please help w identity of this monarch, and rough idea of value

ccsc said:

Hi folks, real newbie here. I have a very small older craftsman benchtop lathe, and have been looking for something larger for a while, and now have access to the Monarch shown. It is claimed to run, with no broken gears, and all parts working. A few questions:

can the turret be relatively easily replaced by a regular tool holder?

Is this type Monarch commonly used with a tailstock added, or just as turret type?

what is rough value? It is obviously filthy, but was used by a guy that did really nice work, and died suddenly.

Thanks

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ccsc said:

Hi folks, real newbie here. I have a very small older craftsman benchtop lathe, and have been looking for something larger for a while, and now have access to the Monarch shown. It is claimed to run, with no broken gears, and all parts working. A few questions:

can the turret be relatively easily replaced by a regular tool holder?

Is this type Monarch commonly used with a tailstock added, or just as turret type?

what is rough value? It is obviously filthy, but was used by a guy that did really nice work, and died suddenly.

Thanks

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Monarchist said:

Large, heavy, short on the long-axis goods aside, no easy way to turn 'tween centers work even IF you hatched a tailstock from the egg? And you would have to do. What would YOU expect DO with it?

No longer competitive at making hoop earrings for Godzilla, or doggie bowls even a Tibetan Mastiff cannot casually pick up and wag under yer nose to beg a refill. The PO may have had a reg'lar order for special couplings, or flanges for significant hydraulics or such. Check the floor just back of or alongside the HS. That doughnought shape is this lathe's bread and butter, and it was outclassed at even that well before WWII.

Do you have such work?

Even so, the only advantage over serious dual-carriage turrets - Warner & Swasey or the like - is that you can probably get the motor up to speed without all the lights in the neighborhood going dark.

"Pass" .... or just punt, I'd not want to be a receiver. Coming off an **aftsman, a Hardinge is your more appropriate step up, turret or no. But so is nearly anything else.

Bill

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