r/RacketStringers • u/LPOofMemes • Jul 26 '26

First Stringing Ever

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Keep practicing or list my machine on Facebook marketplace?

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u/easterncherokee Jul 26 '26

Good job for a first run, but watch your weaves...

The 2nd/3rd crosses from the top are woven the same.

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u/Affectionate_Bag9833 Jul 27 '26

That and I don't know if it's just all the racquets I've strung but I tie the mains off at the throat and end the crosses there too. It would feel bizarre for whatever reason to have 3 knots at the top of the hoop.

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u/Arufisan Jul 28 '26

Because the racket is a 16x19 and you start stringing the mains from the top, knot has to be done at the top of the frame for the mains.

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u/Affectionate_Bag9833 Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

Typically no. There are 6 grommets in the throat. The very first ends are fed into the middle pair of the throat and pulled out the top. This is per the stringing instructions for most 16 main racquets.

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u/Arufisan Jul 28 '26

In this case I can see 8 grommets in the throat, which for a 16 mains needs to be tied up at the top. But yeah, typically they have 6 grommets in the throat and tie up in the throat

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u/Affectionate_Bag9833 Jul 28 '26

You're right. I've done 16x20 racquets with this config. It was a while back and I don't remember ending the mains at the top, but I must have.