New Shop Machine: 28" Monarch Lathe

[@sodalines]

if your close to maryland, i have the right tail stock for that lathe. you can have it if you come and get it.

[@jusb1066]

hope you see this keith, Georgia to Maryland, dunno!

[@infoanorexic]

How much does that tail stock weigh?

[@jusb1066]

im sure one of those uship guys can do it, its a 10 hour drive, but even if its 400lbs its only a small van with room for some other stuff, so would be well worth it compared to making one fit.

[@infoanorexic]

My thought was, on the off chance that I got a few truck moves going in the right directions, that I'd put it in the back of my little S10 and drop it somewhere close on the way through so he could fetch it when he has time. But, there are limitations to consider, with all the gear I haul with me, it wouldn't take much to max it out. I should be out trying to find a transmission for it, and here I am watching video's ... can you tell that I'm not looking forward to that job?

[@dennyskerb4992]

Maybe if you had to pick up a package in Florida from a guy named Pablo you could swing by.

[@JohnJones-op8uf]

Keith, Traybon is a lubrication system. The air line was sometimes used to pressurize the oil instead of using a pump. The "clock" was to set lubrication intervals. We used the same system on our large stamping presses.

[@jackel440]

Trabon is a lubrication system for the moveable surfaces.Thats why there is lines going to your saddle and all those small steel lines to get oil to the ways,and a timer so you can set the intervals when it pumps lube.Trabon is still in business and we use their lubricators on all our manufacturing machines at FCA.

[@willmartin9215]

I live in the hometown of Monarch. My grandfather, worked for Monarch for over 35 years. They are not as big as they use to be, due to Japanese lathes, which do not last as long, because you have to replace them about every 5 to 10 years, and a Monarch could last at least 60 years. Even the newer lates made by them, are made by machines that are that old. The "EE" lates, were always the most popular, and they had to start making new ones again. I never thought they would, but they had to, due to the demand. When I was stationed in Germany, I saw a 1965 Monarch lathe, on a truck at one of the bases, and I was really surprised to see it. I hope you have great success with your machine. Monarch, does get parts for old machines, by trades or whatever, so if you need something, you may call them. I have an uncle, that has been working for them for about 30 years or more.

[@dananelson3534]

You took the words right out of my mouth Keith. What a monster! The lathe I ran in high school was a Monarch. Maybe my shop teacher knew something.A childhood friend was offered a job by his uncle at Pratt and Whitney. Some guys have all the luck. He lives in Hartford. Don't blame you bit. It's a shame that such wonderful machines are scrapped. Glad you saved some of them.

[@ChrisB257]

That Monarch is HUGE!! Love it. 28" swing. wow. Your shop machinery inventory now is beyond impressive. Most interesting description... mega useful to have a manual too. Hope the tail stock build will do the job -sure you can do it. You have plenty to deal with!

[@davidsellars646]

Just found this video. Great lathe but I can't recall ever seeing it again. An added treat is seeing the shop uncompleted. Back when there was a floor (LOL). I now have a better idea how the shop was framed, except for the upper roof and windows. Just wish that I was able to copy it.

[@ofujuncky]

Way cool! My Father was a Machenest and then he became a production engineer. Always said Monark made the best lathe,s.Wish my health was better I would give you a few weeks of manual work striplng paint.I know how much you must love that part ! GRIN!

[@VintageMachinery]

I hate that part. I actually have a college student helping me with some of that though....

[@willemweideman3813]

Wow Keith that lathe is really something special. I am going to follow this restoration job till the end!!

[@John4566442]

I finally have made it through all your videos. I started from the oldest to the newest and now I'm all caught up. It's been a lot of fun and I look forward to what the future holds. Thank you very much for all of the time you have devoted to these videos. In many ways you have motivated me to get off my butt and get into the machine shop. I appreciate that. Thanks Keith, John T.

[@VintageMachinery]

Wow, that is a lot of watching! Thanks for going through them all!

[@A2ZGAMEGUIDESX]

Kieth you look so happy I'm genuinely so pleased for you - looking forward to seeing your restoration

[@MrPragmaticLee]

Looks like a great addition to your shop. Looking forward to seeing it in operation.

