1940 Monarch 16W Lathe Restoration Part 1 of 5: Disassembly & Cleaning

Here we go - bringing an old lathe back to top form.
There will be 5 parts to this. If you watch them all you rock! This video took a lot of work and condenses at least 100 hours of effort into 50 minutes. It will be the longest video in this series.
At upload, the lathe is fully restored. I have edited rough drafts and will try to publish one each week.

[@GOAT86STUDIO]

NICE JOB!

[@raulgarciarodriguez8784]

Great Job

[@billgilbride7972]

I really like how you tell fate to GTH, welding in front of the paint remover can as the sparks fly in all directions!

[@samuelwiltzius]

😂 didn’t notice that first time around. Good thing I bought the one in a metal container.

[@piteralvarado1028]

Buen trabajo smigo me gusta mucho ver estos videos ya que tengo tiempo trabajando en torno y mu sueño es tener un torno asi sea viejo y yo arreglarlo por mi cuenta y dejarlo como nuevo gran video y asi voy aprendiendo 🙏👍🇻🇪👏👏

[@hansmuller9121]

Hello, you've done a great job so far. If I were you, even if the sled still looks good, I would dismantle it to see what it looks like from below and then you also have space to open the bed, which looks like it's pretty much down. I know it is a very strenuous job to get the machine bed back together, especially scraping the surfaces is not easy. Many years ago I worked on the complete overhaul of 3 lathes (2 of them from the 1950s) and I know that it takes a lot of time. When it comes to the paint, I can say that the 2 old machines also had red rounding and dark green paint, the 3rd machine was painted gray on gray. We also had major gear damage and had to remake several gears.
I wish you a lot of fun and a merry Christmas. Greetings from Berlin

[@samuelwiltzius]

Thanks! Merry Christmas also! I 'planned' to clean and paint the whole lathe in about 10-20 hours but it ballooned into a much larger project and I found myself replacing every seal, fluid, and fabricating parts... nothing every goes to plan. Ended up taking anything apart that I could reasonably lift. Glad I did; didn't find any surprises but boy is it smooth to run and clean now. The carriage was too heavy to take off with my equipment and for the last 25 years or so it has been sitting ready to use in a family member's shop. When I moved it I was advised to simply use it as is and that it is in great shape, especially considering its age. I'll learn more as I get proficient with it (this is my first metal lathe, but not my first machine). Oh, and I also had a time crunch - I was taking up the heated parking space for my wife's car; we get alot of snow and winter is coming.

[@hansmuller9121]

Hello Samuel, dismantling the sled can be a bit difficult, but you can often separate the top and side parts where the levers are. Then you could take the top off. But if you have been told that the lathe is still running well, then of course the question is what you want to do with it. If you need accuracy over longer lengths, then the extra work is worth it. But if you only want to turn the machine for something now and then, you've almost done too much. Unfortunately I don't know the type of machine because I'm a few thousand miles away, but the old machines are quite similar. If you can, please go close to the bed with the camera so that you can see more easily whether something should be done there. Greetings from Berlin@@samuelwiltzius

[@samuelwiltzius]

Not sure what my plans are as of yet. Could be a source of income at some point or develop as a hobby from a few hours a year to a few hours a week. I have a love for things that are well designed and well-tuned and strive to make and maintain things that are enjoyable to use. For now, I'm working through a textbook learning everything I can about carbide and hss before I start trying to use it. It is an intimidating machine coming from a wood lathe that barely weighs more than the chuck on the Monarch. My uncle is a skilled machinist and I am looking forward to when he visits and gets a good look at lathe. I moved quickly with the restoration, now I'm slowing down a bit and putting in some study before trying to use it.

[@hansmuller9121]

I think it's good that you do it right the first time and first take the lathe apart and clean it and also make small changes. This will help you get to know the machine well. And with the help of the textbook and your uncle, you'll get a good start and you'll just learn the rest by "does it or doesn't work" anyway. I learned metalworking a long time ago and worked with it for a few years. It was mostly very interesting, except when there were larger quantities of parts, which wasn't fun, but that's part of it. I've been out of work for 30 years now and I still miss it. Especially when you create a machine from a piece of metal, or when you make something old new again.@@samuelwiltzius

[@memememe2674]

You need to use the mist setting on the spray bottle. You ard using jet so it's not atomising like tgd can

[@dosang975]

👍

[@dosang975]

手がいです

[@johnkatify]

A lathe produces swarf not filings.