WillWilly
Aluminum
- Joined
- Oct 4, 2018
- Location
- USA Kentucky Lexington
My name is William and I live in Central Ky.
I purchased this Monarch CY from a local plant closing as my winter project.
Wonderful to find such a knowledgable group. I'm of the renaissance man demographic, not to say thats a good thing, where I do all sorts of stuff, just enough to stay busy. So now I'm going to learn how to bring back to life a tired, beefy, short, anvil like, Monarch CY, a true classic, we dont make them like this anymore, a Monster lathe. Cool!
So just a little back ground.
MONARCH CY 16"X 36" serial number 24271, built Oct. 1943, sold Nov. 1943 to Bendix. I got the original build sheet, Very Cool!
Sometime it was sold to CLARK, asset tag number 24254, and painted some ungodly orange. Then it was sold to Dana? and repainted, poorly, a machine grey, still not right.
So, there are problems. Something in the feedscrew and power rod drive is broken. Clutch has issues, motor works but it gets at least a once through before moving on to a modern option.
I have been researching PM, diving into many threads, getting more information than any book ever had on the inner workings of a Monarch AA-BB-C-CK-CU-CY and Models EE-K-M-N-NN-W. Enough said.
Im going to post my projects, share pictures, reluctantly harvest Monarch parts, and certainly rely on the good nature of this site.
I have one more tool acquisition, a cherry picker, foldable, 2 ton hoist, so I and my friends can save our backs. Then it is dissasembly time. Not to panic, I have skills, just not specific knowledge, hence the introduction to the group of people that know how to do this.
Last note. If this lathe can be repaired, it will first need to be running and fully functional, diagnosed, then we can talk about accepted performance. I would love to strip it down, have the ways ground, saddle extended, all new parts, money, money and more money... My goal is functional and cosmetically correct. Who would of thought stripping and painting on a project would be the easy part.
I purchased this Monarch CY from a local plant closing as my winter project.
Wonderful to find such a knowledgable group. I'm of the renaissance man demographic, not to say thats a good thing, where I do all sorts of stuff, just enough to stay busy. So now I'm going to learn how to bring back to life a tired, beefy, short, anvil like, Monarch CY, a true classic, we dont make them like this anymore, a Monster lathe. Cool!
So just a little back ground.
MONARCH CY 16"X 36" serial number 24271, built Oct. 1943, sold Nov. 1943 to Bendix. I got the original build sheet, Very Cool!
Sometime it was sold to CLARK, asset tag number 24254, and painted some ungodly orange. Then it was sold to Dana? and repainted, poorly, a machine grey, still not right.
So, there are problems. Something in the feedscrew and power rod drive is broken. Clutch has issues, motor works but it gets at least a once through before moving on to a modern option.
I have been researching PM, diving into many threads, getting more information than any book ever had on the inner workings of a Monarch AA-BB-C-CK-CU-CY and Models EE-K-M-N-NN-W. Enough said.
Im going to post my projects, share pictures, reluctantly harvest Monarch parts, and certainly rely on the good nature of this site.
I have one more tool acquisition, a cherry picker, foldable, 2 ton hoist, so I and my friends can save our backs. Then it is dissasembly time. Not to panic, I have skills, just not specific knowledge, hence the introduction to the group of people that know how to do this.
Last note. If this lathe can be repaired, it will first need to be running and fully functional, diagnosed, then we can talk about accepted performance. I would love to strip it down, have the ways ground, saddle extended, all new parts, money, money and more money... My goal is functional and cosmetically correct. Who would of thought stripping and painting on a project would be the easy part.