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Indexing rotary table for milling machine 32.4" Dia, $2500, Toronto, ON

What's the going rate for iron scrap? It's worth marginally more than that, IMO.

Any shop with a large enough machine to put that table on, likely already has one or more, and any shop that actually needs to make money, does all the work that a R/T does, on a CNC Mill.

IMO, it would need to be small and light enough a model, that it would be applicable to an advanced hobbyist, or similar small job shop, in order to actually be saleable.
 
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It must be worth at least $100 as scrap. They can auction this off but I doubt they get more than $100. It goes well with a large $100 milling machine.

Maybe donate this to a museum?
 
this was a powered-traverse optical rotary table and the optics are broken so i wonder how the previous owners used it...

lathes.co.uk has small write up on this guy on this page. always sad to see something of this caliber in such a state - SIP was a machine builder of the highest standard...
Orenda engines in Malton had a hydroptic 8P that got scrapped when the building was demolished - I wonder if this was from there. probably? I know they had a bunch of jig borers at the time when the arrow/iroquois program was cancelled.
 
Martin w said:
My parents built a brand-new house with 50 acres property in 1964 for $12,000.
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I couldn't afford a new house in 64. We had to rent for a few years. Then housing skyrocketed. Prices went up faster than we could save. We finally just dove in. My first house was 42K and we thought that was highway robbery. A few years later interest rates started going crazy. At one point I paid 22%!!!! Can you imagine 22% on what housing costs today?
 
Asking for a friend… what do you think about the damage to the handle? Needs maintenance runs tight? And the wonky access panel in the first picture? I’m worried it has been dropped or hit with a lift truck.
Martin
 
Looking at the pictures again, it is missing the light source to measure the angular position and the motor to drive it. After some research I believe they are 1 degree for every turn of the handle so that is 360 turns for a complete revolution:oops:.
Martin
 
mjautek said:
Orenda engines in Malton had a hydroptic 8P that got scrapped when the building was demolished - I wonder if this was from there. probably? I know they had a bunch of jig borers at the time when the arrow/iroquois program was cancelled.
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finally got around to scanning this which I've had stuck to my fridge with magnets for the past few years haha.
Could be the very same rotary table in this picture!
 
What an incredible machine. Great photograph, like Ansel Adams showed up in the tool room. From the days when each shot mattered so skill and effort went into lighting, composition etc. I wouldn't trade the digital photography age for it for anything, but lots of respect for those took such great photographs without 1000 exposures and photoshop :)
 
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