It's not quite as simple to do as it looks. It
requires an above average mechanical
skill/aptitude to layout and fabricate the components
and mount assembly and it requires access to tools - some more
advanced and not so common.
Originally (as you can see from the
additional set of holes drilled in the aluminum
plate) I made the mount low enough to accommodate 360
rotation of the turntable with a racquet
mounted. After completing my first string job, I
checked the string tension with a stringmeter -
knowing what to expect for that particular setup.. Seeing that the
tension was lower than expected and playing with it and feeling that
it was very loose, I decided to adjust/increase
the height of the mount at the expense of 360
rotation in order to overcome the drastic downward
angle of the string pull. The excessive downward angle of string pull
caused the friction between the string and grommets to skyrocket and
the resulting component of horizontal pull was
just much too low resulting in lower than expected
tension and stringbed stiffness.
I can say with 100% confidence, that a
straight pull (vertically and horizontally) thru
the grommets and into the gripper is the single most
important attribute that must be considered when adapting any
dropweight machine to accept the Wise 2086.
I am glad I did it. I would do it again.
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