel of the tensioner. such a short travel will work when the tensioner is relatively close to the turntable like in the video, a shuttle express/AEF type badminton machine. however, when mounted to a tennis machine, a considerable more stretch is needed to get to the correct tension, esp at higher tension. there might not be enough travel to do that.
Just by eye, the WISE seems to be about 50% longer than this thing, and I've had the odd pull that didn't complete when doing badminton!
exactly. most of us has tennis machines so the table is way larger. the reason I was given for the delay is that they want to improve the machine so it will serve the tennis market too. while that sounds great, my personal experience with less than 6 tennis racket strung, is that tennis string stretches less than badminton string. esp poly strings which are so damn stiff it stretches less despite more than double the tension and longer segments.
Indeed, some of the top-end tennis machines have functions built-in to cope with strings that don't stretch enough (kevlar being the main culprit).
As I understand it it's something to do with the tension changing too fast for the strain gauge to poll properly, and I know the Babolat machines have a special kevlar function. (And I've used some that have three kevlar functions, so it's definitely a spanner in the works.)
So, sort of adjusting the pulling speed, and the delay of the PS? On a Wise head, you'd just slow down the speed and give it a bit more PS? I so much need to try stringing a tennis racket. Never in my life have I tried it... I hear that tennis stringing is more lucrative - they pay more, and it's not even more expensive or time consuming? Got no idea if that's correct.
i find stringing tennis rackets much easier in general.... the grommet holes are larger so no fighting to get the string through, the frames are much stronger so not as much worry about warping or cracking frames even at double the tension of badminton strings. I've strung only about 10 tennis rackets but compared to all the badminton rackets they were all easier.
I just got the price from the person who made that video. This machine costs around 450 USD including shipping cost. For more info, you can email him at ksk12347@naver.com.
The Adidas/Alpha/Poorex raising tension head is not used by a microprocessor it is raised mechanically the same way as the Acurit, but it is an internal rail system wich pulls the gripper up wenn tension is applied, so the mechnaics are not easily visible.Some Babolat had a seperate mechanism for raising the gripper.
