Louet Roving Carder

The Louet Roving Carder, also called Junior Drum Carder, is a compact drum carders with strong enclosed gears - no belts that wear our or slip and a great price!

If you card fibers for spinning or felting, the Louet Roving Carder is perfect for you. It has the same carding cloth and solid construction as the Standard Louet Drum Carder, but the batt is 4" wide and about 31" long.

This Louet drum carder has long, strong flexible intermeshing teeth that make a thicker batt. The drum circumference is also larger meaning even tough the carder is smaller it can still hold a good amount of fibers.

The prepared fiber batt is similar in size to a commercial roving. You can also thoroughly blend colors on this model drum carder.

Choose from coarse (46tpi) for coarse fibers like Romney or Gotland or fine for all other fibers including Corriedale, Merino, Llama and Alpaca. (72tpi)

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Specifications:
- Drum is 4" (10 cm) wide and 10 1/2" (26.5 cm) in diameter
- Surface speed ratio is 12:1
- Teeth are spaced at 72 teeth/sq inch or 46 tpi
- Teeth are 3/8" deep (11 mm)
- Card approximately 1.4 ounces (40 grams) per batt
- Weight 13 pounds (6 kg)
- Carding teeth flexible
- No pre-teasing needed
-Table Clamps, Doffer Brush and Doffer Pin included

An comprehensive instruction manual written by well known author and fiber artist Deb Menz is included with all Louet drum carders.

Flexible, intermeshing teeth and enclosed gears make the compact Louet Roving Carder strong and reliable when it comes to carding.
The Louet drum carders are made of laminated birch and have a hard white coating. In order to ensure a long life, the teeth on all Louet carders are made of high grade plated steel wire. All gearboxes (except on the Elite) are enclosed to prevent fibers entering the gear system.