Using a Climb Cut on the Spindle Moulder

[@alansinclair4020]

This is an excellent safety video, particularly the power feed explanation. Thanks!

[@geoffbogg6124]

Watched this yesterday. Problem with tearout on a moulding today Tried this, works perfectly. Thanks.

[@BradshawJoinery]

Cheers Geoff, genuinely worth making the video to hear it has helped you out! 👌

[@stucorbett7905]

We climb cut all long dados in doors stiles. No tear out at all. Especially on vertical grain fir. Put a trash can behind the shaper because the dust can't keep up with the groove. Good tips. We use a bearing for safety. Cheers from Montana.

[@BradshawJoinery]

Cheers Stu, yeah it's the best way but I prefer the mess free normal feeding and just climb when I need to! 🤣👍 Thanks for watching bud

[@scottcates]

I have been considering this for some time and you have confirmed that the climb cut gives much cleaner and sharper edges on the workpiece. Thank you.

[@BradshawJoinery]

Cheers Scott, pleased to have helped

[@thomaswayneward]

Excellent demonstration.

[@BradshawJoinery]

Cheers Randy

[@Tuco86]

This is brilliant and very helpful. Going to try this when making tenons flipping over stock on router table, always seem to get breakout even when backed up. Enjoying all your videos. Really good and helpful.

[@BradshawJoinery]

Careful with climb cutting big cuts, It is possible but very dangerous and ideally want mechanical feeding.

[@jimbartley9125]

Thanks again for a nice clear explanation and the difference to the finish. Cheers Jim

[@BradshawJoinery]

Cheers for that Jim!

[@paultay23]

Well explained and demonstrated Ollie...might just give it a go on my router table...Cheers Paul

[@BradshawJoinery]

Cheers Paul, Its something that might come in handy with difficult grain or a cut you definitley cannot have breakout on!

[@gavjav1]

Very good video and well explained 👌

[@BradshawJoinery]

Cheers Gavin

[@neilw4881]

A great demonstration and well explained 👍

[@BradshawJoinery]

Cheers Neil!

[@JPGuay]

Well illustrated. Thanks

[@BradshawJoinery]

Thankyou 🙌

[@markeden2154]

Thanks another great video will def give it a try with a power feeder. Might be worth noting that when climb cutting with a router only to take a small depth of cut. A big cut can end in big trouble as I found out many years ago…

[@BradshawJoinery]

Cheers Mark! Haha yes, same principle really, a big cut on the spindle will push the work away from the fence so not beneficial anyway

[@jamesmills6766]

I've only ever routed that way with an actual router, but that looks so much safer with the power feed on a spindal moulder, thanks!!

[@BradshawJoinery]

Yes and no! haha Still got the be careful but if the powerfeed is set right you should be reet!

[@jamesmills6766]

Good point! haha

[@Psychlist1972]

Nice demo and explanation

[@BradshawJoinery]

Thankyou Pete!

[@michaelplays2449]

Great video, thanks !!

[@BradshawJoinery]

Cheers Michael!

[@Nomrtm]

Excellent videos. I just watched the repair of the pantry door? Rotted out bottom and hinge Jamb. Great stuff. Subscribed from seeing first video.

[@BradshawJoinery]

Cheers buddy, its actually outside and a entrance door to a courtyard, bot all the same nonetheless

[@tonyworkswood]

Great video well explained. Ideal method for use on Maple and Sapele which have interlocking alternate grain direction sections same piece of wood. A better surface finish is achieved, the only thing its very hard to extract the dust efficiently as it is exhausted out in the direction of feed along the now moulded section. Very Messy. Tony

[@BradshawJoinery]

Yeah not ideal for extraction is it! Dust mask and a god clearup after ideally. Its not much of a video but hopefully help someone!

[@raydriver7300]

Great explanation. Thanks for sharing 🌞

[@BradshawJoinery]

Thankyou Ray!

[@jamesmills6766]

Great video!

[@BradshawJoinery]

Thankyou!

[@mauserkk98]

Another quality job ,do we get to see the finished job ?.

[@BradshawJoinery]

Maybe when its done! haha

[@Dazza19746]

Nice one mate, I’ve always cut normal first and the if it’s ‘iffy’ a second normal pass taking a ball hair off, and if that doesn’t help a climb cut ball hair, manually ( we’re taking less than 0.5 mm). Never tried full cut with feeder! I always thought it would fire it out the workshop door faster! 😂 straight into the side of a Mercedes knowing my luck! You ever used thermally modified hemlock? Some is beautiful! Some is a real pig! Tried everything mentioned above and still had to get the super glue out and activator and do it again to save a piece Normal hemlock machines beautifully though! And super nice through the wide belt! Thinking I might get a cube of it as cedar is so hard to get here and about 8k a cube! You got any experience with western hemlock?

