Guineafowl21
Sapling
One for @Trevanion or other spindle moulder types.
I’ll be moving to house to one with a bigger workshop soon - actually, a former stable yard, so may be asking opinions about workshop layout - but it hasn’t got three phase.
I like my big Cooksley spindle moulder, but there are a few problems:
1. The massive 5hp Dahlander (two speed) motor will be tricky to repower, but not impossible.
2. The Steff power feed will need similar fiddling, again, possible.
3. I don’t get on as well with the two-piece fence, as with the more modern horseshoe type.
4. No sliding table, but with more space I could get a cheap tenoner. I’m yet to find a spindle with a better table than the cheapie Charnwood I had.
5. It’s bloody ‘eavy.
6. It’s worth almost nothing.
I’m leaning towards bringing it with me (unless someone here wants it!), repowering and maybe looking for a one-piece fence to drop onto it. Thoughts?

I’ll be moving to house to one with a bigger workshop soon - actually, a former stable yard, so may be asking opinions about workshop layout - but it hasn’t got three phase.
I like my big Cooksley spindle moulder, but there are a few problems:
1. The massive 5hp Dahlander (two speed) motor will be tricky to repower, but not impossible.
2. The Steff power feed will need similar fiddling, again, possible.
3. I don’t get on as well with the two-piece fence, as with the more modern horseshoe type.
4. No sliding table, but with more space I could get a cheap tenoner. I’m yet to find a spindle with a better table than the cheapie Charnwood I had.
5. It’s bloody ‘eavy.
6. It’s worth almost nothing.
I’m leaning towards bringing it with me (unless someone here wants it!), repowering and maybe looking for a one-piece fence to drop onto it. Thoughts?
