Howard Brush has commissioned Anderson Originals to create 2 new drum carders that reflect the quality and craftsmanship Howard Brush products are known for...

The Lindsey: A quality inexpensive entry level double drum carder that comes fully assembled and is made out of solid, unfinished hardwood. The overall size is 15.5 x 14 inches (not including the 10 inch pull out wool tray). The swift or main drum is 6.5 inches wide and 8 inches in diameter, the feed drum or licker in is 6.5 inches wide and 2.5 inches in diameter It will make a bat size of 6.5 x 22 inches, and is ideal for most types of fibers.

The David: A quality inexpensive premier triple drum carder that comes fully assembled and is made out of solid, unfinished hardwood. The overall size is 15 inches long (not including the 10 inch pull out wool tray), 17 inches wide and 10 inches high. The main drum or swift is 8.5 inches wide and 8 inches in diameter and the other two drums are 8.5 inches wide and 2.5 inches in diameter. It has a bat size of 8 x 22 inches, and is ideal for most types of fibers. The advantage of the triple drum carder is it takes only half as much turning to produce the same quality bat.

Both carders are made in the USA by Anderson Originals exclusively for Howard Brush. The Anderson Family has been working and turning wood for five generations and are well known for their fine hardwood furniture. Both carders are adjustment free and made from solid hardwood - not particle board! Each drum carder comes with an attached clamp so that it can be secured to your work table for ease of use. Please email us for more information on ordering or becoming a distributor of our quality drum carders!

Some product information on these drum carders - it has sharp, pointed wires so extreme care must be taken in its use. Improper use may cause serious injury - these drum carders are not designed to be motorized and used under power!

Several months ago, I purchased your David Drumcarder and I have to tell you how very, very pleased with it. As a spinning teacher and fiber artist I have used all types of drum carders, from garage sale antiques to the most expensive. In my book, the David produces a batt that ranks with the best. Not only does it do a fantastic job on carding fine to medium wool, but it works well for blending. It is sturdy (great for me as I take it on the road when I teach), affordable and an excellent option for the fiber artist who wants a 3 cylinder carder. Thank you for a great product! - John Pitblado

We have a handy flyer: Instructions for Using a Drum Carder that is available in pdf file format for you to download, keep on file and print out. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to open the flyer. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free at Adobe's web site.

I just did up more than a pound of Shetland into beautiful batts, and then blended Merino Top and Bamboo into a 50/50 to test how well it handles finer fibers. I also ran a bit of rather rough "messy" clumpy Karakul through, and after just two passes it came out ready to go. I think I pretty much covered all the bases in regards to different types of fibers. Perfect as far as I'm concerned. It's so heavily constructed I didn't even bother with the table clamp and it stayed right where it belonged. - Joseph

Card clothing is available in widths of 8", 10", 12" and 14" for your Drum Carding requirements, can be purchased by the linear foot and is available in 5 traditional densities from 54 TPI to 190 TPI. Also, being the manufacturer we can fabricate carding cloth for many of your special fiber process requirements.

Drum Carding Department - The above is a picture of the drum carding machine which makes our drum cloth, and it also is used for our re-clothing services.

Thought you might like to know that the carding pads arrived today. I was amazed that they got here so quickly! They are exactly what I was looking for, I have already put them on my carders and they are doing a fine job on the angora/wool blend that I wanted to card. Thank you for your help in choosing them, and for the friendly and efficient way in which you dealt with my order. - Karen T., in UK