Welcome, I am a retired Millwright and Harley Davidson factory trained and certified mechanic building up a powerful home machine shop based on the old toolroom concept for restoration of antiques. I have worked as a millwright/machinist in many industries including Agriculture, logging and wood products, mining, Nuclear, Industrial hydraulics including hydrostatic transmissions and controls, Automotive Racing Cylinder Heads, Powersports multipiece crankshaft specialist, Harley Davidson factory trained and certified technician, Former Harley Davidson, Moto Guzzi, Ducati Dealer, with Vespa certification. Owned and operated machine shops serving other business non-retail. I am a cancer survivor AND would like to pass some of my experience on to younger people who may find these skills useful, and anyone else that may just want to have a little fun with the skills. Also, I have extensive experience with the Monarch 10ee lathe in maintenance, performance and operations.
Great stuff! I've got a couple 8mm watchmakers/jewlers lathes and a staking set. Thanks for sharing! Edit. I can get down to just under 3 thousandths with a cross slide.
It's a beautiful machine but the touch up paint is a tad off. To match that old machine paint, I take white, gray, and yellow spray paint. Spray it into one of the lids and keep mixing it until it matches. Usually the paint dries darker so when you get slightly light than the base color you'll nail it. I've been able to match paints almost on the money.
I have the same oil filter on york y53 ammonia compressors, on the compressor you unbolt the filter and take it out, there's a reservoir under it where all the crud collects,I bend a spoon at 90° to scoop it out./////////////thanks DD.
Man i just got an ammco machine and it had a set of these and i had no idea what they were and now i know they are for lapping! Thanks! Watched your tutorial on using them too😊
I learn to run a lathe in my Navy Opticalman A school in 1976. The lathe was a 10EE. Much later I ran the Optics Lab at the Naval Weapons Center China Lake. I lived with a HLV there for 27 years. I like both of them. I think an interesting machine is the Wade 8A.
Very great idea, I use one similar to that for my Old Atlas mill, and my G 0709 + my other lathes, they won't go over 4000 RPM, make a lever to hold the closer from being thrown out, very impressed with your work, great job. 👍👍
Hello. I bought a model J saw and the spring is missing. Could you give me the diameter of the wire, number of turns and some images so I can manufacture a new spring? I live in Brazil
VFDs are pretty cheap now but of course you have to have a 3 phase motor on the the machine. I do like them on a drill press as you have mentioned. Thank you for your videos, good content.
Like you I have used phase converters both home made and store bought. A question please, the static converter you are using to start your primary 3 phase motor, is the static converter pulled out of the circuit once the primary motor is started?
I simply love your shop. I’ve been a toolmaker since 1972 . I so appreciate looking at all the old equipment. Thinking back on the highly accurate stuff I’d make well before CNC . However in 1976 I did go out on my own and within several years I started buying CNC lathes and mills . 13 of them before I retired and sold the business to my sons. Don’t get me wrong I love the new multi axis machines but dear Lord the money😳. My friend there simply aren’t many of us out there that can do manuel stuff anymore. Not enough ppl getting into the industry and even those that do are pretty much simply doing everything on a computer . God bless you young man
You might want to cover the lathe ways when lapping, that compound can wear you a .”hole” in your lathe bed. No eee should end up that way. I recently bought a piece of the accordion type cover for my lathe from McMaster Carr for around $20 well worth it in my book. Nice shop you have there, thanks for the time to show that commercial lap.
I recently purchased my Cincinnati #2, I just love old iron, new to me machine day. Part of it is immediately stripping it and going through the entire machine and when I’m done I give her a name, this machine is now Bonnie-Tyler, and is in the company of a lathe “Tina- Turner”, a milling machine “Cher” a horizontal bandsaw “Cyndi-Lauper” and many others. Next addition is a surface grinder. I enjoy your insights on the machines you show
Yeah it'll hurt a little bit saying goodbye to the lathe. I gave away my old 14" American I resurrected- it was pretty worn but the guy was into it and I <needed> the room. Digging the shelves, did something similar in my shop- I've never much liked the pegboard. It looks nice but like you say but can't take the weight and keeping the pegs in place while you take and replace tools is troublesome. I'd rather use hang stuff on nails than a pegboard.
Hey Don, I just found your new channel and subscribed. Going back over to dee dee to view the Jig Borer vids. Appreciate your long-term knowledge, great vids, I love em all. Kurt.
I have the British made equivalent made by Delapena around the same age. It’s almost identical to what you have there and the tooling between the Sunnen and Delapena I believe is fully interchangeable. A lot of people don’t get on well with these , I think it’s because they don’t understand how to use them. Thanks for an interesting video.
Fascinating explanation! I found this video looking for solutions for a HD Flathead crankshaft that I am putting together in my workshop. Something bad happened: The owner bought the replacement on E bay in the USA, (Rebuild Kit, crank pin, rod races and bearings) but the new rod races DO NOT MATCH!! So I really appreciate this information! Greetings from Uruguay, South America!
Love watching your videos because your so enthusiastic like your new to machining like me,but your so experienced! I’ ve been a wood guy all my life and now I ‘m learning machining. Live in the Yukon near ALASKA and don’ t have the access to tools and shops like the southern USA. Would like to meet you and bullshit all day but a long way from you. All the best in 2024 ! Buster DAVY
Hi Don love the channel I have a cincinnati tool and cutter grinder the work head has a large taper 2.75 inch what do I need to buy to put a collett chuck in this to sharpen milling cutters any help would be appreciated Regards Mark
The modular drive machines may not have the disconnect on the front door if they had the rear electrical cabinet option like my '69. On those machines all the electrical panel on the right side and the tube module on the left side are both moved to a large electrical cabinet that mounts behind the headstock. Great option from a maintenance standpoint since you don't have to bend over and everything is right in front of you, but not the best from an aesthetic or space point of view.
I don't understand why the engineers of the Monarch company have given this solution... It seems to me a very complicated, noisy system with high costs both in manufacturing and maintenance. I am sure that it is not effective both in the electric yield and in the torque of the machine. It costs cheaper to maintain a clutch and a gearbox...
Remember this "solution" was put in place in the early 1940's. Almost 80 years ago. Look up the reasons for and the uses of the Leonard-Ward drive system that's over 100 years old. It's still in use for elevators, the only difference is the motor, not the design, had to be modernized to work with a variable frequency device (VFD). Modern submarines sill use DC power and the brushes are a regular maintenance item. Monarch did change when better options became available.
