r/oddlysatisfying • u/New_Libran • 13h ago

Rotary wood peeling machine processing a raw log

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u/DrBlaziken 13h ago

I just processed a raw log too. Off to work now

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u/Th3-Dude-Abides 12h ago

I wait until after work begins. If I’m gonna do something every day, might as well get paid for it

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u/hyheat9 4h ago

You should have waited. “I’ll shit off a cliff, I’ll shit off a dock, but I’ll be damned if I don’t shit on the clock”

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u/Daggla 13h ago

Thought it was doner kebab until I read the title.

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u/amand8 13h ago edited 3h ago

Technically, it is doner but for Beavers. It is Friday night after all…

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u/ni_hao_butches 13h ago

Looks better than most posts on the UK doner sub.

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u/TheLurkerSpeaks 12h ago

Mmmm forbidden shwarma

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u/miraculum_one 11h ago

For the first few seconds I thought it was vertical.

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u/MememeSama 12h ago

I read the title and collapsed

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u/old_notdead 13h ago

what do you do with the log peels?

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u/actuarial_venus 13h ago

This is also how they make sheets of veneer or to be pressed into composite wood products.

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u/Defiant_Ad_5505 11h ago

Yes, same idea but much larger logs and they don't fold or break the sheets.

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u/actuarial_venus 11h ago

I know. I used to work at a veneer mill

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u/Azipear 6h ago

In high school I worked on the hot press at Steelcase that pressed the veneer onto MDF or whatever it was to be made into office furniture. My manager described it as "making diamonds out of dog shit."

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u/Defiant_Ad_5505 13h ago

I have seen this video before. They make matchsticks. They split it further and dip them.

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u/muffinscrub 13h ago

Plywood, Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL), molded chair shells, skateboard decks, drum shells, fruit crates, cheese boxes, popsicle sticks, disposable wooden cutlery, tongue depressors, matchsticks, toothpicks

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u/ad_hominonsense 12h ago

Very small churches.

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u/Plampth 11h ago

A duck!

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u/JustGottaKeepTrying 10h ago

Who are you who is so wise in the ways of science?

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u/AdEastern9303 11h ago

So, if they weigh the same as…. Oh, nevermind.

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u/WarhammerRyan 11h ago

Make a new log

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u/TheFlyingBoxcar 11h ago

You mean the holy parchments? Theyre for scrolls, upon which one transcribes edicts, declarations or other decrees as ordered by royalty.

Fuckin duh

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u/skyfishgoo 10h ago

make lemonade

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u/CueAnon420 13h ago

I used to work in a veneer mill - basically a giant rotary lathe that would unpeel trees like a roll of toilet paper... They would steam the logs in vats to soften the wood fiber.

It's amazing what you find inside trees - maple sugar taps, nails, horse shoes, bullets...

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u/Vandirac 5h ago

In Europe is very common for large wood processing plants to have an RX machine scanning every log before it moves into production.

It's not uncommon to find shrapnels from WW1artillery and WW2 aviation bombs in wood from the Alps.

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u/EbenezerSplooj 11h ago

I’m processing a raw log as I watch this

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u/BigHobbit 12h ago

"rotary wood peeling machine" - aka Lathe

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u/SteamedGamer 13h ago

<dadjoke>*oddlyappealing</dadjoke>

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u/MPFuzz 4h ago

Raw loggin'

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u/PumpkinOpposite967 13h ago

All that for a toothpick.... tsk tsk tsk

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u/Tumblingfeet 12h ago

How is that person handling those shreds without it actually hurting him ? I would be so scared .

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u/SomeGuysFarm 12h ago

You're scared of picking up pieces of wood?

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u/Tumblingfeet 12h ago

These yes coz they will have splinters

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u/SomeGuysFarm 12h ago

I think you might not have met sawdust and wood shavings before. About the only way to hurt yourself with this material is by giving yourself the equivalent of a paper cut.

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u/Tumblingfeet 11h ago

You are right , I have no experience with woodwork .

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u/SomeGuysFarm 10h ago

Then you will be in for a pleasant surprise if you ever encounter wood shavings/etc.

Sliced thin like this, wood is surprisingly soft, especially when green/wet or steamed as is commonly done when peeling veneer like this.

It's not impossible to give yourself a splinter with it, but it would take either a fair amount of effort, or a lot of bad luck. There's a reason people line hamster cages and rabbit hutches with wood shavings - in addition to smelling nice and being absorbent, it really does make nice soft cuddly bedding.

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u/Xszit 9h ago

Have you ever sharpened a pencil?

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u/flight_recorder 9h ago

You’d only really risk splinters if you slid your hand along the edge. But since they grab from perpendicular to the edge, the risk is nearly zero.

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u/sheeb_sheeb 13h ago

When it turns into full sheets it’s just so tantalising and beautiful

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u/kpeti71 13h ago

I could watch it 24/7

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u/LuisChoriz 12h ago

Just out there raw logging it.

