TennesseeMachine
Plastic
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- Jul 8, 2019
Good Afternoon All-
Yes, the inevitable new guy with a 10EE that they happened across. I picked one up as part of a package deal, and it was dropped dial side down in soft/gravel and got a little dinged up. I've attached some pictures of the lathe itself, and you can see the damaged portion on the cross feed dial assembly.
Here's the twist. I know these lathes by reputation and respect deeply their historicity and capability, and know that I'll never make real use of it. I absolutely do not want to part it out as I want to see it run. However I don't have time and $$ to monkey with a basket case. So I'm looking for a little guidance from those that really know this lathe well, and hopefully I can get into working order so that it can go to a good home that'll care for it and use the hell out of it. If I do end up having to part it out, I want to make sure it's a organ donor that gets one of it's kin up and running. I also want to be honest with a potential buyer about what's happened with it (I don't know the details, only that it was a "soft" drop) but be able to demonstrate that it's running, and can make chips.
It was part of a lot of machines that I bought, and because it had been dropped, and it wasn't under power, I only could evaluate the cleanliness and inspect all the usual wear points, etc. It's in amazing shape given it's been sitting, and everything turns and moves a smooth as butter, and the only outstanding issue is the cross feed.
My uninformed plan, and I'd love thoughts from those you folks in the know, looks a little like this:
1. Get it home and run through the basics on electrical looking for dead shorts, broken components, etc. and get it under power (I have three phase via a rotary phase converter).
2. If it powers up, I'll slowly test things out and get a sense of how it's running. Speed control, reversing, etc. and proceed to Step 3.
2a. If I can't get it to power up without trying to divine the mysteries of this electrical Rube Goldberg machine electronically (not a slight on it, but they're amazingly complex and far beyond my experience or expertise with a multi-meter) and move to Step 4.
3. If it's electrically viable, I'll work on sourcing or fabricating the broken cast iron and shaft from the cross feed. Get it installed, tune it up and take a few cuts, measure it's accuracy, etc. and find someone to adopt a running, breathing Monarch, and share the history, and hopefully it'll find a new life with someone that'll love on it for years.
4. If it's not electrically viable without some minimal poking and prodding, I'll strip out all the reusable parts, etc. and sell them. My preference of course is to go to someone who's going to bring one back to life, or keep a beloved lathe up and running. I'm not into it for much, and I'm not trying to get rich, I just need to recoup the time and investment, and I'll be happiest if it's running or gets someone else running.
I am sure I'm glossing over much, and potentially the damage is much more extreme than my untrained eye can take in, so please help me get wiser and ensure this piece of history lives on...even if I'm not the caretaker.
Thank you all in advance!
-TennesseeMachine
Yes, the inevitable new guy with a 10EE that they happened across. I picked one up as part of a package deal, and it was dropped dial side down in soft/gravel and got a little dinged up. I've attached some pictures of the lathe itself, and you can see the damaged portion on the cross feed dial assembly.
Here's the twist. I know these lathes by reputation and respect deeply their historicity and capability, and know that I'll never make real use of it. I absolutely do not want to part it out as I want to see it run. However I don't have time and $$ to monkey with a basket case. So I'm looking for a little guidance from those that really know this lathe well, and hopefully I can get into working order so that it can go to a good home that'll care for it and use the hell out of it. If I do end up having to part it out, I want to make sure it's a organ donor that gets one of it's kin up and running. I also want to be honest with a potential buyer about what's happened with it (I don't know the details, only that it was a "soft" drop) but be able to demonstrate that it's running, and can make chips.
It was part of a lot of machines that I bought, and because it had been dropped, and it wasn't under power, I only could evaluate the cleanliness and inspect all the usual wear points, etc. It's in amazing shape given it's been sitting, and everything turns and moves a smooth as butter, and the only outstanding issue is the cross feed.
My uninformed plan, and I'd love thoughts from those you folks in the know, looks a little like this:
1. Get it home and run through the basics on electrical looking for dead shorts, broken components, etc. and get it under power (I have three phase via a rotary phase converter).
2. If it powers up, I'll slowly test things out and get a sense of how it's running. Speed control, reversing, etc. and proceed to Step 3.
2a. If I can't get it to power up without trying to divine the mysteries of this electrical Rube Goldberg machine electronically (not a slight on it, but they're amazingly complex and far beyond my experience or expertise with a multi-meter) and move to Step 4.
3. If it's electrically viable, I'll work on sourcing or fabricating the broken cast iron and shaft from the cross feed. Get it installed, tune it up and take a few cuts, measure it's accuracy, etc. and find someone to adopt a running, breathing Monarch, and share the history, and hopefully it'll find a new life with someone that'll love on it for years.
4. If it's not electrically viable without some minimal poking and prodding, I'll strip out all the reusable parts, etc. and sell them. My preference of course is to go to someone who's going to bring one back to life, or keep a beloved lathe up and running. I'm not into it for much, and I'm not trying to get rich, I just need to recoup the time and investment, and I'll be happiest if it's running or gets someone else running.
I am sure I'm glossing over much, and potentially the damage is much more extreme than my untrained eye can take in, so please help me get wiser and ensure this piece of history lives on...even if I'm not the caretaker.
Thank you all in advance!
-TennesseeMachine