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

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?

FWIW, the Brits measure lathe swing by radius, so it's half of our
measure.

--
Ed Huntress

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"

FWIW, the Brits measure lathe swing by radius, so it's half of our
measure.

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.

--
Ed Huntress


FWIW, the Brits measure lathe swing by radius, so it's half of our
measure.

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

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????


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Really?

"Hurt" aint the word.

For Liberals, the truth is like salt to a slug.
Sunlight to a vampire.
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Sheriff Brody to a shark
Bush to a Liberal

The truth doesn't just hurt. It's painful, like a red hot poker shoved
up their ass. Like sliding down a hundred foot razor blade using their
dick as a brake.

They HATE the truth."

Ignoramus11086 wrote:

I no longer have a home shop.

Your wife must be very happy

On 2013-06-04, 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

Also, the paint usually gets chipped off the front right corner of the
headstock, from just regular use and banging it with tools over the
years. And on this one, it is only a little bit chipped. Same for the
carriage.

i

On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:18:02 -0500, Ignoramus11086
wrote:

On 2013-06-04, 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

Also, the paint usually gets chipped off the front right corner of the
headstock, from just regular use and banging it with tools over the
years. And on this one, it is only a little bit chipped. Same for the
carriage.

i

Its been repainted sometime in its life span. Nicely..but tis a
repaint. It may have been rebuilt at least once.


--
"You guess the truth hurts?

Really?

"Hurt" aint the word.

For Liberals, the truth is like salt to a slug.
Sunlight to a vampire.
Raid® to a cockroach.
Sheriff Brody to a shark
Bush to a Liberal

The truth doesn't just hurt. It's painful, like a red hot poker shoved
up their ass. Like sliding down a hundred foot razor blade using their
dick as a brake.

They HATE the truth."

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......

Gunner

--
"You guess the truth hurts?

Really?

"Hurt" aint the word.

For Liberals, the truth is like salt to a slug.
Sunlight to a vampire.
Raid® to a cockroach.
Sheriff Brody to a shark
Bush to a Liberal

The truth doesn't just hurt. It's painful, like a red hot poker shoved
up their ass. Like sliding down a hundred foot razor blade using their
dick as a brake.

They HATE the truth."

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

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

I have a similar Monarch, a series 61 that's one or two generations
newer than yours, which appears to be a CK. Top speed on mine is 900
RPM, yours is probably 450-500 RPM. For my uses, I'd feel quite
limited if I had only the Monarch. BTW, the nameplate on mine says
13", but it'll swing nearly 17".

--
Ned Simmons

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?

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


--
"You guess the truth hurts?

Really?

"Hurt" aint the word.

For Liberals, the truth is like salt to a slug.
Sunlight to a vampire.
Raid® to a cockroach.
Sheriff Brody to a shark
Bush to a Liberal

The truth doesn't just hurt. It's painful, like a red hot poker shoved
up their ass. Like sliding down a hundred foot razor blade using their
dick as a brake.

They HATE the truth."

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

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.

Gunner

--
"You guess the truth hurts?

Really?

"Hurt" aint the word.

For Liberals, the truth is like salt to a slug.
Sunlight to a vampire.
Raid® to a cockroach.
Sheriff Brody to a shark
Bush to a Liberal

The truth doesn't just hurt. It's painful, like a red hot poker shoved
up their ass. Like sliding down a hundred foot razor blade using their
dick as a brake.

They HATE the truth."

On 2013-06-05, 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.

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

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.

You'll probably also get a rather poor finish at such low speeds
with such small workpieces.

However -- perhaps get something like a 9" South Bend for the
smaller stuff (what RPM can you expect from that?). But I know that if
I got a 16" (and had somewhere to put it), I would still keep the
12" Clausing, and the little Taig, and the Compact-5/CNC. Each has its
resons for existing. I would also keep the Unimat SL-1000, except that
it got damaged in the fire. :-(

Enjoy,
DoN.

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On Tuesday, June 4, 2013 11:21:20 PM UTC-4, DoN. Nichols wrote:

You'll probably also get a rather poor finish at such low speeds
with such small workpieces.

OK, I understand why 500rpm is too low to cut properly on small diameters, but is it possible to increase the speed of this particular lathe? Is there something about the drive or bearings that makes it impossible?

"rangerssuck" wrote in message
...
On Tuesday, June 4, 2013 11:21:20 PM UTC-4, DoN. Nichols wrote:

You'll probably also get a rather poor finish at such low speeds
with such small workpieces.

OK, I understand why 500rpm is too low to cut properly on small diameters,
but is it possible to increase the speed of this particular lathe? Is
there something about the drive or bearings that makes it impossible?

Proly could just change the motor speed (assuming the motor is not already
3600 rpm), and/or the drive pulleys. I'm sure the bearings could handle it,
altho it is generally true that the faster the rpm, the faster the wear.
Many lathes come with two-speed motors.
--
EA

"Ignoramus11086" wrote in message
...

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


Until you need to do some small diameter work which case it'd be like
feeding an infant with a backhoe instead of a spoon.