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Very good great find . That is the way to buy.
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Thrift Store Rotary Table
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I saw one listed on eBay with a 4" vise , they wanted $80.00 for the pair . The rotary table was 8" looked good too.
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I find it interesting that in your first picture, instead of a handle on the input shaft, there is a sprocket. Could this have been chain driven at one time
or did the real handle go missing, and someone replaced it with a 'toothed handle'?
CHuck the grumpy old guy
or did the real handle go missing, and someone replaced it with a 'toothed handle'?
CHuck the grumpy old guy
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it might have had a separate gear reduction motor .
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Since the graduated collar is also missing I suspect that it and the hand wheel were deliberately removed and replaced with a sprocket for a chain drive.
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Mine is the only one I have ever taken apart so I don't know how similar it is to other tables. There is a threaded lock ring on the bottom:
The lock ring has two holes on the exposed face for a pin spanner. Once removed the main bearing can be adjusted with the slotted screw bearing on the split, tapered collar that forms the outer part of the main bearing. In order to remove the table I had to disassemble the table lock in addition to removing the split taper.
