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Quick Box Pattern

I know there are more exotic box pattern stringing techniques out there, but the one I use comes from RSI Stringer of the Year Bob Patterson.

• Leave the last short side main unstrung and tie off at the head.
• With the long side main, leave off the outside main and instead weave the first cross at the top, then the last short side main, then the bottom cross, then the last long side main.
• Install the rest of the crosses.

Just remember, when installing that bottom cross during the “boxing,” if there is an odd number of crosses, the top and bottom weaves are the same. If there is an even number of crosses, the top and bottom weaves are opposite.

5 sets of Dunlop M-Fil Tour to:

David Pavlich, MRT, Mandeville, LA

Editor’s note: This technique allows you to do one-piece stringing on a racquet where you’d otherwise have to do two-piece stringing to start the crosses at the head. Unlike other box patterns, it does not require a starting clamp, but it does not eliminate blocked holes, or minimize the amount of strong outside of the frame, as do other box patterns. Don’t forget that using an around-the-world or box pattern technique on Head racquets that specify two-piece stringing will void your warranty.

From the July 2007 issue
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