Thanks: 0
Likes: 0
Needs Pictures: 0
Picture(s) thanks: 0
Results 1 to 11 of 11
Thread: Spindle moulder Gloat
-
7th June 2008, 04:01 PM #1
Spindle moulder Gloat
Lady luck was with me today
I walking past the neighbors garage and noticed he had an older spindle moulder sitting out the front. He was working nearby so I commented on it. He said he was given it yesterday but could not be bothered getting it going and it was mine if I wanted it.
He is a builder and does a lot of reno work so the guy who gave it to him thought he might be able to use it to make replacement mouldings. He said it was easier just to get the local cabinet maker to make them up for him than to spend the time doing it himself.
I will clean it up and see what i need to do to get it going. The motor goes and the blade spins and bearings seem ok so thats a good sign. Worst case ill mount my router on it and turn it into a router table.
Heres some photos"All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing"
(Edmund Burke 1729-1797)
-
7th June 2008 04:01 PM # ADSGoogle Adsense Advertisement
- Join Date
- Always
- Location
- Advertising world
- Age
- 2010
- Posts
- Many
-
7th June 2008, 04:04 PM #2
Good pick-up. Be worth giving a go, if it doesn't turn out then you won't have lost out on it being a freebie.
-
7th June 2008, 05:39 PM #3
Very solid looking new toy. Lucky bugger!
Pat
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain
-
7th June 2008, 07:20 PM #4
I would be getting rid of that spindle head though. No chip limiters and God knows how much corrosion.
-
7th June 2008, 10:45 PM #5
Good onya mate.
-
7th June 2008, 11:01 PM #6China
- Join Date
- Dec 2005
- Location
- South Australia
- Posts
- 4,470
That machine will make any router table look like a toy, I agree you should update the cutter head plus fabricate gaurd / dust hood
-
8th June 2008, 08:56 AM #7
Ok new cutter head accepted and guards I was going to do anyway. Is there a way of retaining the spindle moulder capability as well as being able to use ordinary router bits for smaller jobs or when i want to cut rebates in shelving and the like?
"All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing"
(Edmund Burke 1729-1797)
-
8th June 2008, 11:57 AM #8Member
- Join Date
- Apr 2006
- Location
- Sydney
- Posts
- 57
Caution
Kiwioutdoors
This is meant as a caution.
Have you used a spindle moulder before?
I purchased a combination machine 18 months ago which has a spindle moudler component.
Whilst I was doing my rounds of the suppliers of these machines, one of them gave me some sobering advice about 3 of the 5 functions.
"The jointer takes tips of fingers off, the sliding table saw takes fingers off and the moulder takes hand or even arms off."
I think the greatest dangers are firstly unfamiliarity with these machines and secondly once you are familiar them, undue haste.
If you haven't used a moulder before, I would encourage you to have some tuition before you use yours.
Otherwise, I hope you enjoy using it. Safely.
Regards
Gordon
-
8th June 2008, 04:42 PM #9
I accept this no machinery is without risk hence I am finding out about it first.
"All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing"
(Edmund Burke 1729-1797)
-
8th June 2008, 11:21 PM #10China
- Join Date
- Dec 2005
- Location
- South Australia
- Posts
- 4,470
You will not need to use router bits, with the apropriate cutters it will do almost anything
-
9th June 2008, 11:24 AM #11SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Jan 2007
- Location
- Brisbane
- Posts
- 696
Similar Threads
-
Spindle moulder or Planer/moulder
By HaydnG in forum JOINTERS, MOULDERS, THICKNESSERS, ETCReplies: 8Last Post: 19th May 2006, 11:23 PM -
spindle moulder
By sinjin1111 in forum JOINTERS, MOULDERS, THICKNESSERS, ETCReplies: 0Last Post: 17th May 2005, 04:18 PM -
Spindle Moulder
By canonbal in forum JOINTERS, MOULDERS, THICKNESSERS, ETCReplies: 5Last Post: 18th May 2004, 09:45 AM -
Spindle Moulder
By WoodWad in forum JOINTERS, MOULDERS, THICKNESSERS, ETCReplies: 1Last Post: 15th March 2004, 04:08 PM -
spindle moulder tooling
By Boatman in forum JOINTERS, MOULDERS, THICKNESSERS, ETCReplies: 6Last Post: 7th February 2004, 10:28 PM