Sanding machine - linisher

[Robert WA]

What is a linisher?
An aquaintance was sounding off at a party about his woodworking exploits and mentioned that he part finished all the parts of a chest he had made on a "linisher". I got the message that it was some sort of sanding machine but didn't get to ask for any detail.
Sanding being my least enjoyed workshop activity, I would like to know of anything that eliminates it as a chore.

[John Saxton]

Generally refers to a stand alone belt sanding machine.The most common being the 48"X6" with a 9" disc...around $400 but cheaper than that if shopping around.
Predominately of Taiwanese manufacture for the everymans model.

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[soundman]

linish is an irregular vowel.
The term properly applies to metalwork.
example.
metalworkers linish, wood workers sand.

Hare & forbes refer to their belt disk wood working derived machine as a linisher probably because they sell mainly metal working equipment.

Hence the confusion.
If you wanted to get fussy a discussion between true examples of the two machines could go on for a while.

cheers