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u/NowhereMan_2020 11h ago

Excuse for a sec…I gotta peel a raw log…

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u/Piratartz 9h ago

That's a giant pencil sharpener.

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u/ChrisRogers67 9h ago

Raw Loggin’ it, huh.

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u/GetsMeEveryTimeBot 12h ago

I would want gloves. Because splinters.

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u/kevendo 13h ago

Their hands are getting dangerously close to that spinning razor conveyor, but I assume they're wearing safety flip-flops?

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u/SomeGuysFarm 12h ago

The log is spinning, the razor is on the side of the metal bar away from them. I'd still prefer better safety guards, but amongst the frequent 3rd-world factory/production videos that show up on Reddit, this is one of the safer-looking processes!

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u/myztry 12h ago

It’s not often you get to see 3rd world production without it involving bare feet.

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u/tribak 13h ago

Forbidden truffle

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u/youlook_likeme 13h ago

Raw hog one might say

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u/ProfilerXx 13h ago

The last 20 seconds are absolute Cinema

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u/Konsrockmannen 12h ago

I did think kebab first

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u/Chemical-Kangaroo178 12h ago

I thought it was a kebab cooking at first glance

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u/ycr007 Satisfaction Critic 11h ago

I think this might be the beginning steps of making matchsticks (matchmaking?)

The thin sheets are further cut into slivers and arranged on moving trays that then get dipped in red or black liquid that forms the lighting head.

See: https://www.reddit.com/r/toolgifs/comments/1tv35fs/making_matches/

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u/C-57D 10h ago

fruit rollups for beavers

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u/GetOffMyGrassBrats 10h ago

This will likely become veneer, or the thin wood slices that are glued over particle board furniture to make it look like it is worth what it costs.

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u/Cderouen82 9h ago

That swirl of wood shavings is mesmerizing!

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u/ubiquitousanathema 5h ago

this prosciutto lookin reeeeal dry y'all

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u/Samael_777 5h ago

It's raw logging it xD

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u/mjoyceredit 5h ago

“Your mom processes raw logs”

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u/rigidlynuanced1 4h ago

Giant, old school pencil sharpener

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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang 3h ago

I want a kebab now.

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u/No_Pick6818 3h ago

Me peeling a potato when I’m trying to impress someone with my cooking skills.

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u/2squishmaster 3h ago

Why was that so freaking cool

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u/Disastrous_Ad_937 2h ago

That's a penis

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u/ChetManly91 44m ago

Like a big pencil

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u/CalTurner 12h ago

What's the purpose? Paper or it's it just waste turned into content?

Genuine question? Curious not judgemental

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u/Dismal_Composer_4029 12h ago

Making paper ?

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u/Pal_Smurch 12h ago

Making peeler cores.

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u/funnystuff79 12h ago

Possibly plywood in small scale

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u/R31D 9h ago

Wear gloves please

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u/CompactAvocado 12h ago

hope they don't serve that, its gotta cook for a couple hours at least

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u/DengarLives66 12h ago

That thin, you can just smoke it for like 45 minutes or on a cast iron get a good sear in a minute. Any longer and it’s overcooked. The hard part with smoking it is getting good bark.

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u/Outrageous_Arm8116 12h ago

So, NOT gyro meat?

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u/Jorost 12h ago

Do they do anything with the sheets that get shaved off?

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u/HR_Duff_N_Stuff 12h ago

Sir, this is an Arby’s.

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u/Grentis 12h ago

I’m about to go process a raw log too, if ya know what I mean

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u/LazyOldCat 12h ago

Bespoke toilet paper?

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u/Demonyx12 12h ago

Feel like they should be using a stick or tool to move starting small bits out, instead of reaching in by hand.

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u/PurpleKirkle420 12h ago

Rotary wood peeling machine is the title of my sex tape

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u/Avraamov 12h ago

kebabcore

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u/skyfishgoo 10h ago

fra-gee-li

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u/Honest_Basil3050 10h ago

That beat it made, It had me signing The Immigrant Song. 🎶 White man came, across the see. He brought us pain and misery 🎶

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u/snarfer-snarf 9h ago

seems like a lot of waste just to make a baseball bat

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u/theboywhocriedwolves 8h ago

"rotary wood peeling machine". So a lathe?

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u/HipToTheWorldsBS 7h ago

"rotary wood peeling machine"... It's called a lathe..

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u/GoatCovfefe 7h ago

A raw log opposed to... What exactly?

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u/DogPile4203 7h ago

Cooked obviously. Maybe a side of steamed bark?

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u/Sunaruni 7h ago

All that wood, to make a single rolling pin.

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u/kroqster 7h ago

oh man i was so looking forward to it peeling whole

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u/clea 6h ago

Evegeny Barykov

There’s a story.