Mark & Juanita wrote:
Ran across this in Workbench Feb 2006 magazine:
http://www.workbenchmagazine.com/main/wb293-races01.html
snip
Amazing what blokes will do for fun.

When I was cabinet making, working at the factory on a weekend or some
other time the boss was not around we used to do similar thing, but with
belt sanders.

We'd scavenge as many extension leads as we could, clear a space on the
floor the length of the factory and fire up a couple belt sanders.

Good fun, damaged a couple of things that were not moved far enough out
of the way, and won or lost a few beers at the pub after work.
Never buggered a sander though. Must have built 'em tough in those days

regards
John