My new toy..

[latzanimal]

Well, after the first Monarch I looked at, I wasn't searching whole heartily. However, in a discussion with a friend of mine about the rusty lathe, my friend tells me that his company just had an auction and 2 of the lathes did not sell. Long story short, just need to get it home now...



For $300 I couldn't pass it up. It was running when it was disconnected 9 months ago, so we'll see....

[latzanimal]

Oh yeah, this one has a 24" swing and a 10 foot bed. The 3 jaw chuck is 16"

Anyone need a cannon barrel?

[DavidF]

Nice !!! Did you say there was 2 of them? LOL

[latzanimal]

Yes, the other one is HUGE! 30" swing with a 12 foot bed. Not a Monarch, much , much older

[dallen]

takes a lot to wear out old iron like that, you have to know what your doing pretty good fore someone will normally stick someone on a lathe that big, you go uuuuuuooo and they tear up stuff in a big way when you got say a 24" diameter shaft in one thats 7, 8 feet long.

you did damn good for 300 dollars, I'd pay that and don't have any place to put on that big, cept on the driveway. what part of the country did you find in it if I may ask?

[Rocco]

These days, big lathes like that are easier find and cheaper buy than smaller lathes. I think it's because most machine shops have gotten away from large non-CNC lathes and they're too big for the average hobbyist as a result, the market for these monsters is pretty limited so there are great deals to be had for anybody wanting one.

[dallen]

doesn't necessary hold true in oil country. a lather like the one latza found for 300 is likely to bring 2500 here in oklahoma. yes there are cheaper ones for like a grand, and a scant few that are under that but they are like a hundred years old.

[mite5255]

Thats a fantastic deal, I need to get a metal late also

Mike

[Heimo]

I am green with envy

nice deal on such a large lathe....

[Harry]

All I can say is wow, for that price it is probably under scrap value so great deal.