JohnnyJohnsoninWI
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2003
- Location
- North Freedom, WI, USA
My wife said if I bought one more machine, I could just sleep out in the shop. It's a good thing my new lathe has a "king" sized bed.
Seriously, some of you replied to my recent postings in the Monarch forum and asked for more photos.
I purchased this Monarch Model 1610x78 Series 50 lathe and the Cincinnati model 307-14MI horizontal mill from a government arsenal here in Wisconsin a couple years ago. Both were purchased by the arsenal in 1973, which is the same year they shut down, never to resume production.
Here are a couple pictures of the lathe taken during initial inspection. Someone made a work of art out of applying cosmoline to all the bare metal surfaces. Notice all the attachments including tailstock are still lying in the bed. The crepe paper in the bed is dated 8/73. I believe this machine never made a chip at the arsenal. There wasn't a single chip in the bed. It's sister, one serial number apart, was sitting alongside; it had a few chips in the bed and had obviously been run, very little.
Here's a shot after it's been all cleaned up. There wasn't even as much as a light burnish mark on the ways. Attachments include a 12" face plate, dog driver plate, 12" Cushman 4-Jaw, steady rest, and follow rest. According to Monarch, there should have been a 3-jaw, but it grew legs sometime during the last three decades. The 3-jaw I got with it is worn out.
The mill was also new in 1973 and it had 42 hours on the meter when I got it. I don't use it much, but I think it's cool. The cabinet alongside has two arbor supports, the dividing head tailstock and rest, plus the complete gear box and gears to run the dividing head off the table. Here is a shot with cosmoline and two taken after cleaning.
And for the last picture it's "First Call!". Hey, as long as I can amuse myself, that's all that matters. Right?
I hope you enjoyed the tour.
Take care,
John
Seriously, some of you replied to my recent postings in the Monarch forum and asked for more photos.
I purchased this Monarch Model 1610x78 Series 50 lathe and the Cincinnati model 307-14MI horizontal mill from a government arsenal here in Wisconsin a couple years ago. Both were purchased by the arsenal in 1973, which is the same year they shut down, never to resume production.
Here are a couple pictures of the lathe taken during initial inspection. Someone made a work of art out of applying cosmoline to all the bare metal surfaces. Notice all the attachments including tailstock are still lying in the bed. The crepe paper in the bed is dated 8/73. I believe this machine never made a chip at the arsenal. There wasn't a single chip in the bed. It's sister, one serial number apart, was sitting alongside; it had a few chips in the bed and had obviously been run, very little.
Here's a shot after it's been all cleaned up. There wasn't even as much as a light burnish mark on the ways. Attachments include a 12" face plate, dog driver plate, 12" Cushman 4-Jaw, steady rest, and follow rest. According to Monarch, there should have been a 3-jaw, but it grew legs sometime during the last three decades. The 3-jaw I got with it is worn out.
The mill was also new in 1973 and it had 42 hours on the meter when I got it. I don't use it much, but I think it's cool. The cabinet alongside has two arbor supports, the dividing head tailstock and rest, plus the complete gear box and gears to run the dividing head off the table. Here is a shot with cosmoline and two taken after cleaning.
And for the last picture it's "First Call!". Hey, as long as I can amuse myself, that's all that matters. Right?
I hope you enjoyed the tour.
Take care,
John