[@JDFARM]

I have recently found a Monarch Lathe. I believe it is a 21 inch machine. Everything is there except the chuck. The machine was dropped during a move. I am not sure what I haven't decided what to do with it. Either restore or part it out. One of the things that brought you to mind is you need a tail stock. Have you started building one yet? You might need the hole machine for parts. It has a good tail stock and apron. I will get picks and measurements this week.

[@Spoif]

The Monarch is fantastic Keith. I hope you manage to get it up to a good working order.

[@c.barr813]

what a beautiful machine. and adapting the tailstock/s, it should be relatively easy. just a bigger version of Aboms adaptation of the steady rest. Great buy and looking forward to future restoration vids.

[@TheZachLife]

I have a 16 inch monarch hydro shift looks very similar in design to this one. It is the best machine i have ever ran. Im not sure if you know but this machine has a rapid travel in both direction by moving the feed handles forward and backwards. It also has auto oilers in the carriage that keep the ways, thread screws and all other moving components well oiled and usually in very good shape even on well used machines. The tail stock on my lathe is massive it sets full of oil and has a hand operated oil pump that pressure feeds oil the the live center bearings. It seems unusual that this machine has only a 10 hp motor as mine has a 15. it will handle a 200 cut at .015 feed easy. The one I the one i have is a 1956 model. Cool machine.

[@RoelTyros]

Hello Keith, This is what you call a real machine and a nice addition to the other machines, but I guess that the shop gets to small when you add more of those lathe's haha. But this type of lathe seems me ideal for bigger projects and the other is great for little things. Now I am looking forward to the time you go to restore this lathe and hopefully a new series of video's after the restoring of the other lathe. But now I am first curious about the first startup of this lathe and if he works and how it sounds. Besides, now I can understand why the electric motor in my Honda is so powerfull because it is also a 20 HP electric motor just like this lathe did have. This is a massive machine and I can understand that it needs a powerfull motor. Thanx for the presentation of the new tool and many greetings from Roel !

[@yankeemachineworks6115]

Its a wonderful thing to see a little bit of Connecticut machine working history being brought back to life !! From your narration it seems that the dealer was in West Hartford Ct, or possibly the purchasing Dept for P&W, and the machine was purchased by and destined for service at a Pratt & Whitney plant..During the early 60's that would have been East Hartford, Southington, or North Haven which is just about 4 miles from where i live. Over all the years in between and all the folks I knew who worked for P & W, I wouldnt doubt that at least one of them had some hands on with this machine... Great score for your shop, and I hope you have a lot of fun & enjoyment bringing that old "Cold War" horse back to life :)

[@lazaglider]

My goodness Keith. That is a fantastic addition. Wow, just wow.

[@RinoaL]

if you plug it in before starting the restoration, please do a before and after video of it running. it would be very cool to see! that thing looks so amazing.

[@jusb1066]

a thing that size might dim the lights in half the state! lol

[@juanrivero8]

Blown away. I don't think I've ever seen anything that big in a pro shop, much less a home shop. Monarch and Hardinge were the Cadillacs of American lathes -- and they are still in business last I looked (CNC today). Both offer rebuilds and rebuild assistance, at a hefty price. The first thing I would do it to get in touch with Monarch and see if they have a suitable headstock. Long shot, but not so long as touring every scrapyard in the US. Me, I love the 10EEs, but even if could find one I couldn't fit it in my shop. The fact that it was known to be accurate is a good omen -- the ways are probably good. The tracer attachment may be shot. Yes, you can replace it with a more modern CNC on the cross-slide. Major project. John Saunders at NYCCNC is the man to ask.

[@VintageMachinery]

Funny, John and I talked about that over the weekend.

[@FredMiller]

Fantastic purchase Keith. You are definitely playing with the big boys now. You have a TON of material for years of videos. Congrats again... Fred

[@JackHoying]

That's going to be great to have in the shop! Good to see that you have a big tailstock to base your replacement from. It'll take some work, but I think most of the hard part is already done.

[@jimzivny1554]

That lathe is a beauty, it'll be great to see the restoration videos, maybe even visit and help some. Love the videos, the shop makes a guy want to cry, I'm working in a garage in nyc for now.

[@hooter7003]

Fantastic looking forward to many episodes of restoration of old equipment

[@chevy6299]

What is not to like about a big old dirty lath well 5 people don't like the idea of restoring this beast. Git-R-Done Keith.

