Monarch 1944 12" CK

[Charles scozzari]

Hi, I wasn't on this site when you posted this but very nice restoration on a beautiful lathe. You did a great job, now you can enjoy it.

 

[rabler]

Hi, I wasn't on this site when you posted this but very nice restoration on a beautiful lathe. You did a great job, now you can enjoy it.

Thanks Charles
I do have more work on it that needs to be done. I like coming back to a working machine and progressing in small steps. The underside of the carriage will get a turcite treatment at some point, and the tailstock quill needs to be relaced. I’m currently working on finishing a new shop, but more will be added to this thread when get back to this lathe.

 

[slodat]

Lathe looks great!

Do you have more photos of your gantry? Specifically, what it looks like on the back of the lathe. I need to do this on my Pacemaker. Chucks are too heavy to manhandle safely.

 

[rabler]

Lathe looks great!

Do you have more photos of your gantry? Specifically, what it looks like on the back of the lathe. I need to do this on my Pacemaker. Chucks are too heavy to manhandle safely.

I'm in the middle of moving the shop around (finishing construction on a new shop) so things are a mess. Best I can get right now:
The headstock sits on a square frame of 2x2 steel tube (well, actually a couple of solid 2x2 cubes welded to the tube). The tubing sticks out the back and a piece of 3" pipe is welded to that with some braces.