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Tabachek Spindles are available in a variety of woods for whorls & shafts.
Check with Our Dealers for availability or to request a special order.

Mini High-whorl spindles                            
Deluxe High-whorl spindles 
Woods used

Tabachek spindles are well-balanced - they spin fast and for a long time. They have a silky-smooth finish and are a pleasure to look at, to hold and use.  Edward makes fine details in the whorls and shafts and gives the whorls 3 notches.  He uses small brass hooks which spinners really like and the spinner can easily adjust the hook position.  Before being sold, each spindle is test-spun to ensure it spins well.

Relative sizes of Deluxe, Compact Deluxe 
and Mini Spindles

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Left to Right:  Deluxe, Compact Deluxe, Mini

Mini High-whorl Spindles

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Walnut, Maple, 
Cocobolo, Tulip rosewood

 Use: spin fine lace-weight yarns
  Weight: range from 20 to 25 g  (0.7 - 0.9 oz)
  Dimensions:  
 whorl - approx  2-½" diameter
 total shaft length - approx 7-9" 
Compact Deluxe Spindles

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Deluxe High-whorl Spindles

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  Weight: range from 26 to 45 g    (0.9 - 1.6 oz)
  Dimensions:    
  whorl - approx  3" diameter
  total shaft length - approx 11" 
Tulip rosewood, Purpleheart, Yellowheart
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Tigerwood, Walnut & Maple, Zebrawood

Woods Used

Edward uses a wide variety of local and exotic woods for the whorls of his spindles and often uses contrasting woods for whorls and shafts. 
The woods have names from A to Z:
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romatic cedar,  Bocote,  Bubinga,  Canarywood,  Chechen,  Cherry,  Cocobolo,  Ebonized woods,  Goncalo alves (Tigerwood),  Holly,  Honduras rosewood,  Imbuya, Kingwood,  Koa,  Lacewood, Maple, Oak, Osage orange,  Palm, Pear,  Purpleheart, Redheart,  Red Cedar,  Santos rosewood,  Tulip rosewood,  Ulmo,  Walnut,  Wenge, Yellowheart,  Zebrawood

High-whorl Spindles Low-whorl Spindles
Clockwise from top left:  
Kingwood, Holly, Koa, 
Red Cedar, Bocote
Clockwise from top left:
 Osage Orange, Purpleheart, Imbuya
Ulmo, Red Cedar, Zebrawood

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