My new lathe

[LOTW]

Just got this home, now just need to figure out how to unload it.....

 

[J king]

She's a heavy girl.

 

[454ragtop]

Wow, awesome machine! I have it's younger little brother, the head stock gear box is truly a work of art.
Good luck, Jim

 

[WallynSC]

I hope you will give us frequent updates with many pictures, I love refurbish threads.

 

[Todd.Brock]

What make is that? And let us know how you did get it did the trailer!!

 

[kluckfab]

That thing is huge! Awesome piece it looks like

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[LOTW]

It's a monarch 14c built in 1941 we loaded it with 2 big front end loaders

 

[LOTW]

It's 16.5" swing, 78" center to center and weighs in the neighborhood of 7000 pounds.
The folks at monarch are great, very helpful with any questions even regarding there products built 73 years ago.

 

[zkling]

I take it do you mostly do watch parts? Congrats on the new lathe, hopefully unloading it will not present any "excitements".

On a serious note, what type of work do you have in mind for the old work horse?

 

[LOTW]

Mostly repair work on farm and logging equipment. I don't plan to turn any hypodermic needles on it yet.

One interesting note, he was trying to sell it for years. He said it was 30hp and that scared people off, I bought it at about 1/3 the asking price. A quick peek at the motor revealed thAt it was indeed only 7.5hp. Perfect!

 

[zkling]

30hp Did he say that with a straight face? Could you run it before purchase? 3ph I assume?

 

[LOTW]

He had never hooked it up, the previous owner hadn't either. I'm not sure where he got that number. I'm sure thAt he had never had the door off the motor cabinet. I emailed monarch and they told me there was little chance of getting a motor of that size in the cabinet and that it had not left there with ions in it.
Yes it's 3 phAse, I will likely use a vfd to power it.

 

[Fretters]

Very nice, and rather large, machine.

 

[Alex in Canada]

Nice! I've recently been looking for a lathe a little smaller than that to play around on. They sure do hold their value well

 

[Richard Cranium]

are you going to be making watch band pins?....It is large!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Zeke]

Really, what are you going to do with it? Make axles?

 

[rockwithjason]

i am sick with jealousy. good job

 

[LOTW]

Axles, bale spears, drive shafts, hydraulic cylinder repair... Whatever one needs built or repaired.
Hopefully everything works ok.

 

[Provincial]

Nice lathe!!! Even if you have to spend some time and money to get it back into shape, that lathe has the power, weight, and accuracy that isn't made anymore. New stuff is built light, and anything not CNC has had little development in the last 50 years.

I am of the opinion that the sweet spot in simple machine tools was 1940 to 1975. After 1975 quality went downhill because of imports.

I'll bet that one of the earlier owners mistook the 3 phase marking on the motor for a horsepower rating. The phase symbol is a 0 with a slash through it, and would look like "30" to someone who didn't know much about electrical symbols.

 

[zkling]

Really, what are you going to do with it? Make axles?

For hot wheels.

 

[454ragtop]

I lucked out and found a dirt cheap 15HP VFD for my 7.5 HP Monarch, but if I didn't, I would have installed a 5 HP single phase motor. 220 volt VFD's that large are somewhat tough to come by.
Good luck, Jim

 

[A_Pmech]

That's a nicely proportioned machine for general shop work. If it's in good operable order it should do quite a bit of work for you.

 

[Doug Arthurs]

I put a 220 single phase motor in my Colchester. Pretty easy to switch motors. Did the same with my Bridgeport Mill but for it I had to make an adapter plate which was tricky since I didn't have a working mill to do it with. Actually I had to use my lathe to machine a new pulley for the lathe motor as well. I had to run it with a grossly undersized motor whilest making the pulley was interesting to say the least.

 

[LOTW]

I love the vfd on my Bridgeport, I think it would be even better on a lathe. It would be super cool to be able to adjust the speed in a facing cut.

 

[John in OH]

Nice looking lathe!! Monarchs are great machines. Did you get any tooling with it? Also, wondering if this is your only lathe or do you have a smaller one for smaller parts?

 

[oldldh]

He's going to make tool steel toothpicks with that beast...


Everything made in the 40's (like me!!!) is heavy duty, dead straight, and really cute...


Best of luck with your new "seriously big lathe"...

 

[LOTW]

The tooling that came with it was pretty limited. I plan to put a quick change tool post on it. I also need to find a 3 jaw chuck. It has a 4 jaw on it now.
It is my only lathe at the moment. If I can get enough work I plan to build a new shop with more space for more tools.

 

[LOTW]

Got it unloaded, went ok but it was stressfull! These c series are hard to lift so I rolled it off the back on pipe rollers.

 

[A_Pmech]

Building runners and skis is a safe way to do it if you don't have lifting equipment.

Good work!

 

[LOTW]

The serious amount of snow in my yard was a factor, no place to maneuver heavy equipment. Once it was on the skid and bolted down it was way more stable and rolling it off was a piece of cake!

 

[TAMPAGT07]

30hp Did he say that with a straight face? Could you run it before purchase? 3ph I assume?

I was thinking 5ph...... Either that or a large Caterpillar diesel torun that bad boy.... Geez OP, what the hell are you gonna make with that thing? Tank Parts?

 

[LOTW]

If need be..... Got some that need made?

It's not exactly turn key but I hope it is mostly clean up.

 

[toolchaser]

What type of chuck mount does it have? I just got in an almost new Cushman 3 & 4 jaw chuck set for a L-0 mount I'm looking to sell...

 

[LOTW]

I am looking at 3 jaws But it's a D1 6 mount

 

[LOTW]

I am in need of a few parts.
In http://igor.chudov.com/manuals/Monar...N-W-Lathes.pdf
On Page 14 I need parts 74-81of the gearbox parts list, compound shift lever and shoe.
I plan to email monarch Monday for a quote but I'm a bit afraid of there reply! Anybody got a source for any of this? I'm not sure how these parts work. Any chance of making them?

 

[LOTW]

I got a quote from monarch for the parts I need. Nearly $2700! I think I'll be trying to make them....