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  1. why wait to dry the glue?

    I'm not sure dampening is that much. I mean, definitely it happens for some extent. I doubt you can actually feel it. I even doubt even a recording apparatus can. One way people classify blades is by the highest peak in frequency from the sound recording produced by a ball bouncing on the...
  2. why wait to dry the glue?

    Just one error: I realized I wrote "environment is less dry than the glue" I was meant to say "less wet" than the glue.
  3. Recommendations for a soft controlled BH-Rubber?

    What's the point of a soft rubber when you mount it on top of ALC? I mean, take a 5 ply all wood and use a 42.5/45 degrees rubber... that makes more sense in my opinion for a beginner.
  4. Identification of the sponge is due and overdue.

    What is the backside of the sponge layer? I mean how umpire can possibly read that label once glued? Also, I guess this label will be a good excuse to charge 20€/sheet more!
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    I have Joola Rossi Emotion (sealed) and that works well. No splintering so far.
  6. why wait to dry the glue?

    True, partially. It's short yet much longer than it would require if you do a dry assembly. When you expose glue to air, water gets extracted from the glue because environment is "less" dry than the glue. The larger the exposed surface is, the sooner water gets extracted. It happens by chemical...
  7. why wait to dry the glue?

    Following threads on Italian forum, some people says glue should dry 8h or more. Reason behind this is the wet glue in the sponge that needs to dry as quickly as possible. When you glue the rubbers and the blade together after short time, there's still wet glue into the sponge. This wet glue...
  8. Screwed by AliExpress.... again.

    People already do unboxing video to document scam like this. All the cleaver box confirms is that you received a parcel and adds the pic of the exterior. No legal assumption is made on the content of it. I actually encourage to make a video especially with AliExpress. It's known that blades can...
  9. Screwed by AliExpress.... again.

    I know the signature required option, but that looks extreme solution. I'm a software engineer and I reason more on technology. In my mind I was thinking of a locker that can be open by remote or by unlocking one-time code provided to the delivery company. Once the storage is locked again it can...
  10. Screwed by AliExpress.... again.

    I guess you get the responsibility of the goods as soon as you collect them from the shipper. Delivery company has the interest in marking goods as delivered so that now responsibility is on the recipient. Honestly I don't like this approach and I would enforce by law that the delivery guy...
  11. Screwed by AliExpress.... again.

    That's actually the reason why I buy pretty much everything on Amazon.
  12. Screwed by AliExpress.... again.

    Check with the delivery service
  13. Screwed by AliExpress.... again.

    You can take a picture of nothing and write "this is the box I received"
  14. Challenge to hit the paper cup with table tennis serve

    11 years... that's not the age of the girl but actually the time I need to practice to hit 3 cups in a row... 🤣
  15. Andro Nuzn 50 and 55

    At these prices I wait for a Goodyear 18" hybrid rubber!
  16. Nittaku Genextion is out

    Actually my mate tried a custom made tyre rubber. Apart being cheap, it's quite insensitive to speed and spin. Only downside is that you need quite the arm to shoot the ball on the other side.
  17. Nittaku Genextion is out

    It costs like a tyre...
  18. Are DHS rubbers on AliExpress genuine?

    Dandoy EU is fast and communicative. However they don't have a clue how to glue rubbers and the edge tape with their logo is crap. They used their tape on my blade, when I removed it (and trust me I did it slowly and carefully) it brought away about 1 cm of glue underneath the rubbers. So let...
  19. Sanwei Table Tennis Blade Handle Design Competition

    BTW as an engineer I would expect the handle to be designed together with the rest of the blade. I mean, it must be of a weight and a shape that moves the center of mass in the middle of the sweet spot. The sweet spot itself depends on the composition and the shape of the blade. Perhaps for the...
  20. VAT in table tennis 11

    This also connects to my previous post. In Switzerland you might receive a shipment that is tax free for whatever reason. However if not labeled correctly, customs might need to open the package, do the check and ask for fees just because of the time spent in the check. That for saying, you...
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