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DRUM CARDER
We at She & I Designs are happy to know that you have chosen to purchase our FANCY KITTY
KITTEN MANUAL DRUM CARDER.
The Kitten drum carder features fully adjustable drums mounted on steel axles with sealed
ball bearings. It is built using modern methods and hand crafted care. The drums come pre
adjusted for optimum performance. We space them a credit card thickness apart before
shipping. They can be easily readjusted though for your varying requirements.
The drive ratio is 4 to 1.
It features a poly belt, that does not slip, for smooth operation.
The carding cloth has ½ inch hardened tempered steel wire teeth that allow you to produce
thick batts.
The carder base is approximately 15 inches in length, and 10 ¾ inches wide. With the pulleys
and handle it will be closer to 18 inches wide. The carder weighs approximately 14 pounds.
The carder is made from sold hardwoods with the exception of the feed tray that is made
from hardwood plywood.
It is dressed with a flat brass divider bar.
The drum is 8 ½ inches wide and will produce a batt that is 22 inches long.
Rubber nonskid feet are mounted on the bottom of the frame.
With the exception of the screw on handle it will have arrived fully assembled.
We offer a lifetime warranty on all hard parts and workmanship to the original buyer, and a
one year limited warranty on all parts and labor. We do have parts and repair available to
anyone who owns our machine.
We hope you enjoy using this carder and get decades of use from it.
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Summary of Contents for Fancy Kitty DRUM CARDER
- Page 1 KITTEN MANUAL DRUM CARDER We at She & I Designs are happy to know that you have chosen to purchase our FANCY KITTY KITTEN MANUAL DRUM CARDER. The Kitten drum carder features fully adjustable drums mounted on steel axles with sealed ball bearings.
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Page 2: Satisfaction Guarantee
She & I Designs / FANCY KITTY PRODUCTS 321 E Prime St Downing, MO 63536 660-379-2323 sheandidesign@gmail.com SATISFACTION GUARANTEE If for any reason you are not satisfied with your purchase, you may request a return authorization to return the product to our location within 14 days of receipt of this product. -
Page 3: Product Warranty
She & I Designs / FANCY KITTY PRODUCTS 321 E Prime St Downing, MO 63536 660-379-2323 sheandidesign@gmail.com PRODUCT WARRANTY Your new product is warranted for one year for all parts and labor. This warranty covers normal wear and tear including belts and carding cloth. -
Page 4: Read Before Using
She & I Designs / FANCY KITTY PRODUCTS 321 E Prime St Downing, MO 63536 660-379-2323 sheandidesign@gmail.com READ BEFORE USING CAUTION...CAUTION...CAUTION There is a break in period on all carding cloth, during which a small amount of • metallic dust may be deposited on your fiber. - Page 5 ADJUSTING YOUR CARDER If you wish to adjust your carder, please follow the procedure below. We do sug- gest that they work best a credit card thickness apart. We do set them that way in the shop however, occasionally they do shift during the shipping process. We would say that a credit card inserted between the two drums should have the teeth just so touching on each side.
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Page 6: Care And Maintenance
CARE & MAINTENANCE Your new Fancy Kitty drum carder requires very little maintenance. The exterior is finished using a product called Half n Half, a perfect blend of pure Tung Oil and natural, food-grade thinner Citrus Solvent. It will require no more maintenance than you would give any fine piece of furniture. - Page 7 Getting Ready to Card A drum carder works best if you feed it a small amount of fiber at a time - or better yet, thin layers of fiber. If you attempt to feed a carder too much fiber at once, you may jam the ma- chine, bend its teeth and/or tear the fibers.
- Page 8 the drum size and the length of the teeth. However, you can see when loaded carding cloth is reaching its capacity. You need enough tooth exposure to pick and comb incoming fibers. You can also feel and hear when the cloth becomes too full: the handle will turn with difficulty, even though no new fiber is being added, and you'll hear a muffled, rubbing sound.
- Page 9 Between Rounds You are now ready to re-card, but don't try to feed the entire batt into the carder at once. If you do, your carder will become overloaded, the carding will be incomplete, and the machine will jam. Finally, the poorly carded fiber will be difficult to spin smoothly. After the first card- ing, the texture of the batt will be uneven, but it will have two characteristics of completely carded batts: the layered arrangement and the lengthwise grain of overlapping fibers.
- Page 10 When the swift is fairly clean, go back to the licker-in; then repeat your efforts on the swift, and so forth. A drum carder is a bed that never stays made, but eventually it will be quite clean. If you want the card clothing really clean - for example, if you are changing colors - there is one more thing to do.
- Page 11 Note: If you handle your wool gently, it will often remain in identifiable locks. These can be pulled from the masses and opened before carding. When feeding directly onto the main drum, grasp locks firmly by their cut ends. Allow the teeth of the drum to tease the locks open before you let the fibers escape to be carded.
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