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I was recently given dozens of old 16mm films that were rescued from the dumpster of a local college many years ago, all dealing with machine shop topics, ie training, etc. Scanning them is a laborious process, so I'm only going to do a few of them. I will most likely be passing these films along to an archive rather than tackling them myself, but maybe I'll do a couple more of them.
The beginning of this particular film was very warped, more than I wanted to deal with in terms of trying to get a good scan, so my edit here starts about 30 seconds or so into the film. Sorry!
Scanned with my Moviestuff Retroscan Universal.
Served my apprenticeship under my dad as a Tool And Die Maker. I’m 66 and still do it everyday.. watching this pre CNC and evidently Pre Tape Reader and seeing the quality of the machine tool is quite impressive and educational to me. I find the past machine tools to be far more interesting and impressive than the latest CNC technology. But that’s just me..
A fascinating documentary on what is now a totally lost age in machining.
I worked at the Sidney, Ohio Monarch Machine tool company as a Field Service Engineer from 1987 to 1991 and loved their equipment. I wish I had all those films you are talking about. That's some really cool stuff. I'm still a CNC Machine Tool Technician (for a much larger company) and love doing it. History stuff is very important to know how we got where we are. If you want to get rid of those films send them my way. My email is available on request.
Monarch makes some of the best machines in the world, especially their WWII era machines, they are coveted by those who do not need CNC.....thanks for digitizing this,,,,Paul
What makes the ww2 era ones so great? I've got a small collection of machine tools, and all the ones I own made during WW2 are lacking: material in castings is thin , sheet metals used where solid steel would be ideal.. 1955 and on is that sweet spot. When we had a surplus of steel, and factories to use them
The war time Monarchs were great machines, too. I know of none that were lacking in casting dimensions and sheet metal gauges. Some of them lacked flame hardened beds due to the War Production Board constraints, however I'm sure there are many still in use around the world. Some of the machine tool manufactures were even obligated to cut corners on the way they finished their castings to save time. However, I do agree that the mid 50's Monarchs are some of the greatest.@@mdevidograndpacificlumbera1539
I bet these machines made the best stuff too , pretty cool in the digital age to see the beginnings of today's machinery.
Very nice machines in this era ,good
I run a manual Monarch lathe built in the 50s everyday.
I have a 1961 model k in my garage.
In 1980 I went in a scrapyard in Owego, NY and saw a Monomatic in pristine condition. It just came in from IBM corp. Seemed like a sad end for such a nice looking precision machine.
Beautiful machine s
I really enjoyed watching this.
great job pea thanks again for giving them a new life
Man, that’s nuts. A fully mechanical “cnc”.
I can't believe mechatronics available in 50's
I believe that near the end of WW2 the yanks were experimenting with the first guided bomb which featured a TV camera in the nose. It wasn't successful and the war was just about won anyway, but even in 1945 they had that technology started.
My 10ee is the bomb!
I use to work with old German built bullet presses from ww2. The machines could’ve easily had been used in ww1 even. It was not this clean, at all, but ran like a champ and still used to this day. Only added some wiring for unit # tracking
Very impressive!
So this is basically a first step to cnc machining wow
this was fantastic
Wow!
I recommend you donate the films to the internet archive, they have the equipment to scan them
yes, they're being donated to the Prelinger Archive. I'd scan them all myself but it's very time-consuming and I don't get paid to do it.
Never knew of the Mona-Matic. I'm aware of the various pattern following capabilities for some of the Monarch's but nothing like this.
Oh and.... day terk dur jerbs. Many want to believe this is something new... but ever since the industrial revolution efficiency has always been to inprove output with fewer man hours.
Everytime a new invention that comes along, invented to make our lives easier , and to give us more leisure time.
In the end , these inventions give us more time to do more work.
Do you think any of these models have survived!
Its highly unlikely. As impressive as this was for the time, once those control parts were no longer available it looks impossible to turn it into a manual lathe. These were probably only owned by companies that had a high volume of a few different parts.
monarch lathes were used to machine plutoniun cores for atomic bombs
I'm sold. Where do I buy one? 😁
Well you are 70years too late hahah
I never knew
Looks pricey.
HiShear corp as well as many other fastener companies still use Brown and Sharp single spindle cam automatics as well as Davenport multi spindle cam driven automatics. Heck the Davenport is still being made. It is fast.