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24" rotary table in Edmonton
- Thread starter John Conroy
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That is an excellent price. @johnnielsen ? I’m sure you want this. 
Tom Kitta
Ultra Member
The weight on it seems low. I just recently acquired a 12" and it is huge with over 100lbs weight. I would guess that a 24" would be more in the 400 lbs category. See https://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/general/weight-quality-horizontal-rotary-tables-137605/ for 18" people say 300lbs. But it depends on brand.
Beyond about 12" they seem to go down in price.
Beyond about 12" they seem to go down in price.
I would have room for about 2 inches of travel on my Y axis with that mounted on my mill. My 14 inch rotary table is more than enough.
Tom Kitta
Ultra Member
This rotary is for massive machines that have 50 taper tooling - i.e. far bigger then the Bridgeport type 1 or type 2. But these large machines are mostly gone as their market is not really home or small shop user - i.e. they were in large factories. Someplace which needed massive 15,000 lbs beasts. They are too big even for 1 size larger then B-P i.e. for 6000 lbs class (which some home shop / small machine shop do pick up - heck until recently one could have gotten 24" shaper for scrap - not anymore). Anyone today needing these machines has CNC and no need for rotary.
This is why price after 12" or 14" size tends to go down. Besides you can do bigger part on 12" then 12" so imagine what can you place on 24" ... I wonder what is table load limit on that table.
This is why price after 12" or 14" size tends to go down. Besides you can do bigger part on 12" then 12" so imagine what can you place on 24" ... I wonder what is table load limit on that table.
Dabbler
ersatz engineer
I'd buy it if it was 350$, but the big ones are dinosaurs nowadays, and few people can use one so big. Think 1" thick for the table and at least 1" thick of metal to support it. 2" thick * 3 sq ft is more than 1/2 cu ft. At 500lbs per cu ft, it is a minimum of 250 lbs. I'd say 350 lbs is closer to the mark.