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Man makes a giant belt sander from an old treadmill and it actually works quite well.

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[–] will_a113@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah, the kind of nonsense the internet used to be all about. Refreshing.

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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[–] sxan@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

Narrator: Surprisingly, most of his sales were to evil villains.

This is kind of a weird video, more content than instruction. It's a lot of unnecessary effort to put into shop furniture: like using sliding dovetails and sanding the top. Then you're left with a product that is less easy to use than a belt sander (try changing belts, what's the grit?) and takes up a massive amount of space (which makes sense if you have two garages.) I mean, it's fun to see kids experimenting, but if you're creating content think about what your audience needs or wants to watch.