Discover the Perfect Lickerin Drum Wide for Your Drum Carder

Enhance your carding experience with the ideal additional Lickerin drum wide for your 300 mm (12″) wide drum carder. Our user-friendly design ensures an easy swap, allowing you to work with different fibers and achieve exceptional carding results with minimal hassle.

Available Lickerin Drum Options for Customization

Choose from three TPI options to perfectly match the fibers you’re working with:

• 54 TPI (Coarse): Ideal for the coarsest wool types.
• 72 TPI (Standard): Best for common wool types.
• 120 TPI (Fine): Perfect for fine fibers such as cotton, alpaca, or angora.

Each Lickerin drum is designed to help you achieve superior fiber preparation, whether you’re blending or carding different fiber types.

What’s Included in the Package?

Each Lickerin drum wide package comes with all the essential components needed for an easy installation:

• Drum with attached carding cloth
• Steel shaft with pre-mounted O-rings
• Pulley already attached

These components ensure that swapping drums is quick and straightforward, allowing you to get back to crafting right away.

How to Swap the Lickerin Drum on Your Carder

Simple Steps for Changing Drums

1. Remove the handle using the provided Allen key.
2. Unfasten the 4 screws with the Allen key.
3. Take off the 2 wooden fixers with bearings from the old drum.
4. Lift out the old drum.
5. Remove the drive belt.
6. Insert the new Lickerin drum, ensuring the drive belt is placed on the small pulley before securing it.
7. Mount the 2 wooden fixers back onto the carder using the 4 screws.
8. Twist (cross) the drive belt onto the small drum.
9. Tighten all screws, maintaining a gap between the drums equal to the thickness of a credit card. Ensure the teeth on both drums don’t touch.
10. Re-attach the handle, ensuring the pins do not touch and are pointed backward.

Important Considerations When Changing the Lickerin Drum

To ensure proper carding operation, keep these tips in mind:

• The TPI of both the Lickerin and main drum should match, or the small Lickerin drum should be coarser than the main drum. Recommended drum configurations are:

  • 54 TPI Lickerin – 54 TPI Main Drum
  • 54 TPI Lickerin – 72 TPI Main Drum
  • 72 TPI Lickerin – 72 TPI Main Drum
  • 72 TPI Lickerin – 120 TPI Main Drum
  • 120 TPI Lickerin – 120 TPI Main Drum

• Ensure the pins on both drums do not touch, and make sure they both point backward for the best results.

Explore Additional Options for Your Drum Carder

If you are looking for a separate main carding drum WIDE with different TPI options, we offer a variety of configurations.