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Strauch's Petite carder comes with a well made and perfectly sized drive band. If you've worn out your drive band this is the replacement you need.
If in stock it ships from Maine. Back orders are drop shipped from the factory in 6-10 days.
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The Doffer/Cleaner brush is used to clean the large drum after you have removed the batt. It looks similar to a "Flicker" but with different points. Our Doffers are 2" wide and 4 ½" long. The pads have ½" long points spaced 72 per square inch. Use the center portion of the Doffer brush to contact the curve of the large drum. Starting at the seam, swipe the Doffer brush down the drum in the same direction as the teeth on the drum. Continue across the width of the drum. Slowly rotate the drum backwards as you use the brush to clean the entire drum.
If it shows in stock it will ship from Maine. If it is a backorder it will be drop shipped from the factory usually in 6-10 business days.
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This is a multi-purpose tool that will become indispensible to both weavers and Spinners. Sporting 1/2 inch and 1 inch measures for gauging wraps per inch for spinners and a sett gauge for weavers. Not to mention that it has a concave center and 2 holes to be a diz.
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When this pad is clamped or screwed to a table or bench it allows the comber to keep one comb secure and stationary in the upright position. Works with all Valkyrie combs. Clamps are not included.
You can choose Cherry or walnut. We also carry maple comb pads and those can be found HERE
Please note that the pegs on these pads are all maple.
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This tool saves your knuckles from painful contact with the teeth of your drum carder while you are removing the batt from the large drum. It will not bend as does a knitting needle. Used correctly, the batt picker also saves the drum and card cloth from becoming damaged.
If it shows in stock it will ship from Maine. If it is a backorder it will be drop shipped from the factory usually in 6-10 business days.
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Louet Flicker
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Louet Mini Cotton Cards
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Louet Regular Hand Cards
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(5-1/4" x 4", 255 teeth/sq. inch)
If it shows in stock it will ship from Maine. If it is a backorder it will be drop shipped from the factory usually in 3-10 business days.
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As you rub the wool on the board the ribbed surface accelerates the felting process.
Curved grooves allow soapy water to flow as you rub.
Try making a ball to get a feel for felting:
Take a handful of carded wool, pour over it a mixture of hot water
(as hot as you can handle) and detergent. Soap powder can be used
instead of detergent, but dissolve the powder well in the hot water
first. Rub the wet wool between you hands to form a ball, and continue
squeezing and rubbing until you have a solid ball of felt. It is
surprising how much wool goes into a small ball. Experiment with layers
of different colors of wool. Completely cover the entire ball with each
felted color, before adding the next layer. The ball can be cut to
expose these layers. Rinse the ball in cold water, then hang out to dry.
When in stock, it ships from our shop in Maine. When out of stock (backordered) it will ship from Ashford USA
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(5-3/4" x 4-1/2", 112 teeth/sq. inch)
If it shows in stock it will ship from Maine. If it is a backorder it will be drop shipped from the factory usually in 3-10 business days.
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Louet Cotton Hand Cards
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Valkyrie 12 inch Hackle
A very sturdy hackle with two rows of straight 4.5 inch long hardened and polished steel tines set in a straight hard-maple base. These hackles easily mount to your work table with clamps (not included) because they have 1 1/2 inch of free space on each end for clamping.
The photo shows both the 12 inch and 18 inch sizes. Choose your style of fineness from the drop down menu
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Clemes hand carders are designed to combine
comfort and function in a most necessary tool for the hand spinner. They use a maple turned handle that provides a comfortable grip for
both small and large hands. The handle is tenoned into an alder
wood back, either curved or flat, to ensure long life. The teeth
are set in a strong yet flexible backing to provide many years of
use. They regularly hear from customers who purchased their carders
in the 1970's and are still using them on a regular
basis.
Wool Carders
The wool carders have 72 points per square inch and are
an excellent all purpose carder for carding any type of wool. The
wooden backs measure 8" x 4 5/8". They are available curved or flat
with most spinners preferring the curved back carders. They are
If it shows in stock it will ship from Maine. If it is a backorder(out of stock) it will be ordered from the factory and then shipped.
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(wood base: 8" x 4-1/2", 112 teeth/sq. inch)
If it shows in stock it will ship from Maine. If it is a backorder it will be drop shipped from the factory usually in 3-10 business days.
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Valkyrie 2 row Mini Combs (pair)
Smaller and lighter than our Viking combs. Great for any fiber. Perfect for fine to medium fibers, such as Merino wool and Angora Rabbit. Same sturdy construction as the Viking Combs on a smaller scale. All Maple construction. Handle is a comfortable one inch diameter, tine head is 4" wide. Each comb weighs a little under 7 ounces. Each comb has 25, 4 1/4" long, polished, hardened steel tines with a long taper to a sharp point. These tines never need straightening. They are flexible enough to take abuse, and still bounce back to their intended alignment.
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(10-1/2" x 4", 255 teeth/sq. inch)
If it shows in stock it will ship from Maine. If it is a backorder it will be drop shipped from the factory usually in 3-10 business days.
