Samuel the Monarch that you have selected is among the best manual engine lathes ever made I Have owned a number of them over the last 50 years. about the shifting on the go those machines were referred to as a long handle or long arm machine and if you look at a lot of pictures online you’ll notice that the lever closest to the chuck is broken I’m assuming it’s from people trying to shift on the go they would have a violent kick back and break the handles right off I would avoid it if I were you . looks like you’re doing a great job restoring
Thanks Jim! As someone squarely in the hobby side of things I will take my time when shifting gears. Thats interesting about kickback. I just assumed the handle got smashed by some external force - thinking about that much force coming from the machine is frankly a little scary. I suppose a 200lb chuck can carry a lot of energy - I’m currently using an 8” 3-jaw for most things and find it very enjoyable compared to the larger chucks that came with it.
Hello Samuel, that looks really good, keep it up. Ask your uncle what he thinks about you installing a chuck guard on the machine, at least for the time being until you get used to always removing the key for the jaw chuck. Unfortunately, I managed to leave the key in once or twice on a machine without protection and turned the machine on. And then there was a flying key, luckily nothing happened. Greetings from Berlin
Hello Samuel, that looks really good, keep it up. Ask your uncle what he thinks about you installing a chuck guard on the machine, at least for the time being until you get used to always removing the key for the jaw chuck. Unfortunately, I managed to leave the key in once or twice on a machine without protection and turned the machine on. And then there was a flying key, luckily nothing happened. Greetings from Berlin
Samuel the Monarch that you have selected is among the best manual engine lathes ever made I Have owned a number of them over the last 50 years. about the shifting on the go those machines were referred to as a long handle or long arm machine and if you look at a lot of pictures online you’ll notice that the lever closest to the chuck is broken I’m assuming it’s from people trying to shift on the go they would have a violent kick back and break the handles right off I would avoid it if I were you . looks like you’re doing a great job restoring
Thanks Jim! As someone squarely in the hobby side of things I will take my time when shifting gears. Thats interesting about kickback. I just assumed the handle got smashed by some external force - thinking about that much force coming from the machine is frankly a little scary. I suppose a 200lb chuck can carry a lot of energy - I’m currently using an 8” 3-jaw for most things and find it very enjoyable compared to the larger chucks that came with it.
Hello Samuel, that looks really good, keep it up. Ask your uncle what he thinks about you installing a chuck guard on the machine, at least for the time being until you get used to always removing the key for the jaw chuck. Unfortunately, I managed to leave the key in once or twice on a machine without protection and turned the machine on. And then there was a flying key, luckily nothing happened. Greetings from Berlin
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Hello Samuel, that looks really good, keep it up. Ask your uncle what he thinks about you installing a chuck guard on the machine, at least for the time being until you get used to always removing the key for the jaw chuck. Unfortunately, I managed to leave the key in once or twice on a machine without protection and turned the machine on. And then there was a flying key, luckily nothing happened. Greetings from Berlin