Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Monarch 10EE lathe

> Have any of you ever driven a Monarch 10EE lathe?
> Is it a reasonably hunky machine for decently deep cuts in toolsteel?
> I'm looking seriously at one to upgrade from my 12x36 Chinese lathe.
> I need to be able to take 0.100" passes in a 3" diameter 4140 bar at
> 0.008"/turn or thereabouts for the machine to be worthwhile for me.
> This beast has 5 ponies, and weighs in at roughly 3000 lb for a 12.5x20
> machine but it only has a d3 camlock spindle. Looks a bit puny swinging a
> 10" 4 jaw!
> I also need to be able to get a decent finish and good roundness, neither of
> which my current machine is capable of.
> Cheers

The Monarch 10EE is a beautifull machine, very heavily built for its
intended capacity, but this is to give high quality finishes and help
one hold low tolerances, not to enable one to take heavy cuts. Things
like the MT 2 tailstock are not-so-subtle hints that this is a solid
small machine, not a wimpy big one. I think it would be happier with
an 8" chuck than a 10".

You probably won't get much for the 12x36 on the used market, so why
not keep it to abuse for heavy stuff and get the 10EE for high
precision stuff?

Chris