Spindle Moulder Feed Unit - A Better Way To Mount It

[@DTJoinery]

Hi Folks, The last 1 minute of the video has frozen, the audio is working, but the video is frozen. I'm not sure why. Apologies for that.

[@johnsykes5464]

Great video Gary! Thanks for uploading. Since using spindles more and more ive found myself asking this question, now it makes sense! Love your content also! I tune in all the time Cheers! From a felow budding Joiner 😊

[@DTJoinery]

Thanks John. Awesome to have you watching. Glad we were able to help. Cheers.

[@justcruisin109]

Great tips - thanks.

[@DTJoinery]

No worries. Cheers.

[@garygilbert1526]

Exactly right Gary. The new martins and SCMI shapers have their power feeders mounted on the right like yours. Your feeder is a classic. Hard to find the heavy duty ones; they are all made in Asia now. Italy has stopped making them altogether. I have two 4 wheel feeders and one 3 wheel made by Univer in Italy. One on my PP, one on my spindle moulder and one on my router table.

[@DTJoinery]

It's a shame they are all Asian made now, I wouldn't mind getting an older scm T120 or 130 just for the bigger table but it's hard to go past the good ild Wadkins. I had a 4 wheel on one spindle I sold last year, didn't like it, though it may have just been the unit itself.

[@jimpackard8059]

This is possibly incorrect. Are you saying that Maggi are having their feeders made in China ? If that is the case, it is a very, very recent development.

[@jimpackard8059]

The comment about Martin is incorrect. They fit them on both sides depending upon the configuration.

[@zacfergie8202]

Nice tip. We bought a second hand unit with the feed rollers mounted on the left also, but now I’ll see if mounting on the right is a possibility. Thanks

[@DTJoinery]

Yeah, most are, I've seen plenty mounted like that, and most I've seen have wheels that have been in contact with the cutters at some point.

[@Dazza19746]

Take out the middle wheel and it gives you a lot more options and less risk 👍🏻

[@DTJoinery]

Thanks for the tip!

[@izzeystarz7578]

Hey Gary, thanks again for a tip I never actually thought of. I recently got a second hand Holytek 3 wheel feeder and wondered about the space between the first and second wheel. At least now I know and learned where to mount it. BTW, did your wife walk in at 5:30?

[@DTJoinery]

I'm glad I could help. Let me know what you think of it once you get some time using it, I could use another, and there isn't a lot of choice. Haha, something went wrong with exporting the video, but I didn't know until the next day, unfortunately.

[@jar944]

That works if you are running against the split fence. Once you run against a back/outboard fence its the opposite and the feeder is pushing itself into the cutter when mounted right of the spindle.

[@DTJoinery]

There is always an exception to any rule. An outboard fence is not something that I ever use, but another example of the exception, is running the moulder in reverse, which I do, but the overwhelming majority of my machining favours the feed to be mounted on the right corner. Cheers.

[@jar944]

@@DTJoinery interesting to hear that you don’t use an outboard fence much. I'd say I use them almost as much as the split fence.

[@DTJoinery]

@jar944 I've never used one in fact. All my spindle work is done with the split fence, ring fence and a bearing collar. What runs do you use it for?

[@jar944]

@DTJoinery I use them for most full profile cuts and every time I'm machining to a exact width.

[@DTJoinery]

@jar944 Yeah, ok. We dress our stock to exact width prior to profiling. I sometimes machine a couple of mm oversize and set the cutters to take the difference off, mostly with door and sash components, though.

[@jamesmacdonald5881]

Or just tighten the feed unit

[@DTJoinery]

@jamesmacdonald5881 Well, yes, but it is easy to forget, especially when you get interrupted in the process.