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Food & crafts => Crafts => Topic started by: JFisherGreenlea on December 29, 2014, 12:38:25 pm
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I wondered if anyone knows of a second hand drum carder and spinning wheel for sale?
I've been carding by hand but want to invest in a drum carder (as I have more fleeces to process next year) and also wanting a beginners wheel, ideally an Ashford Kiwi type?
Please let me know if you hear of any (at a reasonable price).
Thanks
Joanne
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I am selling an Ashford Traveller in very good condition. Single treadle, Scotch tension, built in lazy Kate. Comes with several bobbins, a new drive band and new brake spring. I bought it as a beginner's wheel and have gone onto an Ashford Joy now, so it is no longer being used. I'm looking for £200 ono. I'm in Shropshire.
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Thanks for the info - you've already offered me your wheel on Ravelry. Over budget I'm afraid.
Ideally looking for a Ashford traveller or kiwi wheel and an Ashford/Brother or Louet Carder.
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Whats your budget ???
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I have a budget but flexible for the right make/condition depending on postage costs too. Do you know of any? I missed out on both which were sold recently together on ebay for £250 so know the bargains are out there if I wait.
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I have a budget but flexible for the right make/condition depending on postage costs too. Do you know of any? I missed out on both which were sold recently together on ebay for £250 so know the bargains are out there if I wait.
You're right on that; if you can be patient the right wheel will come along in due course! A friend of mine was looking, wasn't patient and paid well over the odds for hers. The very next day I bought one for less than half what she'd paid for the same model in better condition.
You'd just missed out on at least three very reasonably-priced Traddies; there'll be another suitable one along before too long. :fc:
Bargain drum carders are less frequent, but they do come along every now and again.
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Think I've got myself sorted with a wheel so just a drum carder to find now.....
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Couldn't agree more about waiting for the right bargain on eBay. My husband is a well seasoned eBay hunter. He is very patient and researches items endlessly (I think he is a bit obsessed!) - but we have got some fantastic bargains - whereas if it had been me I would have just gone for the first thing that came along.
He's particularly good at finding things which have been mis-listed (and therefore not many people watching) and - being in Wales - it's often too far for people to come and collect stuff and therefore fewer people bidding means prices tend to be lower sometimes.
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Suziequeue- should ask him to hunt down a drum carder for me??
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Happy happy happy... I've got one on its way. Can not wait - excited muchly! :excited:
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Help has anybody got a reasonably priced second hand drum carder that I can buy. I want to use it with a group of disadvantaged people and to prepare fleece for some volunteer work at a local hospice and to raise funds for a couple of charities and thought it would speed up preparation time and effort . Please email me if you wish at [email protected]. thanks
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It would be useful if you mentioned your location - and even better if you posted your own new thread in the Marketplace (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?board=18.0); not everyone will look at a comment on an old thread ;)