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Schacht has built a lifetime of service into our hand carders. They have a
small lip milled into the rear edge of the paddle to protect the
card clothing from becoming worn and the handles have been precisely
tenoned into the paddles for superior strength.
These wool carders are 72
points per square inch (an all-purpose carding cloth), All Schacht carders are
available with curved or straight backs. Please choose the appropriate choice from the drop down menu.
If it shows in stock it will ship from Maine. If it is a backorder(out of stock) it will be drop shipped from the factory usually in 2-4 weeks
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Valkyrie 18 inch Hackle
A very sturdy hackle with two rows of straight 4.5 inch long hardened and polished steel tines set in a straight hard-maple base. These hackles easily mount to your work table with clamps (not included) because they have 1 1/2 inch of free space on each end for clamping.
The photo shows both the 12 inch and 18 inch sizes.
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Valkyrie 2 row Fine Combs (pair)
Smaller and lighter than our Viking combs. Great for any fiber. Perfect for fine to medium fibers, Romney, BFL, Corrie, Finn and Merino wool. Same sturdy construction as the Viking Combs on a smaller scale. All Maple construction. Handle is a comfortable one inch diameter, tine head is 5" wide. Each comb has 4 1/4" long, polished, hardened steel tines with a long taper to a sharp point. These tines never need straightening. They are flexible enough to take abuse, and still bounce back to their intended alignment.
Front row has 16 tines, back row has 17. Total amount of tines = 33
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Valkyrie Supah Wicked Extra Fine Combs (pair)
Can you tell we named these ourselves?
Designed specifically for really finer, short fibers. 74 closely spaced tines in 3 rows per comb. The comb head is 4 inches wide with a 3 inch working width. Tines are 3 inch long hardened polished steel.
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The Petite is a manual drum carder with a polyurethane drive belt. This carder is great for fiber artists with budget and/or space considerations who want a Strauch quality machine.
As with all Strauch drum carders, the Petite comes with our Brush Attachment. The Petite is an excellent choice for a mid-sized carder with full sized features. The Petite is slightly smaller, with 6¾" wide drums instead of the 8¼" wide drums on the singlewide chain drives. The carder produces a batt approximately 6½" wide x 22" long. The Petite also has a 4:1 drum ratio.
The frame is made from high durability MDF material. The Petite frame is 16" long, 10" wide and 7" high. An important feature: The tall frame allows the handle to swing freely of the table surface.
If it shows in stock it will ship from Maine. If it is a backorder it will be drop shipped from the factory usually in 6-10 business days.
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Strauch's customers requested a Strauch-quality carder that would produce those wonderful, outrageous "art batts" full of exciting fibers and textures.
Thick batts weighing more than 3 ounces can easily be made. The Strauch Model 302 series "Mad Batt'r" art drum carder as part of the Strauch regular product line.
This carder has deeper pins (1/2" long) and coarser carding cloth (72 teeth per sq. in.) on the large drum to accommodate all the fun add-ins that make these art batts say "spin me"!
The machine is built on the standard 200 series 6" tall solid ash-wood frame and, like all my drum carders, uses the unique "Slicker-Licker" cloth on the small drum. As with all of our 200 series carders, the Mad Batt'r has a 4:1 turning ratio. The brush attachment makes it easier to control the type of art batt you are making. The batts produced are 8" wide and 27" long
If it shows in stock it will ship from Maine. If it is a backorder it will be drop shipped from the factory usually in 6-10 business days.
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Strauch flagship model is the "Finest" model. This top-of-the-line model is unique and comes complete with the Brush Attachment and all available accessories.
This is just an all around standard great carding machine.
If in stock it will ship from Maine, otherwise it will be drop shipped from the factory usually in 3-10 business days.
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Strauch's customers requested a Strauch-quality carder that would produce those wonderful, outrageous "art batts" full of exciting fibers and textures. For those who want to make really wide and thick "Art-batts", the "Mad Batt'r double wide" model is available. This model has drums twice as wide as the regular Mad Batt'r and also comes with the Brush Attachment.
Thick batts weighing more than 3 ounces can easily be made. The Strauch Model 302 series "Mad Batt'r" art drum carder as part of the Strauch regular product line.
This carder has deeper pins (1/2" long) and coarser carding cloth (72 teeth per sq. in.) on the large drum to accommodate all the fun add-ins that make these art batts say "spin me"!
The machine is built on the standard 200 series 4" tall solid ash-wood frame and, like all my drum carders, uses the unique "Slicker-Licker" cloth on the small drum. As with all of our 200 series carders, the Mad Batt'r has a 4:1 turning ratio. The brush attachment makes it easier to control the type of art batt you are making. The large drum is 7" in diameter x 15¼" wide. The carder produces a batt approximately 15" wide x 22" long. The frame is 24" long, 18½" wide, 6" high. The photo shows the single wide carder.
If it shows in stock it will ship from Maine. If it is a backorder it will be drop shipped from the factory usually in 6-10 business days.
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