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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.
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Mini High-whorl spindles
Deluxe
High-whorl spindles
Tips
of Shafts
Plying
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 use and to hold.
Edward adds fine details to the whorls and shafts. He uses small brass hooks which spinners really like. The
whorls have 3 notches and the hook position can be adjusted easily by the
spinner. Before being sold, each spindle is test-spun to ensure it spins
well.
| Relative
size of Plying, Deluxe and Mini Spindles |
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Left: Plying |
| Middle: Deluxe |
| Right: Mini |
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Mini High-whorl Spindles
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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"
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Walnut, Maple, Cocobolo, Tulip rosewood |
Compact Deluxe Spindles
(a size that is in between the Mini and the Deluxe)
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Deluxe High-whorl
Spindles
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Left
& right photos:
Tulip rosewood, Purpleheart, Yellowheart
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Left
photo:
Goncalo alves (tigerwood), Walnut & Maple, Zebrawood |
Right
photo:
2 Zebrawood Deluxe
and a Maple Mini |
Use: spin a wide range of
yarn sizes
Weight: range from 26 to 45 g (0.9 - 1.6 oz)
Dimensions: whorl - approx 3" diameter
total shaft length - approx 11" |
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Plying High-whorl spindles
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Use: plying yarns together. These spindles are large enough
to hold
plied yarn from two smaller spindles of single ply yarns.
Weight: approx 45-55 g (1.6-2 oz)
Dimensions: whorl - approx 3½
to 4"
diameter
total shaft length - approx 12"
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Purpleheart
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Woods Used |
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High-whorl Spindles
clockwise from
top left:
Kingwood, Holly, Koa, Red Cedar, Bocote |
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Edward uses a wide variety of local and exotic
woods
for the whorls and shafts of his spindles - woods with names
from A to Z.
He often uses contrasting woods for the whorls and shafts. |
Whorls:
Australian Lacewood, Bocote,
Bubinga, Canarywood, Chechen,
Cherry, Cocobolo, Ebonized woods, Goncalo alves (Tigerwood), Holly,
Honduras
rosewood, Imbuya, Kingwood, Koa, Maple, Oak, Osage orange, Palm, Pear,
Purpleheart, Redheart, Red Cedar, Tulip rosewood, Ulmo, Walnut, Wenge, Yellowheart, Zebrawood |
Shafts:
Ash, Birch, Cherry, Ebonized woods, Hickory,
Imbuya, Maple, Oak,
Pear, Pecan, Purpleheart, Redheart, Walnut, Yellowheart, Zebrawood |
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Tips of
Shafts |
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details on the shafts. Can you identify the ball,
flame,
thistle and vase shapes on the tips ? |
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Click for a close-up
view |
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