[@BradshawJoinery]

HAha! yeah its possible on smaller bits like this! Ive been around someone using it, but never used myself. Seemed to have been heated to death and pretty nasty smelling from what i remeber when cutting. I Like Accoya, and wouldn't reccomend anything else if the budget allowed, but its getting hard to source.

[@Dazza19746]

@@BradshawJoinery accoya is Awesome, got a tiny bit left! You basically have zero waste eh? I’ve only bought a few lengths here and there, but you weren’t losing 50-100 mm off the ends and dancing round all the other issues like on other timber. Use every millimeter of it It’s actually about the same Price as cedar here now! It IS significantly heavier but

[@2373stevieb]

Great vid mate. I have got an itech power feed. However the slowest speed is about three times faster than the feed rate on this vid.

[@BradshawJoinery]

Cheers Stevie, Thats interesting! Is there anyy internal gearing that can be changed/ swapped to get slower speeds?

[@wellsyboi]

Thanks

[@BradshawJoinery]

Welcome

[@rick91443]

Thanks a lot! cheers...rr

[@BradshawJoinery]

thankyou

[@CreativeCarpentry]

How much lower are the feeder wheels set than the surface of the work piece? I think that’s the only way I can ask how much the feeder is pressing down to stop the part running off. Is it more than you would ordinarily use when feeding in the usual manner? Thanks Ollie

[@jar944]

I usually set them roughly 1/4" lower than the stock. Really depends on the condition and grip of the wheels.

[@CreativeCarpentry]

Thanks for that

[@BradshawJoinery]

Yep as above, about 5mm, it depends on the strength of the springs on the wheels but thats a great starting point. Make sure the beds and fence have machine wax on them. If too much pressure you can find it detrimental to feeding the material through as too much friction pushing down. Some powerfeeders have a lot of slack in the arm etc so make sure the wheel springs are compressing and not just the arm lifting up when timber passed through

[@CreativeCarpentry]

@@BradshawJoinery thanks Ollie I usually set it 2 turns of the height adjustment wheel (I’ve same feeder)lower than the stock for feeding in the standard setup so it looks like the same pressure or a little more for climb cut feeding, I just wanted to ask before giving it a go .

[@jimc4731]

It would have been nice to see how you did the radius. Thanks, JIM🤩

[@BradshawJoinery]

Simple one for this one.... Literally the radius of the cutter block! 🤣👌👍 Otherwise it would be a ring fence job as per my ring fence video

[@bradleymasson1777]

Verbally describing a climb cut is rather difficult, but you did an excellent job. I'm surprised the Brits and us Yanks use the same term for this precedure.

[@BradshawJoinery]

Haha yeah, when i got into i was thinking the same, how do you explain this!!! lol It was never taught to me as a climb cut, more "run it though backwards"

[@DovetailTimberworks]

That's a trick that will get you out of a bind sometimes!

[@BradshawJoinery]

Absolutely, helped me here thats for sure!

[@Goodwithwood69]

I have to make an arched architrave, any tips?

[@BradshawJoinery]

Make a tall false fence and mount cutter upside down then guides attached to fence to feed the arc round

[@Goodwithwood69]

Sounds like a plan! Thank you!

[@BradshawJoinery]

No worries, the curve supports itself so it's kinda easier than machining a straight piece! Make it a lot longer than the finished piece then trim to size. Lots of passes to get to final depth.

[@Goodwithwood69]

Top man!

[@CreativeCarpentry]

How many mm lower than the work piece do you set the feeder wheels?

[@Nixtutru]

i am a swiss carpenter and we set it aproximtly 5mm below the workpiece.

[@CreativeCarpentry]

Thanks for your assistance

[@Nixtutru]

@@CreativeCarpentry no problem

[@BradshawJoinery]

Sorted! :)

[@Dazza19746]

I find it depends on how nice I’ve been to the cast top, can I say ‘lube’ on here without it raising a flag especially talking to a Swedish man!🤔😂 “I am thinking you are liking goats milk ya?!’ 😂 I often spin cutter out way and just lower it onto piece and find the ‘sweet spot’. I just fly by the seat of my pants for the most part but 😂👍🏻

[@ixurlife8062]

Brad bro quality work amazing 👏👌 sorry beem super busy with major family stuff one ? Do you have email or private account where I can bounce a few ideas if yourself my brain works on a silly computer like level not even sure if it's possible bit I think ot woukd look f##n amazing 😅🤣

[@BradshawJoinery]

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