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Louët North
America has built a
strong reputation over the
years for providing quality,
reliable spinning & weaving
equipment. Sun Merc Yarn
is pleased to provide Louët's
Famous Drum Carders.
If you are interested in
viewing the complete line of
Louët's spinning & weaving
equipment, visit
Louët at
www.louet.com/spinning_weaving/index.shtml.
If you would like to
purchase an equipment from Louët's web site that is not
listed below, or if you have
any questions about spinning
or weaving in general,
simply fill out our
form and we will be more
than happy to special order
it for you or answer any
questions you may have.
SPECIAL
Sun Merc Yarn also
provides beginning spinning
or weaving classes with the
purchase of a floor loom or
spinning wheel! |
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Interested
in purchasing a carder?
We carry Louët's full
line of carders right
here at our store.
Click here to read
up on Louët's carders
& to find the one the
one that's just right
for you.
We are offering 4 of Louët drumcarders: the Classic,
Standard, Junior (or
Roving), and Elite
drumcarder. They are
made of laminated birch
and have a hard white
coating. The drums of
the carders are 19 cm (7
1/2") wide, except for
the drum of the Junior
(10 cm (4") wide). In
order to ensure a long
life, the teeth on all
Louët carders are made
of high grade plated
steel wire. All
gearboxes, except for
the Elite drumcarder,
are enclosed to prevent
fibers entering the gear
system.
All drumcarders are
equipped with a doffer
brush, doffer pin and
two table clamps to
clamp it onto a sturdy
table. An instruction
manual written by well
known author and fiber
artist Deb Menz is
included with all
drumcarders.
For drumcarders it is common to mention the gear ratio
that drives the
licker-in when you
rotate the large drum.
For the Elite drumcarder
the ratio is 6:1 or 9:1,
for the other
drumcarders it is 3.8:1.
However, what really
counts for carding is
the ratio of the surface
speed of both drums. You
get this by multiplying
the gear ratio with the
ratio of the diameters
of the large drum and
the licker-in. |
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Standard
Drum Carder
The Standard drumcarder has
an extra fine cloth (72
teeth per square inch). The
advantage of this extra fine
cloth is that you also can
perfectly card very fine
fibers.
The surface speed ratio is
12:1 for the Standard
drumcarder. |
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$665.00
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Classic
Drum Carder
The Classic Drum Carder
is the same model Louët
has been delivering for
the past 20 years.
The Classic has a fine
cloth of 46 teeth per
square inch, so you can
easily card wool and
other coarse fibers.
This surface speed ratio
is 9:1 for the Classic. |
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$665.00
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Elite
Drum Carder
The Elite drumcarder has
been developed with the
new blending techniques
in mind. The large drum
has an extra fine cloth
(72 teeth per square
inch) and the small
drum, or licker-in, has
a special cloth that
avoids the build-up of
costly fibers. It has
two different gear
ratios (1:6 & 1:9) & the
large feed-tray makes it
easier to blend the
fibers.
The Elite drumcarder has
two surface speed
ratios; 23:1 and 34:1.
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$865.00
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Roving Carder Junior
The Junior drumcarder
(like the standard) has
an extra fine cloth (72
teeth per square inch).
The advantage of this
extra fine cloth is that
you also can perfectly
card very fine fibers.
The surface speed ratio
is 12:1 for the Junior
drumcarder. |
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$445.00
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