Felt Rolling Machines
PRIMITIVE FELTING MACHINES ©
Our machines are custom built, by me, for size and application...
A universal, flexible system machine for fine or heavy felting...
The first design consideration was that the machine be portable. To achieve this we made the machine completely demountable. (This also enabled us to get a three metre machine into the workshop through the dog-leg entrance hall.) They come in component parts and everything just bolts together... This makes huge savings on shipping and you can get it into awkward spaces. They are free-standing, on casters, once assembled so can be moved around easily. Very simple to put together, one adjustable wrench is all that’s needed and an Allen key for the sheaves and bearing blocks...
We built these machines to make and finish our felts to completion
and avoid unnecessary hand and back work...
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No-expense has been employed for the sake of appearance...
These are functional, full stop.
We have all heard of Post-Modernist Design... Well I think we can safely
call this Neo-Sovietist Design...
This is where Function loses Form...
Powder coating or chrome plating, stainless steel, fine... but you would be paying for the privilege. The first machine was made entirely of stainless steel as we use a LOT of water in our felting process. Since then we have found that a bit of an unnecessary expense (especially as the way steel prices are rocketing) and apart from a couple of places we have found that painted/coated steel is adequate.
One of the inovative features of this machine is the ability to have up to three felts rolling at the same time all in different stages of completion. (Each felt has it's own independent pressure roller) The machine can take your felt to carpet hardness with no extra hand fulling/felting necessary.
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We may be having workshops here in the studio this year but nothing definite planned at the moment.