Product Description
Meet the Electric Drive
The Electric Drive pairs with our Elite Convertible Drum Carder to create a workhorse, motorized carder. It takes about two minutes to switch from hand crank to a motorized carder, and vise versa. The Convertible and Electric Drive give you the best of both worlds!
More Than Just Good Looks
We take pride in our drum carders looking like more than just a couple of drums mounted in a wooden box. Along with its elegant styling, the Electric Drive features a key switch, industrial Start/Stop push buttons, a debris tray, and a solid red oak frame. All wooden parts receive a durable lacquer finish prior to assembly, to protect them for a lifetime of use.
A Box Full of Carding Fun
The Electric Drive includes everything you need to convert the Elite Convertible to motorized operation: keys, a belt, a pulley, a nut, and a wrench.
Hand Crank or Motorized? The Convertible is Both!
With a built-in carrying handle and weighing just sixteen pounds, the Convertible is made for carding on the go. When paired with our Electric Drive, it is a motorized work horse. It takes about two minutes to convert from a hand cranked to motorized carder, or vice versa. The Convertible and Electric Drive give you the best of both worlds!
Loved by All
Fiber artists, instructors, and fiber producers love the Elite Convertible with the Electric Drive. We hear from fiber artists and instructors that they especially love its versatility and from fiber producers that they love its throughput and rugged durability. If you want both a portable hand crank carder and a workhorse electric carder, are getting tired of hand cranking with your Convertible, or have a growing flock, then you will love the Electric Drive, too!
Free (and Hassle Free) Shipping
Our drum carders ship for free to all 50 US states! Elite Series Drum Carders are shipped in a custom box with custom foam packaging, ensuring they arrive undamaged and ready for use, right out of the box. The shipping box and foam kit are a safe way to store the carder out of harm’s way when not in use.
Built For a Lifetime of Use
We have been making drum carders for nearly 50 years, and many of our early carders are still in use! You can expect idler belts to last around ten years, motor belts to last around five years, and carding cloth to last twenty to thirty years. Belts are easily ordered on our website and are always in stock. Once the carding cloth has reached the end of its useful life, we recommend you send the carder back to us for refurbishment. When you purchase an Elite Series Drum Carder, you are buying a drum carder to last a lifetime!
Small Company, Big Promise
Our company consists of a father and son team and our last name is on each carder we produce. That means something special to both of us, and we will not ship any carder that we feel does not represent our family or the quality of work of which we are capable. We guarantee our products to be free of manufacturing defects, and we work with our customers to ensure they are happy with both the form and function of any product we make.
A Perfect Pair
We recommend the Lock Pop as a pre-carding tool when working with fleece. It is the only tool that we recommend but do not include with our Elite Series Drum Carders as it is the first tool many fiber artists purchase, and some artists work exclusively with fiber that has already been processed. The Lock Pop and Elite Convertible make a perfect pair!
Born in the U.S.A.
All of our Drum Carders are handcrafted in our shop in Pinole, California. The Red Oak hardwood we use for our drum carders is grown domestically and milled for us in nearby Oakland, California. We source locally and domestically whenever possible, and we are proud members of the Northern California Fibershed.
