Thread: Foley knife grinder?

I have been looking around for a bench buffer to buff out blades. I mentioned to my dad that I was looking for a motor to put a rheostat and buffing wheel on. He told me he had a big old adjustable motor that was made for buffing, he picked it up at a garage sale a few years ago and it was sitting in a corner. Come get it and I could have it. So I went over, expecting an old AC motor strapped to a wood block. Instead, he had a Foley knife grinder, a big old machine shop, fully adjustable grinder/buffer!

This thing is pretty slick, runs like new and just hums along. Today I put a couple of buffing pads on it to polish out a twinworks blade I was restoring. This is one slick grinder, adjustable sliding tray, rotatable motor, hand crank adjustment for height. Runs like a million dollars. So I buffed my blade, grabbed an old tarnished spoon and buffed it, basically buffed anything I could find that needed buffed. It does a darn good job.

Does anyone know anything about this brand/grinder?

Don't know anything about it, other then it looks like it does an awesome job...