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One-Man Pre-stretching

I like multifilament strings and they benefit greatly from pre-stretching. The best way to pre-stretch a string is to tie a small knot in each end and have a friend help you stretch it between two starting clamps. Unfortunately, I don’t always have 40 feet of space to stretch out a string. Also, here in the Pacific Northwest it is often raining so I can’t count on being able to take it outside. To work around this situation I screwed a bicycle hook (photo) into a stud in the back of my garage. When I need to pre-stretch a string I tie small knots in each end, loop the center around the bicycle hook and put both ends in a starting clamp. Then I put some tension on it and hold it for at least 45 seconds.

5 sets of Gamma Synthetic Gut 16 to:

Dan McManus, Auburn, WA

From the February 2005 issue
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