tomato stake / tree stake machine

**103681** · 10th March 2009, 08:26 PM

hi all,

Some time ago i posted a thread looking for some ideas for a machine to be made for me or to use and existing machine which would put points like a v shape on timber to make stakes for tomatoes, trees and timber edging pegs the dimensions are as follows:

1" x 1" 900 long to 3000 long
1.5" x 1.5" 900 long to 3000 long
1" x 2" 300 long to 1200 long.

i am urgently looking for a machine to be made or a machine to be adapted to suit where i can place the blank stick in there and have it dock to length and point at one end. It needs to be able to produce a fair volume in a day as i wholesale these around melbourne. I know they are available in the USA but i cant justify the extra expense in exchange rates and import costs and am worried that if the machine needs repair etc then the downtime not to mention cost as it is in another country so am looking locally preferable in melbourne. there is a machine in the usa made by keystone machinery see website : http://www.keystonemachine.org/Chise...elPointer.html
I was looking for something similar to this that would run 2 saw blades to point or any other suggestions .

am ready to have the machine asap urgent so any help would be awsome.

regards

matthew vanin
0400133730

**Canetoad** · 10th March 2009, 08:44 PM

hi there was a thread about this a few months ago do a search for "machine to make timber pegs and stakes" and you should find it
Ben

**Canetoad** · 10th March 2009, 08:46 PM

Oh sorry didn't notice that you started that thread too.
Ben

**Harry72** · 11th March 2009, 02:33 PM

And he'll get the same answers again...

Mate your not going to be able to do it without spending big dollars.

**Canetoad** · 11th March 2009, 06:11 PM

JC walsh wood working machinery 32 victory rad airport west in melbourne have a neale single end tenoner for under three grand that it shouldn't be hard to modify to suit your needs. I haven't seen a neale tenoner in the flesh but I know that I can do what you want on my wadkin but they seem to cost a fair bit more
Ben

**Lumber Bunker** · 11th March 2009, 10:19 PM

All you need is a spindle moulder fitted with one of these. Crown tooling in Sydney can help. you'll need a new cutter head and blades to suit.

You can pick up old an spindle moudler drit cheap (3 phase) a a couple of hundred bucks and the new cutter head and blades will cost you about $1000.
You can the use the sliding table on your moudler and take two passes adnd your done.

Alternatively sharpen your tomahawk and get chopping i recon you can do 1000/ day if your keen.
Chop chop chop chop. 1. chop chop chop chop... 2

good luck.

Though about importing already pointed stakes... in large voulmes it would be cheaper then buying the utiltiy grade hardwood here in OZ....

PS what are you paying for your raw material... maybe we can help?

Steve Thomas
The Lumber Bunker

**Sparhawk** · 12th March 2009, 08:32 AM

Try contacting Combined Manufacturing Company, Factory 2 1 Kitchen Road, Dandenong South, VIC 3175. They produce/supply the rollpak (garden edging) and tomatoe stakes to Bunnings (I picked up a head of scrap after the 40 deg heat wave).

They are just down the road from my work, but I can't seem to find a contact number on google or white pages.

**GraemeCook** · 12th March 2009, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by Lumber Bunker

All you need is a spindle moulder fitted with one of these. Crown tooling in Sydney can help. you'll need a new cutter head and blades to suit.

You can pick up old an spindle moudler drit cheap (3 phase) a a couple of hundred bucks and the new cutter head and blades will cost you about $1000.
You can the use the sliding table on your moudler and take two passes adnd your done.

Steve Thomas
The Lumber Bunker

Good practical advice, Steve, but why do you suggest two passes. A spindle grinder with enough grunt should be able to cut both faces of the taper in a single pass.

Also he will need a gang saw to cut the taper-ended boards into stakes.

Cheers

Graeme

**DJ’s Timber** · 12th March 2009, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by GraemeCook

but why do you suggest two passes.

I think you may find that Steve is saying, is do one pass to do 2 faces then flip the stake 90° to do the other 2 faces which is 2 passes

**underfoot** · 12th March 2009, 07:20 PM

there was a sheltered workshop in coffs harbour that made various size pegs for state forests and private contractors (forewood industries I think) may be worth the search.

**Lumber Bunker** · 13th March 2009, 10:50 PM

yep two passes, 90 degrees, pointy on 4 sides.... but you'll find that two sides may do... there i just doubled your productivity.

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