alcro1998
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Nov 10, 2020
- Location
- Central Ohio
So, I have recently acquired a Monarch 1000ee. The lathe seems to be in great shape and I can’t find any major issues with it. The ways seem great and I took a peak in the headstock and all the gears look fantastic.
The lathe currently has a solid state DC drive in which I believe was installed by Monarch in the 80s. I can not run the drive at my shop but I was told it does not work. I might do an AC conversion but that will be saved for a different thread.
Now before I start digging into the machine too much there’s a few things on the surface that I’d like to address. The first being the issue with the thread selector.
When the thread selector dial is turned all they way to the right or the left to select the appropriate column to binds and will get stuck. I am not sure what is causing this but I’d assume the selector is very similar to a square dial 10ee. All the other thread selections work fine except for the far right and far left. I took the thread chart plate off and can’t seem to see anything binding so I am at a loss. I thought it would be the rack to move the Spector back and forth but can’t see any visible damage or anything that would cause the binding.
The next 2 things are the tailstock and apron hand wheels. They were both broken at one point and the tailstock handle fell out while in transport. ��* I was wondering where to get these besides from Monarch or eBay and if they are the same as any other model of monarch. They looks similar to the 60 series wheels possibly. Everything the wheels were attached to seems fine and they still turn very smoothly.
The last thing is the cross slide dial and handle. The dial seems to need a bushing or something since it’s a little loose. Again this looks similar to a 60 series and I was just wondering what needs to be replaced. I haven’t gotten the screw off to look closer and will need to make some kind of spanner wrench to fit. The handle on the dial is super loose and will go in and out no problem so I’d like to replace that if I can. Luckily I noticed this before bringing the lathe home so I did not lose it in transit.
The last thing is the control panel on the headstock. It’s not like any other 1000ee I have seen. All the light on the right and buttons and the switches on the left are all potentiometers. None of them are labeled and the right switch cover things are all gone except the bottom one. No idea what they are for. Maybe for the constant surface speed? Not sure. It would also seem that this one is rated for 2500 rpm? I thought 1000ees only went to 2000?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank,
Chris
The lathe currently has a solid state DC drive in which I believe was installed by Monarch in the 80s. I can not run the drive at my shop but I was told it does not work. I might do an AC conversion but that will be saved for a different thread.
Now before I start digging into the machine too much there’s a few things on the surface that I’d like to address. The first being the issue with the thread selector.
When the thread selector dial is turned all they way to the right or the left to select the appropriate column to binds and will get stuck. I am not sure what is causing this but I’d assume the selector is very similar to a square dial 10ee. All the other thread selections work fine except for the far right and far left. I took the thread chart plate off and can’t seem to see anything binding so I am at a loss. I thought it would be the rack to move the Spector back and forth but can’t see any visible damage or anything that would cause the binding.
The next 2 things are the tailstock and apron hand wheels. They were both broken at one point and the tailstock handle fell out while in transport. ��* I was wondering where to get these besides from Monarch or eBay and if they are the same as any other model of monarch. They looks similar to the 60 series wheels possibly. Everything the wheels were attached to seems fine and they still turn very smoothly.
The last thing is the cross slide dial and handle. The dial seems to need a bushing or something since it’s a little loose. Again this looks similar to a 60 series and I was just wondering what needs to be replaced. I haven’t gotten the screw off to look closer and will need to make some kind of spanner wrench to fit. The handle on the dial is super loose and will go in and out no problem so I’d like to replace that if I can. Luckily I noticed this before bringing the lathe home so I did not lose it in transit.
The last thing is the control panel on the headstock. It’s not like any other 1000ee I have seen. All the light on the right and buttons and the switches on the left are all potentiometers. None of them are labeled and the right switch cover things are all gone except the bottom one. No idea what they are for. Maybe for the constant surface speed? Not sure. It would also seem that this one is rated for 2500 rpm? I thought 1000ees only went to 2000?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank,
Chris
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