Thanks for the thumbs up. I don't know the weight exactly but its far more than I can lift. Its one of those things you would swear is glued to the floor when you grab hold of it. I was at an auction some years back. A LARGE tool shop went out and they sold everything off. It was a give away really. I got this table and another larger one for 20 dollars. My poor truck was loaded down coming home.
So I have added some pics here to show the project so far. Let me say up front I am sorry for the pic quality. I was using my cell phone and got some blurry pics.
#1 This is pretty much how it has looked for several years laying about my shop. I you look to the right behind the dial you will see a broken casting piece. I have the piece that broke off. I broke it one day when I was moving it and it bumped against another heavier rotary table. I guess something has to give. It really burns when its your own fault. LOL. I have repaired the break and will make another post of it if anyone is interested.
#2 This is what I saw when I finally got it opened up. It was stuck pretty good but hanging it and tapping then setting it down and repeating seemed to finally coax it out. I was surprised to see a quarter inch of water (coolant I assume) laying in it. It was a total rusted up disaster.
#3 looking into the base you can see at rear right the pocket in the cast where the work and shaft lived. Also front left the location where the brake came from.
#4 Looking up at the bottom of the top you can see the bearing surface and the wheel teeth. These teeth are part of the cast. This just looks horrible.
#5 A close up shot showing the weight bearing surfaces, the rotary bearing surfaces and the water line on the webbing. Looks like a quarter inch or so evaporated over the years. The bottom is actually a quarter inch of water and rusty goop.
#6 The worm and shaft as removed. The worm is brass. Away to my sand blast guy.
#7 The castings back from sand blast. This guy I use is fantastic. He cleans thoroughly and uses different media on all machined areas. No black beauty ever get used so nothing is actually cut. I use him for all my machine restore projects.
#8 Bottom of top casting with paint on. I always paint all surfaces that aren't normally seen bright red. I have been asked why several times. I guess there is no practical purpose. Its a signature move I suppose. On the far right and far left there are 2 holes in the weight bearing surface. to the left of the rotating bearing surface where the red meets the grey there is another hole. These are oil holes to deliver oil to theses areas. There are drilled galleys from the edge of the table that lead to these points.
#9 Finally the bottom casting in paint. The dripping on the way areas will come off when I give the a quick polishing. The outside is now painted machine grey and came out nice. Next time i will post some pics of the cast iron repair and then the worm shaft needs straightened or maybe a new one altogether.
Well thanks for the interest.
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