On 2013-06-05, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:03:05 -0500, Ignoramus11086
wrote:

On 2013-06-05, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:15:58 -0500, Ignoramus11086
wrote:

On 2013-06-05, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:18:52 -0500, Ignoramus11086
wrote:

On 2013-06-04, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:04:05 -0500, Ignoramus11086
wrote:

This is a 16 (16 inch real swing) by 54 inch Monarch lathe.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-N...604_135130.jpg

What is interesting about it is that it has very little wear. So
little, in fact, that I could not discern any significant amount
of wear. Bedways near the chuck look just like bedways near the
tailstock. So does the cross-slide bed.

In addition, it is pretty loaded with tooling, tailstock, steady rest,
3 jaw chuck, collet set with collet closer, etc. I also bought a 4 jaw
on the same auction. And, it also has a complete taper attachment.

I have not 100% decided, but I may keep this one for us and sell my
Clausing, which is a much lesser lathe.

Monarchs are tough. What do you mean by "real swing"? Diameter clear
of the bed, or clear of the saddle? Or something else?

The data plate says "Swing 14 inches, actual 16 inches"

Hmm. I'm curious about what they mean by that. Maybe they mean that a
cutting tool can cut 7 inches from center. Or maybe not.

Anyway, the capacity is nice for a home shop. The mass of the machine
might be a little hefty. Monarchs were well-regarded production
machines.


It is for my work, I no longer have a home shop.

i


Blink blink....why the hell not? You now live at the business????

Well, it is my business, so why should I have two shops?

One for work..and one for hobby stuff in the evening. Or do you build
model airplanes, stuff for the house, etc etc..when the mood strikes
you, you get in the truck and drive how many miles to the shop?


I do hobby stuff at work also. We'll be hopefully doing the cannon
this weekend.

i