Does your stringer suck? Identifying a bad string job [Video]

Discussion in 'Badminton Stringing Techniques & Tools' started by s_mair, Jan 18, 2021.

  1. thyrif

    thyrif Regular Member

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    A torque wrench? But that would be more expensive than pliers or a screwdriver. Just a weight with a clamp to hold the string, and then just lift up the whole contraption?

    Dammit now I wanna build one that actually works and does a decent job. Just to prove it can be done. :(
     
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    Please do it! There is a lot of potential in this project!
     
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  3. thyrif

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    :rolleyes:

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    #notmybucket

    Under 20 bucks should be doable. I Just need to find a way to do flying clamps, those bad boys are 17 euros a piece!

    a few design options attached. Just wood with some nuts and bolts
     

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    An idea of a tool. I'm not used to photoshop, sorry for the bad cutting/editing.

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    I'm not sure every badminton-racket's frame would handle the pressure of such an ingenious tool, because the support of the pistol acts like two more supports very near of one another ...
     
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    Clever, but a bit disingeuous to call it "constant pull".
    Unless they are referring to the fact that you are constantly pulling...
     
  8. flyingcords

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    Maybe it refers to the "pistol" and "pull" for shooting ;)
    BTW, the "pistol" is from Finland.
     
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    cute. someone combined a tensiometer and a pistol grip clamp. But honestly I am not sure what application it has.
     
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    For recreational stringing, or ... fitness for the hand, since it must take an horrible long-time to complete a string-job at the right tension, if you need to constantly "fire" or "shoot" to assure the constant pull of the string ;)
     
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    I have a question regarding the point of sunken knots. Today I broke 2 freshly stringed LN 1 at 28 lb within a 2 hour window. I used a new stringer since I don't have many stringers available at my current uni location. These breakages could have been due to mis-hits but while investigating my third racket (also by the same stringer) I noticed that the knots are really sunken into the grommet. How much does this affect the durability of the string, since it's mentioned in the video? I'll provide some photos if you are curious

    Edit: This is a picture i took before the session, it does not show the knots super well but looking at the top racket should give pointers to how the knots looks.

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    @Signature , sorry for your loss. we need better picture.
     
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    Thanks for the quick reply, taking good grommet pics was not as easy as I thought, should invest in a macro :rolleyes:

    Let me know if these are sufficient or I'll try to shoot some better!

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    where did they break?
     
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    Mains in the middle, 1.5 inches from the top frame.

    Another thing i noticed while cleaning out the rackets were that the strings seemed to get stuck on the 2 bottom grommets closest to the shaft, is this normal?
     
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    First of all: That is a piss poor knot, hands down. Although it is hard to make a direct link from the knot to the breakages tbh. A breakage at the described spot -normally- is very likely to happen on a mishit at the top of the frame.

    Another picture request. Can you take pictures of the one remaining strung racket from all four "corners" of the racket from the outside? So at the 2/4/8/10 o'clock position. And maybe also a close-ups of the 12 o'clock spot from the inside of all three rackets. Normal quality is fully okay, there is no need for a macro (except you need this as an excuse to get one anyways...;)).

    Have you spoken to the stringer and described what happened? Would be interesting to see his reaction.

    That's normal and happens all the time.
     
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    After using LN1 to test out my clamps, I know LN1 can be damaged quite easily and breaks after the outer coating has been compromised. Have a look at the strings and see if you can see any sort of nicks etc.



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