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Post by Karen on Oct 6, 2013 7:39:20 GMT
You'll definitely get your money's worth Zed, you'll love it  |
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Post by zed on Oct 8, 2013 9:28:12 GMT
I'm sure I will I got an email saying it'll be here tomorrow! |
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Post by MTRuth on Oct 8, 2013 16:20:53 GMT
Wheee!
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Post by Shepherdess on Oct 9, 2013 1:47:39 GMT
anticipation.....................its keeping me waiting
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Post by koffipot on Oct 9, 2013 6:56:42 GMT
It's tomorrow now zed!!!
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Post by lyn on Oct 9, 2013 7:16:32 GMT
Oooh - it looks good! I'm glad you got the brush with it - mine didn't come with one and to buy one separately is a stupid amount of money, so I use an old paintbrush but it's not quite the same!
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Post by zed on Oct 11, 2013 9:24:34 GMT
It came on Wednesday, but I didn't get chance to try it until yesterday. I think I might need to watch some videos, I just ended up with the small drum clogged up and even after a few times through only got a wispy bit of fibre off it. Does it only work properly if you do 50g at a time or something?
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Post by Pandagirl on Oct 11, 2013 17:34:12 GMT
Oh goody Zed. A new toy! I'm sure you'll figure it out. Thank goodness for You Tube. :-)
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Post by sulasmom on Oct 11, 2013 23:29:38 GMT
Can't wait to see your new batts.
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Post by Shepherdess on Oct 12, 2013 1:21:43 GMT
Zed sounds like it need adjusting. you should only be bale to slip a piece of paper between the 2 drums. You usually feed small amounts. If you feed to heavily it will not work. Did it come with instructions on how to set it up?
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Post by MTRuth on Oct 12, 2013 2:05:26 GMT
It also depends on the length of the fibers. Really long fibers like Wensleydale don't work all that well.
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Post by zed on Oct 12, 2013 9:12:31 GMT
It came all set up and with instructions how to adjust it. I think I just needed to practise a bit. It actually works better than I thought. When the wool comes off, it's more like short, wide roving than batts. I tried it yesterday with some old ends of wool topps that had become compressed and added in some leftover blends, these are the two sides before I put it through again to blend more:   |
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Post by janekiwi on Oct 12, 2013 9:30:53 GMT
I am sure you will have lots of fun, how exciting.
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Post by Shepherdess on Oct 12, 2013 21:48:32 GMT
I like the way they look Zed. They would be nice just felted flat. Blending is fun.
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Post by zed on Oct 13, 2013 8:01:53 GMT
I think it will take a while to produce nice even batts that I could just felt with, but it's certainly a lot easier than trying to use those last old bits of wool. I think a mini one a couple of inches in diameter would be handy too |
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