Belt & Disc Sanders - (Bought a Draper - Dust a problem)

[Alexam]

Looking at Drapper 50021 - Clarke CS4-6D - Record BDS150 and Schwppach BT5800 all in the £100to £150 range for hobby use.

Can anyone indicate which would be more reliable. The Record has a 5 year guarantee, but ??? Or should I be looking at others - which?

Alex

 

[Woodmonkey]

Recently been looking at these too, tending towards the draper as it has a 200 mm disc, the others all seem to be 150

 

[Alexam]

Thanks woodmonkey, I have looked again at the Draper and the customer reviews do give it a good report. Certainly shortlisted.

Alex

 

[Roughcut]

I have the Clarke cs4-6d and although I only use it very occasionally I would say that it is reasonable value for money and has never showed any faults.
To be honest there are a few different brands which look identical and probably come from the same far eastern factory as this one.

 

[marcros]

What are you wanting to do with it? the thing that puts me off the dual machines is that there is always a compromise on speed. I forget which way round it is but I read that one is a bit slow and the other a bit fast.

That said, many people use them so that can't be that bad.

I would go for as big a disk grinder as you can get, as long as the motor size can cope. As for the belt- this depends what you want it for. Small and large width have their advantages and disadvantages depending on use.

 

[Alexam]

Thanks guys,
I only want it for hobby use, sanding small boxes etc and sanding small lengths of stock, nothing too extensive. That's why I am only looking at machines in this price range. The Draper with it's 8" disc seems best, but Record has a 5 year guarantee, which is a consideration.

Alex

 

[pcb1962]

I've got the Record 150, probably close to 5 years and it's still going strong. There are times I'd like a bigger disk but it does 90% of what I want from it. Most of the time I'm just using the disk, so a bigger disk without the belt would maybe suit me better, but occasionally the end of the belt comes in handy for sanding an internal curve.

 

[Alexam]

THanks pcb1962, the 8" disc on the Drapper may therefore be best. Good reviews from owners.

Alex

 

[beech1948]

Of course if you Google it you will find a number of plans on how to make your own. My DIY effort has a 16" disc, a 2HP motor, a speed controller from Hong Kong, an NVR switch and has run out of about 0.005 after some judicious sanding and weighting. Total cost £27 since I had the motor already.

A disc sander is not difficult since they are simple machines. I have wondered if a 3HP 30 inch disc were possible..?

Al

 

[marcros]

What motor do you need for such a machine? I have seen plans for some decent looking belt sanders/linisher a but don't know what to look for in a motor. Same goes for a thickness sander.

 

[beech1948]

What motor do you need for such a machine? I have seen plans for some decent looking belt sanders/linisher a but don't know what to look for in a motor. Same goes for a thickness sander.

My motor was a 1750 rpm 2hp from an old concrete mi so it came with run capacitor and mains switch which I altered to an NVR switch.. I considered using the concrete mixers gearbox to slow it down but that seemed too slow. I have found 1750 rpm to be OK. Maybe a little fast but not a problem as often I do not need to use a lot of force to shape the wood.

Al

 

[Woodmonkey]

36" possible...

 

[Spindle]

Hi Al

What do you use for the disc? At 1750 rpm the periphery is travelling at 80+ mph.

Regards Mick

 

[Alexam]

Of course if you Google it you will find a number of plans on how to make your own. My DIY effort has a 16" disc, a 2HP motor, a speed controller from Hong Kong, an NVR switch and has run out of about 0.005 after some judicious sanding and weighting. Total cost £27 since I had the motor already.

A disc sander is not difficult since they are simple machines. I have wondered if a 3HP 30 inch disc were possible..?

Al

Overkill for my needs, but it may suit others

Alex

 

[beech1948]

Hi Al

What do you use for the disc? At 1750 rpm the periphery is travelling at 80+ mph.

Regards Mick

Sindle,

8mm aluminium disc

Al

 

[devonwoody]

An Australian friend of mine who is an excellent box maker displayed one of his boxes on the Australian woodwork forum and uses a large disk sander to do his mitre joints.

See his thread and the disk sander is mentioned at replies 3 & 4.

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=184222

 

[Spindle]

8mm aluminium disc

Hi

That'll work - was hoping it wasn't MDF.

Regards Mick

 

[marcros]

An Australian friend of mine who is an excellent box maker displayed one of his boxes on the Australian woodwork forum and uses a large disk sander to do his mitre joints.

See his thread and the disk sander is mentioned at replies 3 & 4.

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=184222

I think that Andrew Crawford does too. IIRC there was a WIP from JenSmith who had been on a course of his- I remember the same comment about the thing knif mark popping off when you got near.

 

[devonwoody]

A bit too dusty doing it that way for me these days, got the cough.

 

[Alexam]

Thanks for all the help. Decided to go for the Draper 50021 as I don't want anything too heavy and the reports were good. Would have liked to seee one 'in the flesh', but stockists don't stock these days, s Amazon are delivering tomorow.

Cheers

Alex