[@tymartin1038]

Keith, If you have to have a disease that;s the one to have, I cant wait to see that beast run good luck on the restoration. Ty

[@CornishMiner]

That beauty is going to be a lot of fun! Will be very interested to see how the tracer attachment worked, and how you eventually put it to use.

[@SWPhotography]

Very nice machine Keith! Looking forward to seeing what ya do with it.

[@baggd65]

Great to meet you at the bash. Thank you for your time.

[@TupperWallace]

Fortunately for us fans of his channel, Keith has the resources to rescue machines like this and has chosen to expend his personal efforts in the full view of the KZbin world. There's no economic justification for this ancient workhorse but I'm glad it can live out its remaining days playing in Keith's pasture. And we get free education from a good-humored teacher.

[@VintageMachinery]

This machine will be just the ticket for my home shop!

[@royreynolds108]

You can turn car wheels and axles for the museums cars on that lathe. The Huckleberry RR shop has a LeBlond 44 in X 15 ft lathe they got from government surplus(US Army) and had never been run. It was used to turn car axles from standard gauge car axles. Car wheels were turned on a 36 in vert. turret lathe.

[@VintageMachinery]

I hope to be able to do some car wheels....

[@TheMarcball]

very lovely little piece of iron indeed ! looking forard to seeing it prepped up...

[@nickbedard1623]

I don't know if you are still curious but it was likely the east hartford ct plant that it ended up in. I am an intern working at Pratt now!

[@WreckDiver99]

My wife would have shot me dead...I can't get a 6" Jointer for my shop...My wife gave me grief for weeks over the CHEAP Harbor Freight drill press (that I've used hundreds of times)...and here you are getting a massive lathe. Way to go!!!!

[@jusb1066]

she could have buried you in that huge chip pan too! lol

[@garyc5483]

I must be lucky or very wise because my wife is an engineer so no problems with getting anything I need for the shop. The 2 downsides are I have to share and lack of space..

[@WreckDiver99]

Mine's an engineer too...she just doesn't see the "need" for these tools...I bought a small pancake compressor kit (came with stapler, brad nailer, finish nailer)...she freaked. I bought it for doing a ton of trim work...saved me tons of work, and over $100 in rental fees...Trust me...it's not that we can't afford it...she just doesn't see the need for it. :(

[@garyc5483]

Our common attitude is "do we want it" yes "can we afford it" yes "do we need it" probably not but it will come in handy sometime. So 2 out of 3 wins. :-)

[@Ryzomadman]

I feel your pain must be a wife thing..

[@InverJaze]

Love that lathe Keith. Build a tailstock? I know that the job will aways fall short if you cannot find the capstan. In a production setting the capstan tailstock is hard to beat. As for the tracer possibly opt for hydraulic settup conversion which is easier to obtain. Such as the one keith Fenner has. The small crane would have been for chucks. On some of these lathes the capstan had a parking crane, for the quick tool change. the were three heads mounted on arms moving on a piller.

[@silverbullet7434]

Congrats what a gem I love those old monarch LATHES. I'd rather have a FIFTY year old GOOD machine over a brand new China crap. We don't have machinery manufacturing here anymore sorry to say. Thanks for sharing I'm living vicariously thru KZbin . I missed out on my machine shop career . After getting to journeyman and earning my way to Forman in a military contract shop building missiles and more SPECIALTY items. I ended up DISABLED .Going from $2,500 a month to UNDER $500. A month in 1979 pretty DERN GOOD pay back then. YUPP I was on my way only to live below POVERTY now . So I live thru you guys on here and thank you for sharing your life with me and others also. GOD BLESS YOU AND RICHLY ENLIVEN YOUR FAMILY GARY

[@tolydukhovny682]

yes, brother kieth, the heavy metal deficiency is a tough condition to fight, -- and better to surrender to it. \grin\ and on a serious note -- i have a factory rased to 24" leblond regal, autoshift, 5' length, with alot of tooling and several chucks and the plate. yes, it needs some restoration, but it is free to you. if you think you could use it, we can work out a plan to transport it to your new shop. -toly

[@meyawabdulaziz3863]

this is super great,,, oh man i envy the space you have,,,

[@cptbimes1]

Trabon lube system for the ways. Looks like a basic single line resistance system with some divider blocks. Reservoir on top. The whole box with the dial is the timer setup. Probably "On" and "Idle." We do all that functionality now with a small user-programmable controller. We can cross over all that lubrication stuff if you want Keith if you want to replace it with new.

