Vintage Foley-Belsaw 1080 Bandsander Modifications

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In this video I go over my vintage Foley Belsaw 1 x 44" belt sander / grinder.
This is a 1980's model, but they made several variations of these going back to the '60's.
I had to replace the idler pulley with a skateboard wheel, and added wing nuts & thumbscrews in place of the adjustment screws.

Manual:
http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=6693

00:00 Intro
00:16 Skateboard Wheel
00:36 Demo
01:01 Other Mods
02:28 Variations

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