Vintage

Midi™ Spindles $50,

Premium woods $60-65*

2 1/2" diameter whorl on a 9" shaft
Weight range: .8-1.4 oz, depending on the wood.

Our Midis™ are the most popular in size, and we make these in the widest range of beautiful and colorful woods. Spinners love Tulipwood, Zebrawood, Bloodwood and Birds Eye Maple; others love rarer woods like Pink Ivory, Gabon Ebony, and Cochin Rosewood. Please ask what is in stock when you order! Some rare woods* are difficult and expensive to obtain, and may be higher in price.

Visit the Bosworth Spindle Group at Flickr to see many of our available Standard Midi woods including Birdseye Maple, Bloodwood, Bocote, Brazilian Cherry, Bubinga, Canarywood, Cherry, Morado, Red Cedar, Red Oak, Pau Amarillo, Purpleheart, Sapele Mahogany, Tasmanian Rose Myrtle, Tiger Maple, Tulipwood, Walnut, and Zebrawood. Premium Midi woods include Afezelia, Amboyna, Ambrosia Maple, Black Palm, Boxwood, Cocobolo, Ebonies, Olivewood, Osage Orange, Pink Ivory, Rosewoods, Silver Wattle, Sumac, Thuya, and occasional burls and spalted woods in limited supply; not all woods available at all times. Colors may vary by monitor; different boards have varying color intensities and grain.

 
These Midi™ spindles are finished with standard Birch shafts and ready to go now.

Weight guide: 20 g = .7 oz; 28 g = 1 oz, 35 g = 1.25 oz
under 20 g:  none
20-23 g:    none
24-27 g:    Bird's Eye Maple, White Oak, Walnut
28-32 g:    Bubinga, Canarywood
33-36 g:    Bloodwood
37+ g:      Bloodwood, Brazilian Cherry


This list updated June 1 2009.

If you're looking for something in particular please let us know.  

Shaft Option:  Hand-turned hardwood shaft, $15, in Bloodwood, Bocote, Cherry, Cochin Rosewood, Kingwood, Morado, Tulipwood, or Walnut; $20 in Ebony when available. We do our best to finish these as quickly as possible; please allow at least 2 weeks waiting time once we have a whorl ready to finish.

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Note wood preference in Special Instructions on Order page.

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Premium Midis™: Finished Premium Midis™ are priced at $60-65 each for a standard Birch shaft, $72-80 for a hand-turned shaft. We're happy to to suggest a wood to complement or contrast with the whorl of your choice. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for a list of finished Premium Midis and currently available whorls.

Note: The base price for Premium Midi™ Spindle is set to $60; if the spindle you request is $65 we will adjust your bill accordingly. If the wood you are looking for is not currently available, we'll put you on our Wish List.

Note wood preference in Special Instructions on Order page.

Paying with MC/VISA? Please put card code in Special Instructions.
Prefer to use PayPal? Choose Mail/Fax order; note PayPal in Special Instructions and we'll invoice you.

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