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This is the oldest Foley Saw Filer I have found for sale, and one of its patents predates Foley, below. This machine, like the other early Foleys, were for filing band saws.
Patent US 679748, issued Aug. 6, 1901, Jacob E. Hillstrom, Michigan City, IN
https://www.google.com/patents/US679748?
Patent US 837922, issued December 11, 1906, Hugh B. Foley
https://www.google.com/patents/US837922?
This blog is the internet's best source of information about Foley and Foley-Belsaw automatic hand saw filers, saw retoothers, saw setters, and other Foley and Belsaw sharpening equipment. It's also a resource for locating used saw filers, retoothers, and setters. There are free downloads of out-of-print owner's manuals, links to manuals for sale by Foley Belsaw, other obscure saw sharpeners, and vintage file catalogs from Disston, Heller, Nicholson, and Simonds.
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Foley videos on YouTube and elsewhere
A recent web search found some new and better videos of Foley equipment in use. Here's a good one by Chris Schwarz, showing Tom Calisto cutting backsaw teeth on a hand-cranked Foley retoother at The Woodwright's School. While you are at it, search YouTube for Chris Schwarz's many videos on sharpening and woodworking.
http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/movie-cutting-saw-teeth-hand-cranked-retoother
http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/movie-cutting-saw-teeth-hand-cranked-retoother
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