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Sorry but F that, this is a job for a physical barrier. It can still be up on legs but cover the meat grinder ffs.
by throwaway316943 6y ago
Sorry but F that, this is a job for a physical barrier. It can still be up on legs but cover the meat grinder ffs.
- Closi 6y agoTo be fair there probably isn’t a meat grinder under there - it will just be a belt that runs to the front. The deaths will probably have been from crushing.
- throwaway316943 6y agoHave you ever used a belt sander?
- mnw21cam 6y agoAs someone who has accidentally removed part of their finger by getting it trapped in the pinch point of a belt sander, ouch. Yes, this is exactly the same arrangement, and I can see it causing very severe injuries very quickly.
- Closi 6y agoI don’t think this is exactly the same arrangement - the belt goes “all the way around” on this where the pinch point is between the belt and the ground rather than the belt and the internals of the sander. Here the force is the weight of the peloton unit, rather than the motor pulling you into a fixed width gap. Shitty diagram to show what I mean: https://imgur.com/a/TstPxtb https://imgur.com/a/TstPxtb The belt on the peloton doesn’t go inside the device, it runs fully on the outside all the way around and underneath.
- throwaway316943 6y agoThat was my point, applying pressure to the object held against a belt sander is how you remove material. Those slats probably have some kind of tread on them which makes this a 500W, couple hundred pound belt sander capable of flaying small pets and children. If you have a strong stomach you can look up “belt sander injuries” to get an idea of what I’m talking about.