Wood & Wisdom in Balcombe Sussex specialise in high quality bespoke joinery, windows and custom stair cases. Over the past few years the highly skilled team led by Adam King have created an enviable reputation in the London and South East area.

'Our business really started to grow when we realised we had to invest in new technology' said Adam. 'We started the process when we moved from traditional machines and took the plunge with our CNC window machine. This sped up our production, but it also created new bottlenecks.'

'We realised we needed a programmable spindle moulder and chose an Italian one. It wasn't a great experience, it had lots of features, but wasn't actually that quick to change tools and the feeder arm, though controlled was a nightmare. Eventually we realised we need to sort the issue out and decided the Martin T27 spindle moulder was the best on the market for fast setups and really heavy construction.'

'The machine is so fast and easy to change with the HSK tool change system combined with the touch screen control. We have created a tool library making it easier to train operators, the operator can just calls up the tool and sets the finished dimension - we save hours every week. There were a lot of other features we really liked but the big one was the positioning of the power feed - one click, swing it away, change the tool, it then snaps back into the correct position and the machine sets its position. We have had the machine in for two trouble free years now. I would wholeheartedly recommend it to any joinery company who wants to speed up production'.