But this one's been simmering for a few days...
A semi-pro opera singer I know also dabbles in furniture making, and loves the touch and appearance of french polished cherry.
He was working on a large dining room table of his own design, and found the traditional padding technique when he was applying the shellac to be simply too time-consuming for his schedule.
As he was also a fairly compent curler (playing second on a team that won their fair share of funspiels) he knew how to maintain his balance while sliding sideways (from years of sweeping).
He took this oppportunity to build a contraption out of some large t-track that he could put one foot in, and kick himself along the length of the workpiece. With an oversize pad for the 'lac he was able to finish the tabletop in record time... back and forth, back and forth.
I popped into his shop as he was rubbing out the final finish, looked at the track assembly on the shop floor and asked him what exactly it was.
His reply?
"It's a tee-tracked paddy-lac'er, by a baritone. Finishing off with rottenstone."
djb