DIY Drum Carder Full Plans on Etsy

Plans for this drum carder are here: Details about the build are over at If you re interested in other DIY spinning and knitting projects, I posted a DIY Niddy Noddy video here: The carding cloth we used is 90 tpi for the licker and 120 tpi for the large drum such ratios depend on the fiber you plan to work with. To calculate how much carding cloth you ll need, calculate or measure the circumference of the licker + the large drum. To pull the carded fiber off your drum, you ll also need a doffer. I made ours by simply bending an allen wrench (heated with a torch) and then grinding down the head into a dull point.