Foley Belsaw -- Deal or No Deal: UPDATED

Looks like a great deal considering all of the additional stuff included. Those machines are incredibly useful for all sorts of sharpening tasks from planer blades to carbide tipped circular saw blades. If it was in my neck of the woods, I would have already bought it, cleaned it, painted it and put it into use

Cheers,
Brad

PS: Some cool vintage info about the sharp-all can be found here

Grab it up man! I've been trying to get my brother to give me his if this was in my neighborhood you wouldn't have a chance, I'd have it.
MIKE

Hmmmm, no response from Don. So I'm thinkin' he's on his way to the seller's house to scarf this baby up!

Could be.
MIKE

I spoke with the owner this morning. He said it still runs, but he did not know the model number. I am on my way to pick it up. Thanks for the feedback.

@MrUnix-Thanks for the link about the Foley Belsaw. I was reading the information this morning.

I ran a sharpening shop for 10+ years and used a lot of Foley-Belsaw equipment but the sharpall, in my estimation, makes a good boat anchor. They will tell you that you can sharpen everything on it but one really needs a dedicated machine, designed for the application, rather than something that isn't really good at much of any one thing. Some would swear by the sharpall to sharpen steel saw blades but I found ways that did the job as well, perhaps better, that was easier. The sharpall will not do carbide saw blades at all-not enough precision. I'd save my money for some dedicated equipment. My 2 cents worth.

Wow.. you made out like a bandit!

Cheers,
Brad

I think I did okay-a near gloat. It will take me a while to learn what I really have here. Cleanup is going well so far. I plan on starting the Evaporust baths tomorrow. I'll post more progress pictures as I make more progress.

I did a partial disassembly yesterday and this morning and am giving the parts an Evaporust bath. I have to make sure they wash behind their ears! I'll add more pictures after the bath is finished.

Looks great! I hope it works out for you.

great job.looks great.