[@VintageMachinery]

I may look into that at some point. A long way to go on this lathe before I start worry about lubrication!

[@herbbenson6884]

Keith, ol' buddy, there's no two ways about it. You need to enlarge your shop. Maybe next time if you get to the auction early they will still have some of the big lathes available for sale. I have heard of industrious and ambitious folks before but brother you take the cake. For which, knowing you, you will buy an old oven to fix up so you can bake it yourself. Best of luck my friend and as always I will look forward to and enjoy your next video.

[@skinny6523]

Wow now that is a lathe!! You have to get Adam up to your shop to play on that machine soon. I know where the is a old machine shop that has been out business for awhile, but most off the machines are still there. I will go see if any of them are for sale, and see what is still there. I will let you know what I find out. Kevin

[@clockguy2]

Keith, Soon you'll be bringing stuff home to repair instead of doing it at the museum. You'll fill that shop up very quickly at this rate. I would suggest insulating the shop to reduce the chance of your machines sweating and rusting when the outside temperature rises quickly.

[@johngermain3535]

sweet addition to the shop.

[@howder1951]

Wow! you have a busy future ahead of you, nice BIG toys!

[@hermannstraub3743]

First i thought: what a huge workshop this guy is building. Well, seems it is more of an sanatory for the "Big Iron Desease". And it is just filling up quickly, getting smaller every time and will probably end being tiny. Wish you a lot of fun living your dream. And wish us a lot of fun peeking at you a little bit doing so. congratulations!

[@VintageMachinery]

It is already too small....

[@RoFFen10]

Theres two 3jaw chucks in the lathebed aswell. Nice buy! Big machine

[@toolguy6057]

Nice Lathe! I'm looking forward to seeing all of these restro's! Now all you need is time!

[@billmoran3812]

I remember Pratt & Whitney's main plant in East Hartford CT in the Mid 60's. It was full of machines like that. The last time i was in that plant in the 90's they were all gone. So were the hundreds of men who used to run the machines. Sad.

[@wdhewson]

Of all the Obsessive Compulsive Disorders out there (mine is vintage motorcycles), restoring an old American lathe is one of the most productive. And if you have an imagination, just think of the stories that old girl knows. I used to call on a P&W plant in Berwick, Maine. Recall flying into Boston to do so.

[@OldredfordReilly]

Now this is a lathe. Can't wait to see it running. We have a 24" leblond with no tailstock at work.

[@tj7870]

ran monarch air tracer, great machine, took some time to learn how to operate!

[@johnaffleck6572]

That's pretty big for a home shop; alright. I have a 17" LeBlonde made in 1940; and many times I've been very grateful for it's being bigger than the average home shop lathe. Especially the large bore of the headstock has been very useful. That's really a big lathe !

[@VintageMachinery]

It is nice to have the capacity!

[@camojoe2]

"My name is Keith, and I'm an arn a holic...." You are KILLIN' ME Bubba!! Congrats on the purchase. Regards, Duck

[@joetiller1031]

Keith that is one heck of a lathe, hope you can find a tail stock for it if not you can build one, hope your floor can handle it I think it will with some big pads under it.

[@TheMetalArtMan]

Congrats Keith very happy for you....

[@Captkman]

Pratt & Whitney's main plant is in East Hartford, other side of the Connecticut River from West Hartford. I wonder if my dad used that, it would've been the right time. He started at Pratt & Whitney September of 1941.

[@ziggyr1]

hi keith the pratt and whitney plant was in hartford ct. the stevens distribotor was approx 5 miles away.but my guess is stevens shipped that machine direct to p and w in hartford.

[@Psychlist1972]

Back in the 80s when I was a Boy Scout, we all took a tour of that P&W plant. It was the largest building I had ever seen at the time.

[@VintageMachinery]

Very cool. I wish I could have gone on that tour. I can remember when I was a Boy Scout in the 80's going on a tour of Inman Yard in Atlanta - a Southern Railway switching yard. Still remember that day like it was yesterday!

