CarterKraft
Red Skull Member
Oh manThat's a bummer. Work just bought the G0791 12x36 combo job. Should be here in a couple weeks.
Fingers crossed for yah.
Oh manThat's a bummer. Work just bought the G0791 12x36 combo job. Should be here in a couple weeks.
My first lathe was a WW2 era Monarch. Really cool machine, but as I moved more to a side business than a hobby, I really needed to upgrade. Newer machines may not be built as well or look nearly as nice, but been a few improvements from the 40's to the 80's (which is when most of my stuff now was made).I wish my lathe was that new.
My lathe is from the 1870s or so, not really sure. Doesn't even have any sort of indication on the X or Z (or if it did it was so long since lost I couldn't tell) until I put a DRO on it (I should have ignored everyone's suggestion and got a 3-axis and slapped a scale on the compound like I was initially thinking). There's no fine feed on the Z axis. They expected you to use the carriage for coarse feed or power feed (which I still haven't made work yet) and then lock it out and use the compound for fine feed in the Z direction (or at an angle). Needs new headstock bearings poured too so right now it delivers garbage finish in the normal directions of cut and not passable but better if you cut away from center or away from the head stock. Max speed is somewhere below 200rpm. I need to experiment more with how the insert meets the work and reconfigure the motor/transmission to up the speed. I think I might be able to come up with passable finishes and eek out another decade or more before fucking with the head stock.My first lathe was a WW2 era Monarch. Really cool machine, but as I moved more to a side business than a hobby, I really needed to upgrade. Newer machines may not be built as well or look nearly as nice, but been a few improvements from the 40's to the 80's (which is when most of my stuff now was made).