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In answer to one of your questions, yes, Marklin made a large variety of cast iron machine tools. In your cabinet photo the grinder on the far left looks like it might be Marklin.

I was thinking Bing, note the wood base too

Hi

More details:

1. It is an Aluminum Base Casting, look at first post last photo,
2. The drive wheel is cast, looks to be AL also,
3. The rest of the mechanism top, table are metal, (update Table or bottom platform is actually cast Al also)
4. It is clearly not a put together, if you look at the underside the base and the new detail picture below of the drive
  system looks all integrated,
5. The horses and figures are plastic more than likely indicating a 1950's or late 1940's as earliest date,
6. Horses go up and down and are attached by glue or melted plastic see new photo,
7. There is a music mechanism, but cannot make out the tune as drive wheels are hard and do not move the carousel around,
8. It does appear there was a drive mechanism see first post's photos - three of them show a platform that had something
  it.

I sure appreciate all the insights and suggestions for searches etc.

Gen



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