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Just wondering if anyone has one and whether it's big enough for defensive blades... Thanks

Hmm. Took me a few seconds to figure out what you were referring to. Never heard of this particular racket press, where can you buy one, and can you post a link?

Iskandar

I don't have such a press so I cannot help you with this question, but...

You can easily create a press a lot cheaper with 2 pieces of thick glass. I found two of them in my storage, they are 1cm thick (~3/8 inches). They are about 20x25cm, but smaller around 20x20cm ~ 8x8inches would be better. Also found four of these black clamps in my tools (woodworker's spring clamps), which are really cheap. Plus you can use the glass as a cutting board to cut the rubber with a (really REALLY sharp) knife.



Some $$$ saved

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current setup: blade: Yinhe 980 | FH: Palio AK47 Blue 2.1mm | BH: TSP Curl P1-R 1mm
looping setup: blade: Yinhe W-6 | FH: Palio AK47Red 2.1mm | BH: Palio AK47Blue 2.1mm
@work setup: blade: Yinhe 980 | FH: Yinhe Mercury2 2.1mm | BH: Yinhe Neptune 0.7mm
to-be-used setup: blade: DONIC DefPlay Senso 3 | FH: YASAKA Rakza 7 soft 1.8mm | BH: TSP SpinPips Chop 2 1.4mm

This is cool ... I wonder how much better this is as compared to what I've been doing - sandwhich'ing between a couple of heavy books, topped with a steel motar.

I don't think that this "glass press" should be better than your solution. But I am sure that due to the "flatness" of this thick glass sandwich you will be sure that there are no areas/points with more pressure on the rubbers than others. Note that you can have more pressure by using bigger/smaller or more/less clamps, and you can also put weight (like heavy books) on top of this too.

As I remember these (four) clamps cost around 5USD total, and you can get these glass leftovers from a "glass" store for about 5~10 USD.

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current setup: blade: Yinhe 980 | FH: Palio AK47 Blue 2.1mm | BH: TSP Curl P1-R 1mm
looping setup: blade: Yinhe W-6 | FH: Palio AK47Red 2.1mm | BH: Palio AK47Blue 2.1mm
@work setup: blade: Yinhe 980 | FH: Yinhe Mercury2 2.1mm | BH: Yinhe Neptune 0.7mm
to-be-used setup: blade: DONIC DefPlay Senso 3 | FH: YASAKA Rakza 7 soft 1.8mm | BH: TSP SpinPips Chop 2 1.4mm

You'll find the Yasaka Clicky Press II at a similar price range. It handles oversized DEF blades without any issues. Maybe not the most necessary thing in the world but I like it.

The subject is the exact name of the product... Clicky press, rubber press.
https://www.megaspin.net/store/default. ... rev3-press

I actually have these clamps somewhere, and several.. thank you for the idea!

NOT something you can throw in your gym bag to take to the club, of course...

THE racket press that's been around for a long time is the Clicky.

https://www.tabletennis11.com/other_eng ... y-press-ii

Should be very easy to make something similar, too.

Iskandar

This is a press I've built with very little effort, and I don't consider myself handy. The MDF is 10mm thick, if I could start again I would get it in 18 or 20mm because mine flexes a bit at the corners when tightened. But it does the job so I can't be bothered to change it.

Julian

Kinda similar to my setup (1 inch thick MDF and a collection of C-clamps) from when I was making blades. But as I said, not something you can throw in your gym bag. The Clicky IS small and light enough to throw in your gym bag. I don't think the portable feature is all that useful these days (why would you want to take a clamped bat to the club or tournament?) but they were quite useful back in the speed gluing era. These days a heavy home-made one would be just as good for home gluing/boosting.

I remember that wooden tennis rackets were kept in head clamps, too - if you didn't they'd warp.

Iskandar