[@jasoncarpenter3705]

I ran a 28X97" Monarch tracer lathe for 23 years.We sold it last summer,Cnc is a lot better.I made a lot of nice parts on that lathe though.We bought it from the Air Force.

[@VintageMachinery]

Any pictures of the tracing attachment? I may need to pick your brain....

[@jasoncarpenter3705]

+Keith Rucker - VintageMachinery.org I will check my computer when I go into work tomorrow.I can see that you are missing a lot of parts though.there is a rail that runs the length of the ways for the hydraulic unit to ride on that moves the tracer in and out,it also holds the template too.the arm that holds the stylus is missing too.I will help anyway I can.

[@stephenvenerable5078]

Keith Rucker - VintageMachinery.org in

[@cmarwood2]

The Trabon system is for lubricating the carriage. The timer runs when the lathe is powered up and lubricates based on the hours and can be adjusted as needed.

[@VintageMachinery]

Yes, that is what I have figured out. Not sure if it works or not...

[@iancraig1951]

I am green with envy Keith--from what I have seen of Adams Monarch,its quality,so quiet even at high speed--suggests helical cut gears in the gear box--it runs like a Singer sewing machine..The maintenance and the paint work are deplorable but I reckon under all the grime beats the heart of a queen...Its definitely worth spending money and time doing it up.. Looking forward to seeing it in future videos...As you have probably guessed I am a machinery freak myself.The best of aussie luck to you--E

[@VintageMachinery]

Monarch made some really nice machines. I can't wait to get this one up and running!

[@Mr-qf5pc]

Trabon is now owned by graco it's probably your lube system the timers kind of support this theory they probably control on off time or stroke length

[@VintageMachinery]

Yes, it is a lubricator.

[@blacksiddha]

Great lathe. Abom79 will be pleased to see another Monarch (and yours is bigger). Liked the sneak preview in the background of the paint stripped from the Le Blond lathe.

[@leeh.4453]

Wow -- you can turn loco wheels with that puppy. Congrats and good luck.

[@treehard7296]

That one tailstock you plan on mounting is a monarch tailstock. Unfortunately finding a turret tailstock is going to be very hard as monarch maybe made that as a one off machine. If you take it apart make sure to clean all the oil lines and make sure they're getting oil. Make sure to look inside the headstock and see that no gears are broken before running it, put some fresh oil in it too don't run it dry. It had hydraulic shifting and the pump should be down below the gearbox I'm pretty sure. The "gib" crane is made to mount chucks to to quickly switch between chucks I have seen this many times. A lot just have chucks hooked up to threaded rod and are hung from it. It also looks like your lathe has or had Rapids. Where the feed levers are push them to the sides rather than down while running and that's how you use them. I see your turning into a machine tool refuge. I'm becoming the same fortunately or unfortunately whatever way you look at it.

[@VintageMachinery]

I have not even looked hard at the tail-stocks that came on the pallet. I did not think it was Monarch though...

[@mp330600]

I am looking forward to seeing you restore this monster. Have fun and I'll watch.

[@keithhall7492]

The Trabon is an automatic oiler. The timer on the older machines is cycled on and off when the machine head stock is powered.

[@VintageMachinery]

Yes, I realized what it was after doing some research after I shot the video.

[@larrypardi9143]

Be proud! If I had the space and my wife was willing....I'd have gone much larger, how about a 120" vertical lathe? It was nice to see you and the others at Stan's this weekend. I love the military surplus forklift!

[@williamprophett9148]

Hey Keith. I'm not sure if you follow him, but AvE on KZbin is some sort of engineer out of Canada and seems to be very knowledgeable about lathe automation and all intetsting types of machining and electrical engineering. His language and innuendo is a little "colorful" to say the least, but he is the one I would contact about automation and he is a great follow. (my 2 cents)

[@docpedersen7582]

Nice score Keith. I'm envious. On the timer, looks like it feeds a solinoid valve on the air manifold. Perhaps used to enable air only durring production times? That way no forgetting to turn off or unplug air feed on weekends. Timer looks like type I recall having settable tabs to set on/off times. Think was just mounted to coolant tank for convenient mount spot.

