Comments on: Snowy Creek Roller Felting Machine

By: sharon hamilton

sharon hamilton — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:32:42 +0000

We have a very small weaving business generated by our small flock of sheep. We have had calls for felt from our flock and are looking for felting machine plans.

The current machines that produce a 24 to 32 inch wide and 3 yards long product on the market are to high a price for us. Any sources for plans?

Sharon

By: Judy Craig

Judy Craig — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:27:14 +0000

In the last 2 years I have been working with the machine. With doing Nuno and solid felting it has made a world of a difference to me to be able to carrie on doing my work.
The price may be a little steap but to me it has been worth every penny.

By: Linda Lanese

Linda Lanese — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:50:23 +0000

Hi Nancy,

I agree with you, the cost could never be cost rational for a home crafter.

Linda

By: Nancy Schwab

Nancy Schwab — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:07:12 +0000

The website for this company says the machine is priced $5,300 AU. While it might be a great machine, it might also be out of reach pricewise.
I have seen a product line with nuno fabric created all my machine. It produces a uniform, but rather thick felted fabric, like coat weight wool.
I would also think that it might eliminate the flexibility of creating nuno fabric with unfelted areas, since, once the auto-rolling starts, you may lost control over what the felting process does.
Perhaps, with the growing popularity of felting, other more cost effective rollers will be developed. Seems like it turns the handmade process into machine made. And at a price only affordable for businesses that sell mass amounts of nuno felted fabric.

By: Turtle

Turtle — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:04:22 +0000

hmmmmm, interesting