Probably re-inventing the wheel here:

Getting close to finishing off my second Guillemot s&g for son Number 2.

I am at the point of making the Cool, name brand Nick Shade backrest. I used the ply off cuts to make the little knobs at the back. Problem was: I didn't have a bandsaw at home. So I used my tenon saw to aproximately straight-saw the arc (after the fashion of greenland paddle making - see I am learning). Then I needed to sand these tiny little pieces of ply. Hand sanding wasn't working anywhere fast enough.

So I fired up my beltsander and put it upside down. It rests really nicely on its own upside down. And I spent the next 10 minutes with it whirring away with me happily rounding off every thing nicely. The upside down belt sander was just like having my very own mini-linisher.

The old beltsander seems to be a good multi functional tool. I have seen people using it in a similar fashion with a jig to make strip scarfs. But mine has a new future helping make neat little deck fittings.

Cheers Pete