Fiber Prep: How To Use a Drum Carder

Once you get your washed fleece picked, it's time to card! You can hand card or use a drum carder. Nancy demonstrates how to use the Strauch Petite Drum Carder that you can find on our website: woolery.com/st...
After your fiber has been carded, you're ready to get spinning!
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[@aronkovcin7442]

Great presentation. Your knowledge and expertise really shine through in this video.

[@michaelmoore3360]

I'm so glad to have found this video. I have a Strauch carder and when I take off my bat there's ALWAYS a lot of wool left on the drum. I thought it must be so I'm doing wrong. However I see how much was left behind on your carder, I feel better seeing this thank you.

[@grinanng3772]

Thanks for this video! New to wool and the process. Doing some raw wool on my louet jr carder and getting a lot of bits on my licker-in and was googling why. Came across this video and it was very precise and understandable in explaining woolin vs worsted!!! Thank you thank you. Your bat looks like what i keep getting vs most of the rest of the videos i find are using their carders to blend their milled bats (which look nothing like my off the sheep raw wool!!!).

[@keturahspencer]

You answered so many questions, thank you

[@Puffley]

It’s almost 2am

[@helenel4126]

Thank you. I had thought that drum carders were only for woolen prep. I spin and wear worsted. I have several fleeces in my craft room. Hmm. Christmas!

[@Meansi]

Helene L To further enable you, I’ve seen videos where the fiber is dizzed off the carder to make roving.

[@webspinner420]

I've been trying to get my drums perfectly aligned - i thought the teeth weren't supposed to touch but i guess not since i hear yours do touch. any tips on how to get them the perfect distance apart?

[@yashwantprasad7399]

How much wool can be carded using drum carder per hour?

[@JanetBaldwinMHR]

Does the tension band do a figure eight? Or not...I cannot see that side of the carder.

[@webspinner420]

yes it does!

[@sweetbirthy2008]

Can you send me this gadget to Kenya?

[@TheWoolery]

Yes we ship worldwide! Just visit our website www.woolery.com and click the flag icon in the bottom left corner to choose your country!

[@VandalIO]

Can we use human hairs with this ?