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This lathe is new to me, and I would be very interested in any info about it. As far as I can tell, it is an 11" Monarch Junior, made between 1924 and 1928. In many respects it looks identical to pictures of an early Sheldon lathe, nut my crossfeed selector (? not tried that yet) is a knurled nut type, rather than a lever. At the tailstock end of the ways is stamped:
Inspected By E.J. Berger
K646
G
There is no nameplate, but on the gear cover is a brass plaque with the thread pitches to change gear table, and at the bottom of that 'THE MONARCH MACH. TOOL CO., SIDNEY, OHIO'. If I recall, the spindle bore is about 1.25"
I recently purchased it from a friend, cleaned-up, lubed and painted the motor (GE 220v, 1/2 HP), and added the safety switch (for which I feel I should apologize).
The lathe came with the following tooling:
All the change gears referenced on the plaque
Taper attachment
Armstrong straight, left, right and cutoff tool holders, boring bar
Spare drive belt, almost full box of Clipper clips and a 4" clipper tool
Drill chuck
MT4 dead center
MT4 to MT2 adaptor
Steady rest and follower rest
Face plate
3-jaw scroll chuck
4-jaw independent chuck
Collet chuck and a full set (plus extras) of B&O #1 collets
A few mystery parts, which look like shop-made fixtures
After a few guesses I willl tell you what I paid. BTW, it all fit into my poor Honda Civic!
Inspected By E.J. Berger
K646
G
There is no nameplate, but on the gear cover is a brass plaque with the thread pitches to change gear table, and at the bottom of that 'THE MONARCH MACH. TOOL CO., SIDNEY, OHIO'. If I recall, the spindle bore is about 1.25"
I recently purchased it from a friend, cleaned-up, lubed and painted the motor (GE 220v, 1/2 HP), and added the safety switch (for which I feel I should apologize).
The lathe came with the following tooling:
All the change gears referenced on the plaque
Taper attachment
Armstrong straight, left, right and cutoff tool holders, boring bar
Spare drive belt, almost full box of Clipper clips and a 4" clipper tool
Drill chuck
MT4 dead center
MT4 to MT2 adaptor
Steady rest and follower rest
Face plate
3-jaw scroll chuck
4-jaw independent chuck
Collet chuck and a full set (plus extras) of B&O #1 collets
A few mystery parts, which look like shop-made fixtures
After a few guesses I willl tell you what I paid. BTW, it all fit into my poor Honda Civic!
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