Can anyone tell me what this is?

[Bill Barnes]

I got this from a place that went out of business. I think it is an alignment drum for an edge sander. I am not sure what brand/make it is, but it has a price tag of $395 on it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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[pat warner]

I have a Pacco edge/radius sander, co. has long been out of bus.
From San Jose, CA.
That looks like their hardware, their colors and knob stampings.
They made fixed, one drum sanders and mine which accepts 5 different diameter drums on the idler side of the tool.
They were sold through distributors during the 70's.

[Jaze Derr]

congratulations! You have a square-thingy, with an attached round thingy, with twirly handles

:)

The question is, can you use it?

[Bruce Wrenn]

It's an idler pulley from a belt sander. The knob with the red spring adjusts tension, and the other adjusts tracking.

[Bill White]

If that part is $395.00, imagine how much the complete machine costs.
Bill

[roman fedyk]

If that part is $395.00, imagine how much the complete machine costs.
Bill

I think I have a good idea now why they went out of business....

[Rob Sack]

congratulations! You have a square-thingy, with an attached round thingy, with twirly handles

:)

The question is, can you use it?

If someone asks a legitimate question, it deserves a legitimate answer. I can't believe how many times a question is asked in earnest, and all the graduates from the Acme Correspondence School of Comedy come out of the woodwork. (pun intended) There's nothing wrong with injecting humor into a response. But an irrelevent smart*** response reflects poorly on both the forum and its members.

[John Coloccia]

I'm glad I kept my "industrial meat tenderizer" guess to myself.

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[Tom Cornish]

If someone asks a legitimate question, it deserves a legitimate answer. I can't believe how many times a question is asked in earnest, and all the graduates from the Acme Correspondence School of Comedy come out of the woodwork. (pun intended) There's nothing wrong with injecting humor into a response. But an irrelevent smart*** response reflects poorly on both the forum and its members.
I'm not a long-time member on this forum, but am on others. From what I've read on this thread compared to the usual tone of some other forums around, there's nothing to get upset about here.

[Russell Smallwood]

There was another post by someone who shared Rob's sentiment but it was deleted. I just don't get it I guess. I don't see anyone being disrespectful in this thread. And yes, those who take offense here would probably go into shock in some of the other places I frequent from time to time.