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Modular Drop Spindles

Modular drop spindles allow you to change the weight, balance and hook size of your drop spindle at a moment's notice. You can choose from a range of whorl sizes, arrange your spindle as top or bottom whorl, and attach the kind of hook that's right for whatever you're spinning right now.

Kits


Modular Drop Spindle: Standard Kit (MDS6)

Our Modular Drop Spindle Standard Kits come complete with the following:

  • A 25cm shaft
  • A 10cm whorl
  • An 8cm whorl
  • A 6cm whorl
  • 3 hooks (small, medium, large)
  • 3 spindle bobbins

£45

Wood Type

Ultra-Light Modular Drop Spindle Kit (MDS4)

Designed for spinning fine yarns, the ultra-light MDS kits utilise modern materials to reduce weight while maintaining a strength and robustness not usually available on ~5g drop spindles. The light-weight materials also allow for wider whorls for a given mass, resulting in improved spin time.

Ultra-light MDS4 kit

Kit includes:

  • a 15cm MDS4 shaft (2g)
  • a 6g whorl
  • a 5g whorl
  • a 3g whorl
  • 3 bobbins (1g each)
  • 3 hooks

£35

Modular Drop Spindle: Light-weight Kit (MDS6L)

Coming Soon

£TBA

Bobbins

MDS6 bobbin

These bobbins fit the standard size (6mm diameter) MDS6 and MDS6L shafts, and are available in a variety of lengths.

£4.00

MDS4 bobbin

These bobbins fit the ultra-light MDS4 series shafts.

£4.00

Whorls

Separate whorls will become available shortly in a range of sizes, weights and wood. MDS6 whorls are designed for the MDS6 and the MDS6L range of shafts. MDS4 whorls will only fit the ultra-light MDS4 shafts


Shafts

Separate shafts are available in a range of sizes, and materials.

MDS6 shafts have a 6mm diameter and are constructed from aluminium with a wooden whorl housing the magnets.

MDS6L shafts also have a 6mm diameter and are constructed from carbon-fibre with a minimal resin hub to house the magnets

MDS4 shafts are the new ultra-light range. All MDS4 shafts have a 4mm diameter and are constructed from carbon-fibre with a minimal resin magnet housing