Wood Working Spindle Moulder Machines

A wood shaper, usually just shaper in North America or spindle moulder in the UK and Europe, is a stationary woodworking machine in which a vertically oriented spindle drives cutter heads to mill profiles on wood stock. The wood being fed into a moulder is commonly referred to as either stock or blanks.A spindle moulder is a machine for producing moulds on the edge of material, machines come either with a fixed vertical or tilting shaft in various diameters. There are other options such as power feeds, tenoning tables and CNC controls available.It is called a moulder, because it essentially “moulds” the shape by cutting away the excess wood needed to reveal the profile. This process happens on all four sides of a previously prepared board in one pass through the machine.