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I'm getting ready to try my hand at in with an old iver johnson. Is carding the fluted cylinder going to be as difficult as it looks?
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Actually, the cylinder is one of the easiest parts to card. Smaller nooks and crannies that are difficult to get a carding brush or a piece of balled-up 0000 steel wool were the most challenging for me.
The single most helpful accessory for the process, for me, was a carding wheel from Brownells. I chucked it in my drill press on the lowest speed and it really speeds things up. I still need to get into those nooks with the brushes or steel wool, but that's all you'll need the little ones for. The carding wheel got almost 100% of the cylinder each time, too.