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Speed up your Crosses

String sets these days are much longer than they used to be, averaging 40 feet, and sometimes they’re even longer. This is much more than you need for a normal racquet, which means you’re dragging a lot of extra string against the mains when you’re installing the crosses.

To eliminate this wear-and-tear on the mains and speed up the weaving of the crosses, I weave the first couple of crosses, then count how many crosses I have left to do. Then, I pull that number of lengths of the remaining string across the middle of the frame, plus two more for insurance, and cut off the excess.

5 sets of Forten Dynamix 16 to:

Bob Tuttle, MRT, Freeport, NY

From the November 2005 issue
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