[@VintageMachinery]

Turns out it is an automatic oilier.

[@kmcwhq]

NICE forklift.........looks brand new! Lets see more of it! D1-6 seems awfully small for a machine this size. Will be a nice machine when you sort it out. Seems like Trabon is a lubricator and the programmable timer goes along with that. I would forget the tracer, too many missing parts. Build a riser block to replace the tracer slide and mount the compound on top of it. Tail stock is a lucky included item.......not to big of a deal to adapt it.

[@fillg]

Dang buddy, that thing is crazy! Originally bought by Pratt & Whitney, that's awesome.

[@charlieromeo7663]

Now that's a lathe! I'll be watching that resto series for sure. My wife heard you mention your illness, then said "hey he's got it too".

[@VintageMachinery]

If our wives would do a better job keeping us distracted, we would not be so bad....

[@mfletch392]

Wow that's a big lathe Keith your disease must be a big one hope it doesn't get better till the shop is finished. happy man good on you.

[@rudiwaelz6366]

Beautiful! Hope all works out with this machine. Can't wait to see it run. I have a Pratt and Whitney 10" lathe circa 1900 to 1910ish. I have the over head flat belt drive equipment with it. I am looking for info on this lathe. I want to restore it.. It is before the advent of the quick change gear box. has manual change gears.

[@pedro1066]

I love that the diameter of the chuck on your lathe is the same as the between centres measurement on mine! It gave me a little giggle!

[@VintageMachinery]

LOL - That is funny. If you like, you can send us your lathe and we can turn the whole lathe between centers!

[@russkepler]

The Trabon unit seems to be an oil pump on a timer, replacing the original oil pump that sat in the missing apron sump. I'd look into that - on the 612 with rapid movements (the right/left on the saddle traverse and cross slide handles) the pump was driven by the rapids drive shaft at the bottom of the apron. From what I can see the sump is gone and likely the pump, thus the replacement with the Trabon. Unless the replacement fed the apron somehow that lathe has been run for a while without any oil feeding the gearing and bearings in the apron. Anyway, cool lathe and I hope you can get her back into running condition.

[@VintageMachinery]

Yes, after some more research, the Trabon is an oilier. I am pretty sure it is original though.

[@russkepler]

I'm pretty sure that I've got a manual and will check (I could send it to you if you like). IIRC all of these models had a oil pump in the bottom of the apron that distributed oil through a manifold on the bottom of the saddle between the ways. On the manifold was 5-6 Bijur meter units with lines going up into the middle of the saddle and then to all of the oil points. You might look at the bottom of the apron and make sure the sump is there and also check the bottom of the saddle for the manifold (or the remains such as a mounting hole). I've seen more than a few Monarch lathes and never saw one with an external oiling system.

[@JRD77VET]

Congrats Keith on what you will find as very nice Monarch lathe. I'm a proud owner of a 1942 Monarch CK 12 lathe that is powered by a 5 hp 220VAC single phase and I can easily take .125 a side ( .250 total ) . I have taken a .250 depth of cut ( .500 total ) just to prove it could be done. Monarch still supports these fine lathes and parts are available. That's a great offer from Jason Myers on the tailstock. Hope it works out. Jeff / Jeff in PA on OWWM.org

[@cemx86]

Whoa. Now THAT'S a "home" lathe. You are making Tubalcain jealous. The biggest lathe that I have ever seen (and you probably saw it also at Arnfest) was the lathe at the Illinois Railway Museum that was used to turn/true railroad truck wheel/axle assemblies. Google "railroad truck wheel lathe" to get an idea how BIG these lathes are. Double WHOA.

[@VintageMachinery]

Yes, they have an awesome wheel lathe at IRM. Cool stuff!

[@edgarmilson8686]

Hello Keith, I did some looking on the Internet and Trabon makes lubrication systems, no mention of a copier at all.All the best, Edgar

[@MisterMarcus79]

That's a huge lathe for a home shop, but certainly a nice addition. Seems that getting used machinery for a good price isn't all that hard in the states, wish that was the case in Europe, but unfortunately even used machinery of any descent size really costs an arm and a leg IF you can even find such a quality machine that's not broken or worn beyond repair.Nice to see though that you can get your fix for your terrible illness that is wanting to make big chips on big machines :)happy machining and be safe!

