I have posted a few odd comments about my Monarch 10EE, serial #26080, with original invoice and manual. This lathe was bought by Buick, and I bought it from the dealer that took it from the decommissioned plant.
It is in relatively good condition from a basic visual assessment. Other than taking some of the exterior doors off to disassemble and paint, I haven't worked on this machine since I took delivery in April. Yes, life gets in the way, and I only live in FL from Sept to May so I couldn't work on it over the summer anyway. I started to dive in today. I need to take down the weight of the machine as it is still sitting inside the bottom part of the delivery crate it came in. (I leveled it as best I could and its sitting pretty level still) I ordered some machine skates so I can keep it on the skates until I have the base fully restored and in its final resting place.
I took off the tailstock and started to take the compound and cross slide off. I ran into a few issues, one of which I will explain now and hopefully get some friendly advice.
I removed the end cap to the lever that I believe operates to engage the electronic leadscrew? The assembly has a swirl threaded gear on the end. See the pictures below.
I am assuming the lever (arrow pointing to it) operates the electronic leadscrew? Someone please enlighten me. The housing (circled) and also shown below has a gear with a swirled threading in it. I cannot get that gear off despite removing the dog point screw that appears to hold it in.
Can someone please let me know if
A. This gear actually doesn't come off or
B. If it does, how best to remove it. I tried heat, gear pullers (various sizes and with a hammer drill), PB Blaster et al and some minor (lol) tapping with a block of wood and hammer.
(I'm going to try my hydraulic press next, if you all say it comes off)
I will try to post each day or so to keep you all up with the restoration. I will post a picture of the machine on my next post as I did not take a picture of it for some reason.
Ahh.. One other thing. How does the chuck come off? I removed the three screws, and unlocked the three 5/16" nuts. Im not familiar with how to remove it after those steps.
It is in relatively good condition from a basic visual assessment. Other than taking some of the exterior doors off to disassemble and paint, I haven't worked on this machine since I took delivery in April. Yes, life gets in the way, and I only live in FL from Sept to May so I couldn't work on it over the summer anyway. I started to dive in today. I need to take down the weight of the machine as it is still sitting inside the bottom part of the delivery crate it came in. (I leveled it as best I could and its sitting pretty level still) I ordered some machine skates so I can keep it on the skates until I have the base fully restored and in its final resting place.
I took off the tailstock and started to take the compound and cross slide off. I ran into a few issues, one of which I will explain now and hopefully get some friendly advice.
I removed the end cap to the lever that I believe operates to engage the electronic leadscrew? The assembly has a swirl threaded gear on the end. See the pictures below.
I am assuming the lever (arrow pointing to it) operates the electronic leadscrew? Someone please enlighten me. The housing (circled) and also shown below has a gear with a swirled threading in it. I cannot get that gear off despite removing the dog point screw that appears to hold it in.
Can someone please let me know if
A. This gear actually doesn't come off or
B. If it does, how best to remove it. I tried heat, gear pullers (various sizes and with a hammer drill), PB Blaster et al and some minor (lol) tapping with a block of wood and hammer.
(I'm going to try my hydraulic press next, if you all say it comes off)
I will try to post each day or so to keep you all up with the restoration. I will post a picture of the machine on my next post as I did not take a picture of it for some reason.
Ahh.. One other thing. How does the chuck come off? I removed the three screws, and unlocked the three 5/16" nuts. Im not familiar with how to remove it after those steps.