Yea, this one is close to 50 years old. The best I could tell it was made in mid 70’s. It doesn’t appear to have ever had lubrication on it. I have already found a system at Precision Matthews that I am planning on getting.
Yes, it is very good quality. I could have never been able to afford one of these. I had been using an Enco import that I bought years ago when Enco still had a store in Norcross.
Don’t know about scrap metal, but you might check here.
https://buynow.metalsupermarkets.com/landing-page-3/?city=three-atlanta&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_r6hBhDdARIsAMIDhV9mEGSI7h42evwDSkZunuzx8T1QZrmupkNpZC4vuFRIn9diHq-F2TsaAkCEEALw_wcB