[@yqwgjsg]

Funny I was looking around and ran up on a guy who found a lathe in CA that looked almost exactly like this one and was asked to come look at it. It was in good shape except he thought maybe a forklift hit it and broke some of the wheels on the side but the shafts were not bent and turned fine. It was a pity that the pictures he took were back in 2013 and this guy had no way to move this machine since they were selling it for 16 cents per pound. Scrap metal price for iron. It's probably part of a Japanese car by now.

[@federicomoulins3027]

Keith, that nice way to start the week with you, seeing a piece of history with this lathe beautiful 28 "! And all that at some point acquired, the beautiful task to bring it to its former glory begins. Congratulations, Keith, and as is always very pleasant and expose what accounts. Greetings and success!

[@artemiasalina1860]

Keith, congratulations on the new lathe! I have read, but cannot verify, that if you have multiple 3-phase machines wired up to a single rotary phase converter you can increase it's capacity by letting the other machines idle (motors running but with the machines in neutral). The machine's motors will act like additional generators for the third leg and increase the RPC's capacity. If you need the 10 HP motor in that lathe to run at full ratings, then that may be something to consider and read up on. I don't know the level of expertise of the person who wrote that (in a machinist's forum years ago) so there may be problems with unequal service factors in the other machine's motors and he was just lucky, but it might be worth looking into.

[@TheMetalButcher]

Correct.

[@VintageMachinery]

Yes, you are correct, but you cannot get more amps out of the system than you put into it, so there are limitations.

[@robgerrits4097]

Now we can stop wondering why the new shop is so big! Big guy, big tools. Watch out Abom, competition is coming!

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

That is certainly one huge lathe. At this rate you will have that shop totally full in three years. Keep on keeping on.

[@VintageMachinery]

I bet it does not take 3 years....

[@cnc-ua]

that is huge. Congratulations, Keith

[@sp1nrx]

Sorry to be obvious but give Monarch a call about the tailstock. I have a WWII 10EE that was missing the headstock guards and they hooked me up with used parts. They have been so helpful when I have called for info or parts.

[@rickl.orchids]

......a lot of work, but my what a beast!......possibly mold and cast a tail-stock?.....

[@Stilly1]

That lathe is a monster Keith! You look pretty excited.

[@jeffreypfeifer862]

Awesome new addition Keith!

[@dfpolitowski2]

Send it to monarch be rebuilt and if feasible retrofit cnc controls. I think monarch can make you an original tail stock too. There still in business.

[@eliduttman315]

Keith, I'm a ZERO, when it comes to machine shop stuff. However, some of your fellow KZbin content producers many be able to help with making that big Monarch "dance" again. Adam Booth's K&T parking attachment build suggests you talk with him, about the tailstock situation. Brad Jacobs is a whiz, when it comes to cleaning and repainting fine old equipment. Keith Fenner's Clausing lathe has a hydraulic tracing attachment. Maybe something along those lines could work for you too. You mentioned single axis CNC. Given his fine work at machine construction, talk to Stefan Gotteswinter regarding the concept. It's about time he got to working with imperial measurement, anyway. ;>) Yes, metric is more consistent than imperial, but both are fundamentally arbitrary. James Kilroy works with both machinery and electronics. Perhaps he can impart some words of wisdom. Good luck in getting all of the equipment in your new "Man Cave" squared away. Eli D.

[@MatthewRulla]

Keith, I think that Trabon attachment is a centralized automatic lubrication system.

[@VintageMachinery]

Yes it is - I figured that out after shooting the video.

[@mhenderson5305]

Keith There is a 28" Monarch on ebay now that has a tail stock. It might give you some insight. I'm sure there is one out there. Just keep shakin' the trees. Good luck!

[@shortribslongbow5312]

Awesome machine, good luck with it.

[@phooesnax]

WoW What a cool piece.... Looking below hoping Jason really has that tail stock for you!

[@outsidescrewball]

Awesome....congrats! Enjoyed the walk-a-around

[@frankbritt2172]

Wow its huge... I ve seen a couple those for sale here at DFW In Tx

[@BensMachineShop]

I like the look of your 2 lathes your currently restoring

[@VintageMachinery]

Thanks!