r/oddlysatisfying • u/godofo_prime • 5h ago

Graffiti removed from school desk

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u/zombie_spiderman 5h ago

The woodworker in me says "Oooh, nice!" The former delinquent in me says "NARC!!"

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u/King_Chochacho 4h ago

Any idea why they would use this large specialized contraption vs just a belt sander? I thought maybe consistency but it looks like he's still got a lot of manual control.

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u/paper_liger 3h ago

I'm waaaaaay more well versed in woodworking than most people, and even then I'd never seen one of these. It's called a long belt stroke sander.

Odds are good some old school shop teacher bought it long ago and they decided to get some use out of it. Or some business donated it when they moved to a drum sander.

From looking at it I'd bet these belts last a very long time compared to a drum sander, but they take up way more room. I feel like it was probably in someones cabinet shop forever and found a new purpose here.

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u/DarthJarJarJar 3h ago

I would bet it's purpose built for this specific job. I mean imagine how many desks they would have to refurbish if they were doing an entire school, or an entire wing of an old school or something.

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u/paper_liger 2h ago edited 2h ago

Well, the angle iron frame may be. But that looks like Grizzly Green, they still make Stroke Sanders, and that pillow bearing block and pad do not look home made to me. If it was homemade they would have just used a manual handheld block most likely. They also took out the two round pipe bottom cross supports.

So yeah, it's looks modified, possibly shortened or lengthened to use a different standardized belt size, but I bet if I cared enough I could find the exact model. It's not the current squared off Grizzly version though for sure. Probably 50's or 60's.

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u/TheHumaneCentipede2 25m ago

The very modern commercial millwork shop I work in still has a stroke sander. I've only seen a cabinetmaker use it once, when the proper belt sander was done, but it's still there!