I "somewhat" inherited a 10EE from my dad. I never lived with him as he left after I was born; I maybe visited him twice in my early 20s. His garage was his machine shop business making plastic injection molds for manufacturers. I talked to him on the phone once for about an hour about a lathe he was rebuilding. He sounded super excited about it and asked me to come over to look at it, but I never did. After his passing, I asked his wife if I could have the Monarch lathe; he had a
Le Blond, too (severely rusted from being outside), but I wanted the Monarch that he rebuilt and used daily. I didn't care at the time what the lathe was, or the quality of it just wanted it because of how happy he was on the phone talking about it. That's how I'll remember him every time I look/use the lathe in my shop. Out of our entire family, I'm the only one interested in machining, which is kinda weird since I didn't grow up with him. I guess that part was "hereditary," who knows, but cool never the less. So I hired a rigging contractor to move the lathe, and one of the Bridgeports (which I had to buy from her), got them set up in their new home. Now the fun of starting up the lathe began; lots of reading/research first, ordered manual from Monarch second; I was excited to turn the power ON, but nothing, just the transformer humming. The center tube doesn't glow, so I tested all components in the module, diodes, capacitors, connections, etc. I need help finding info on the two bus fuses on the front by the module; one fuse has 0 volts. Anyway, here are some pictures of her at her new home. Thanks
Le Blond, too (severely rusted from being outside), but I wanted the Monarch that he rebuilt and used daily. I didn't care at the time what the lathe was, or the quality of it just wanted it because of how happy he was on the phone talking about it. That's how I'll remember him every time I look/use the lathe in my shop. Out of our entire family, I'm the only one interested in machining, which is kinda weird since I didn't grow up with him. I guess that part was "hereditary," who knows, but cool never the less. So I hired a rigging contractor to move the lathe, and one of the Bridgeports (which I had to buy from her), got them set up in their new home. Now the fun of starting up the lathe began; lots of reading/research first, ordered manual from Monarch second; I was excited to turn the power ON, but nothing, just the transformer humming. The center tube doesn't glow, so I tested all components in the module, diodes, capacitors, connections, etc. I need help finding info on the two bus fuses on the front by the module; one fuse has 0 volts. Anyway, here are some pictures of her at her new home. Thanks
