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Turret 10ee on Marketplace
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dutchgray
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That's one to avoid unless you're specifically looking for a tired old turret lathe.
isb cornbinder
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I agree 100%.That's one to avoid unless you're specifically looking for a tired old turret lathe.
This is a second function lathe. It is powered by 60 year old electronics and there are no parts. The vintage electronics uses vacuum tubes.
Check out Keith Rucker of Vintage Machinery.org fame. He has a 10EE he is converting to modern electronics. Keith has not said what this is costing him, but, I am sure the first $5000 has left his account.
A Monarch 10EE is a beautiful lathe, when it works.
slowtwitch73
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Kinda like Wiltons, fair bit of irrational exuberance driving the 10ee market.
isb cornbinder
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A friend was trying to sell a 10EE for two years. Rather than scrap it, he offered it to me. I turned down his offer and as a last resort, he might take the 10EE it to a scrap dealer. This was during the covid times. I think the market collapsed for a few years. I think the tool market is getting better. It may take years to recover to what is was in 2018.Kinda like Wiltons, fair bit of irrational exuberance driving the 10ee market.
I totally agree with slowtwitch73. The You Tube machining channels have driven the prices of a few tools way up in price.
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dutchgray
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We don't have 10EE's in the UK (well I have never seen or heard of one being here, despite the fact the later ones the casting was done in the UK), but I believe a good one makes are very desirable lathe and the original drive electronics when functioning properly make the machine great to operate. A bad one being a complete and utter nightmare.I agree 100%.
This is a second function lathe. It is powered by 60 year old electronics and there are no parts. The vintage electronics uses vacuum tubes.
Check out Keith Rucker of Vintage Machinery.org fame. He has a 10EE he is converting to modern electronics. Keith has not said what this is costing him, but, I am sure the first $5000 has left his account.
A Monarch 10EE is a beautiful lathe, when it works.
They were very expensive machines intended for industry that could afford to run and maintain them, they're probably not the best choice for a general purpose lathe in a home shop.
I believe there are parts for the drive systems, depending on exactly which version it is, they just are very expensive.
OP
Marketplace search near Las Vegas, I'll probably find something and wish we would have drove the F350.
Steve from Socal
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This is NOT a second opp lathe, turret lathes made parts like screw machines.I agree 100%.
This is a second function lathe. It is powered by 60 year old electronics and there are no parts. The vintage electronics uses vacuum tubes.
Check out Keith Rucker of Vintage Machinery.org fame. He has a 10EE he is converting to modern electronics. Keith has not said what this is costing him, but, I am sure the first $5000 has left his account.
A Monarch 10EE is a beautiful lathe, when it works.
This has no tubes, it is a motor/generator and, there are several reasonable options to power a DC drive. Way under 5 grand like under 1500
That said, the value of a turret lathe in that condition today is not much. There is but one thing on that machine that has value to someone with a Monarch 10EE, the cross-slide with the dove-tail will fit and is a desirable feature. I guess for a few hundred bucks the covers and misc parts could be of value to someone neededing them?