Great to see good old iron being saved, nice job, nice videos!

A very enjoyable series. I do like seeing quality tools rescued rather than binned!

i would use a little lapping compound on that shaft. NICE JOB TOO

Excellent Project with lots of background infomation

nothing wrong with being over 60 years old, like a good wine somethings improve with age.

Loved the turntable series, never seen inside one before. Also enjoyed all your pervious videos, keep them coming.

Not much of a machinist myself, but the rotary table tip that stuck with me is from blondihacks: make keys for it so it registers on your mill table, which makes setup a lot faster and easier.

A great result.

G’day and greetings from Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺 Matt, you have done a terrific job on restoring that rotary table and a great size. I only found out about your channel not that long ago, I have a 8”” rotary table and it has a broken shaft in it which I would like to restore as well. I have enjoyed watching you bring this back to the living. I have subscribed regards John😊

That looks like a fantastic addition to the workshop! Nicely done! Cheers, Ian

The last second made me jump 🤯🤣🤣🤣

Good job. 👍

Another informative "Chivers" video. Nice one Matt. The offer to regrind any mill tools still holds. Sad to see that the "South Western cardboard box" no longer resides on the shelf behind the right hand side of the mill...

What a lovely bit of kit 😀 great restoration

Superb effort Matt. Working like new, a very useful addition to the tool stores.

I have a small rotary table about this same size. On mine, the worm and gear sit in an oil bath. Not a lot, just enough to cover the bottom 1/3 of the worm.

Thanks for sharing 👍 You know there is stops on your mill to help you with those repetitive cuts.

Excellent mini series, really enjoyed following along.

Hello from Aus. good work all round. What camera do you use? BC

Matt, You should have a ‘like new’ bit of kit there 👍 What’s the saying… “One man’s junk….” 😎 Robert

Great work sir. Yeah I would have definitely not walked pass that rotary table. I’m sure it’s going to work great when you are done with it

Hey Matt, another great video. You might pass on to "Dumbass", after seeing the closeup of his hand it appears his skin looks a little dry. I would suggest maybe he switch from WD40 to hydraulic fluid or maybe even Way oil if that doesn't work. Cheers from the West Coast of the US.

Nice job 😀 I’ve used a Stanley knife blade as a scraper to remove rust works nicely on machined surfaces.

Beautiful work

I would suggest getting a spring loaded tap guide thingy that goes in the chuck. Especially for those smaller taps.

👍 even the boring was interesting.

Nice

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I spy another interesting little loco on the bench.

Very nice work sir. I totally understand that you would have taken it and saved it.

Excellent

You'll likely want a VG32 or VG68 slideway oil, like Gulf Tonna S3 M or Mobil Vactra No. 2 for that and not grease.

I know you cannot hear me screaming at the screen in Tasmania Australia but I was .....

Great video of a lovely loco !

Don’t use a bare wrench on those surfaces. Normally, there is a set screw that gives an adjustable limit to the tightness of the worm and the gear for proper backlash. Loosening the lock lever allows you to rotate the worm entirely away from the gear to free turn the table. I see someone mentioned that. There is usually a set screw to the right of the shaft, on the right side of the casting to hold the entire assembly in the bite which sits in a groove in the worm housing. Sometimes it at the bottom. Without removing that you can’t get the assembly out. That may have been the screw you removed from the bottom. From here it’s hard to tell. Never grease a rotary table. After a short time it will lock up. I’m not sure how you rate oils there, but usually a medium hydraulic oil is used.

The Ministry of Supply was closed down in 1959, so they won't be after you. Whilst that rotary Table was HM Gov. property, it would have been assigned to some government or military machine shop- base, airfield or onboard ship. With the vast reduction in the MOD establishment, it was likely sold off quite legitimately in the 70's or 80's.

You'll get there cocker. Must call down some time

trying to take something apart without having a clue how it works. Maybe looking for a diagram on-line might help, so you don't destroy it inadvertently. It is obvious that there must be a mechanism that drives the table using a hand wheel, and that they are therefore connected.

The eccentric is also used to disengage the worm from the round thread on the table, allows the table to be spun by hand.

Really enjoyed that. Looking forward to seeing it cleaned up and reassembled!

the couple of rotary tables I've had have been oil filled.

Is that a really over engineered 00 gauge turntable?

Good job. 👍

I was thinking it was the locking handle slowing you up.lol

Good video, and narration. I left Bolton in 2002, wish I'd have been able to watch these great machines. "Fred Dibnah". 😁

good series

What’s up Chuck?

👍👍 thanks

Good job

interesting series. how did I miss these?