Clarke CS4-6E Belt & Disc Sander | Unboxing & Review

[@56Moto]

ordered one myself now, good video mate !

[@rickmakesuk]

Awesome stuff, hope you get some good use out of it!

[@56Moto]

@@rickmakesuk Thanks, will use most of the time for aluminium. Hope it will do the job.

[@davidlawson8537]

Nice 1, I've just purchased a second hand one £20 used a few times, 👍

[@CrustyRestorations]

Nice demo, just unboxed mine, hoping it's worth the investment 👍

[@puzzlering1]

Hi thank you for a good straight forward and informative video, I have just opened and set up mine today, good job! Thank you again Sam

[@rickmakesuk]

No worries Sam, glad you found it useful and cheers for commenting. It's great to get some feedback.

[@tonyalways7174]

From what I can see it’s practically identical to the Scheppach and Aldi ones. I have the Scheppach and it works a treat. Aldi is flogging them for 90 quid at the moment.

[@geospectrum]

There are a number of rebranded sanders like this available. I got mine from Rutlands. Watch out for the drive belt stripping, I’m on my second. Also the disc becomes loose from time to time.

[@bigpete4227]

I’m on my third belt and will need a new one soon. The pad on the disc seems welded on though, do you know if it’s Velcro or glued on?

[@davidkoffman]

Nice video, thanks. I just bought one myself yesterday. I'd be interested to see what you do about the dust extraction. I don't currently have any either.

[@puzzlering1]

davidkoffman Hi I just bought one of these today, very pleased, for dust extraction, I used my trusty Henry Hoover, I just taped up the hose of the hoover to the extraction port with 2 inch duct tape and it worked very well, no mess. Hope this helps Sam

[@testickles4720]

Get yourself a Henry

[@Rumouruk]

Same as the Scheppach which is the one Aldi use and it is a great machine. I paid £90 from Aldi

[@TheMrjoehughes]

Can it sand metal well too ? Like knives and stuff ?

[@rickmakesuk]

Joe b wan I reckon if your looking to sharpen knives I’d get a dedicated sharpener.

[@scottjarman8247]

I’ve got one for making knifes I’m yet to try use it tho

[@markwilliams5429]

Hi mate how did you stand the sander up vertical please. Waiting reply mark..

[@rickmakesuk]

Hey mark, there should be a allen bolt on the back, in-line with the axle that tilts. Hope that helps.

[@danieldibdin2819]

Great video thanks, question is the disc Velcro?

[@rickmakesuk]

daniel dibdin .Hi Daniel, the disc is adhesive backed, so you just need to peel it off and reapply another.

[@jacobsack]

just ordered this on amazon and i'm wondering what the noise levels are like when using this machine?

[@rickmakesuk]

jacob sack it’s not the quietest machine in the world but I found greasing rollers helped.

[@garyneal2963]

thanks for the video :) - looking at getting one to compliment my Clarke CBS1-5 1"x30" belt/disc sander one question, can't quite tell but is the body on these plastic? It's worth getting the conversion kit to make the disc sander use hook & loop style discs - makes it so much easier to swap grits out and you don't waste a disc in the process :)

[@rickmakesuk]

Hey Gary, The casing is cast metal. Super sturdy. And yeh, I thought I'd look into doing exactly that for the disc myself at some point.

[@garyneal2963]

@@rickmakesuk cheers for confirmation - difficult to tell in video but great to know :)

[@garyneal2963]

@@rickmakesuk I managed to pick up a Clarke CS4-8 2nd hand for a good price :) so all sorted now :)

[@Vic-ng8if]

Good video mate. Im thinkingnif buying this to use as a linisher for metal. Would this be the thing? Cheers, Vic

[@rickmakesuk]

Hi Vic, you could do I guess but you might just want a different belt etc. But there are similar specialist machines on the market for a similar price.

[@marktownsend9333]

Is the disk held on by Velcro??

[@rickmakesuk]

It’s glued on, so I guess you just peel/scrape it off once it’s work out.

[@marktownsend9333]

@@rickmakesuk thanks for the reply 👍

[@garyneal2963]

@@marktownsend9333 i'd suggest buying a hook & loop conversion kit for this - i did it for my Clarke CBS1-5 unit and it's so much quicker changing disc grits without trashing a disc in the process :)

[@JameysVideos]

@@garyneal2963 Where can you get these conversion kits from, please?

[@whydoihavetoify]

Looks suspiciously like the lumberjack model, my concern is how square will the disk bed remain at a 90 degrees, I appreciate this video and will now look for a better model.

[@rickmakesuk]

On the video I only hand tightened it, so you could get a pair of pliers on it and really lock it up, or swap out the plastic knob for a hex head etc.

[@rickmakesuk]

And yes it’s the same as the lumberjack one. A few companies buy them from China and rebrand them I suspect.

[@drnh4444]

I get mine tomorrow 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@rickmakesuk]

happy2be Nice one! Happy sanding!

[@colemahaney880]

mine is a Wen and i love it