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wrote:
Oh, I forgot to mention--my belt sander with 60 grit leaves it . . .
. . . SHINY!!!

(It is an old belt, but still . . .)

Dan

Sounds to me like you got ahold of a piece of old growth Longleaf Pine
that was very full of resin. These trees can harden up like the
proverbial "ironwood", especially if it was dead when cut and the log
was low on the bole.

Fred