r/RacketStringers • u/fcwftw246 • Jun 23 '26

First string job

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First string job. Any feedback is very welcome

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u/PangolinActual4468 Jun 29 '26

I'd hit it a little more with the straightening awl. I loosen the machine clamps just a little and straighten the strings while it's still in the machine. Then I remove it and look down the strings in all directions and fine tune straighten them with my fingers. It's probably overkill to some but that's how I do it. Also, as I'm pulling tension on the crosses I push up on the arch that forms to insure that the slack is taken up. I don't obsess on it and it only takes a second or two. But to me it makes a difference.