Ashford Wild Carder User manual

INSTRUCTIONS
Ashford Handicrafts Ltd.
Factory and Showroom: 415 West Street,
PO Box 474, Ashburton, New Zealand
Telephone [phone]
Facsimile 64 3 308 8664
Email: [email protected].nz
Internet: www.ashford.co.nz
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WILD DRUM CARDER
Create your own fabulous fun and funky art yarns by blending fibres, fabrics, ribbon, feathers, noils, cocoons, paper and more...
Prepare 40gm (1½oz) batts.
Use the adjustable packer brush to smooth and pack more fibre onto the large drum.
Extra long 72 ppsi teeth.
Adjustable drum clearance to suit your fibre.
Rubber feet to stop it from slipping.
Assembled and lacquered - ready to use.
Includes doffer (awl), cleaning brush and clamps.
Assembly
Attach the handle as shown. Note: Place the spring washer on first, thread on the handle and lock in place with the dome nut.
Place the drive band onto the pulley as illustrated below. When not in use, remove the drive band to avoid it stretching. Store
the doffer in the 2 screw eyes on the side of the carder. Store the cleaning brush under the feed-in tray. Assemble the 2 clamps.
Drive band Clamps

How to Use the Wild Carder
Clamp your Wild Carder to a bench or table.
Fleece - We recommend you lightly wash your fleece prior to
carding. Tease the tips of the staples with a flick carder, pull
the staple apart sideways, place on the feed-in tray and turn
the handle clockwise. Card small amounts of fibre at a time.
Prepared fibre - Peel sliver into strips, stretch to lengthen
and spread it out sideways. Place on the feed-in tray and turn
handle clockwise.
NOTE: For easy carding spread out your fibre as you place on
the feed-in tray.
Wild carding - Prepare short pieces of fibre, fabric, ribbon,
feathers, noils, cocoons, paper etc. As you card your fibre, add
the embellishments to your fibre on the feed-in tray.
Adjust the packer brush to pack the fibres down into the teeth
of the large drum.
Once the teeth on the large drum are full of fibre or fibre starts
accumulating on the small drum, stop carding.
NOTE: Ensure all fibres remain between the guide pegs on the
feed-in tray. This will avoid fibres being caught around the
shafts.
Removing the batt
Loosen the knob holding the packer brush and twist it up off
the large drum. Turn the drum until the doffer strip is to the
top.
Part the batt with the doffer, taking care the doffer runs in the
groove in the doffer strip.
Pull the batt down over the back beam to remove it cleanly
from the drum.
Maintenance
Apply a drop of oil occasionally to all bearings.
The gap between the teeth may be adjusted to suit your fibre.
The carder comes factory set at our recommended spacing
of 0-1mm. For fine fibres without bulk, you may use a closer
setting or for coarser bulky fibres you may use a slightly wider
setting. To adjust the gap, remove the drive band. Loosen
the 2 bolts and use the nail supplied to rotate the 2 eccentric
bearings. Tighten the 2 bolts and replace the drive band.
Always remove the drive band when not in use to avoid it
stretching.
For more detailed carding instructions, hints and inspiration,
we recommended the Ashford Book of Carding by Jo Reeve.
It has 92 colourful pages covering flick, hand and drum
carding, colour theory and 4 gorgeous projects.
Happy Carding!
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