Ignoramus13376 wrote:

On 2013-06-05, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:00:39 -0500, Ignoramus11086
wrote:

On 2013-06-05, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:14:13 -0500, Ignoramus11086
wrote:

On 2013-06-04, Gunner Asch 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.

i

Why not keep both? Something you evidently didnt look real hard
at..is the top speed of the (very nice) Monarch. It has what...a 500
or 1000 rpm top speed? 1500?

Try cutting something thats .250 with it before you toss the Clausing.

Just a heads up......


I only want to have one lathe, not too worried that once in a great
while I spend extra time turning something.

i

So the big question is...will you be turning big stuff more than
little stuff? Or will you turn something that the Monarch can run
once in a decade?

All things that we turned last several months were over 1/2 inch, most
were above 1 inch.

So what was the top speed of that sweet old Monarch again?

I forgot, I guess 500 RPM.

It looks just like this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/16-X-54-Mona...-/320676378083

I actually scrapped a very similar lathe a year ago, that one was worn
to death. The compound slide from it, I sold 4 minutes after I listed it
for $250.

i

Oh..it IS a very nice lathe! Im really sure of that..and I myself
would love to have it!! Not that Id have a lot of use for
it...unfortunately..but it is a dream machine for somebody.

And as you mentioned the max RPM is 500 rpm...that gonna be a problem
for you with carbide insert tooling and parts under 1"

Im sure you can make room for the both of them. Its too nice a lathe
to sell off..you are not likely to get all that much for it..even as
nice as it is...but it will do you good duty on your bigger work.


I think that I could easily get $2,500 for it, any time, and quick. I
am sure that Guatemalans will buy it right away for that price. And I
will ask for more than that initially.

And I also think that it is too nice to sell off.

i

Don't overlook the convenience of having two lathes, I fine myself
running over to my older lather for quick tasks rather than tearing down
something I have setup on the newer lathe. BTW, that newer lathe does
2,400 RPM (kinda scary) and I've routinely been running it at 350 RPM on
fairly large dia stuff. 500 RPM max is indeed a limitation and a good
reason to keep the other lathe around.