Parting out a Monarch C series 16 inch lathe?

likely to be slow moving inventory. But when the right guy comes along, you'd make money. Personally I'd take what comes quickly and in large chunks - headstock, apron, motor

OK... thanks...

Maybe the handles too?

And the leadscrew?

I am trying to balance this potential profit against 1) Expense of paying my guy to remove this stuff and 2) My own spent time and 3) Shelf space taken.

I am vacillating back and forth on this.

Is there any activity on eBay for these parts? The Atlas that I parted out was a very popular hobbiest machine & there was a big demand for parts for it.

Bob

I just looked at Monarch in general on Ebay and there isn't much parts activity. Trouble is, I don't know if that's because there is little interest, or if it's because few sellers bother to put the stuff out there. Why not try putting a bunch of easy-to-remove stuff on Ebay right away, even before you take the parts off the machine? Make 'em 5 day auctions, or "Buy it now". Wait the 5 days. If you get good prices and a lot of action, dismantle it. If not, scrap it.

Pete Stanaitis

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Yep. I feel bad about scrappping it outright, anyway. I will part it out. Just for the heck of it, I will get regrinding quotes.

I am looking for parts for a monarch c series, stumbled upon this old post. Do you still have this lathe or parts? snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com

Who is the "you" in this case? You know that you are posting to a usenet newsgroup (though you probably read it as a "Googgle Group", and thousands of people participate who are scattered all over the world

-- and people come and go in the newsgroup.

If you had posted the name of the original poster -- or perhaps the date as well -- perhaps someone would recognize a response to their original post.

Good Luck, DoN.

All parts sold long ago.

I remember that I put up the compound slide for it on ebay, and it sold in 4 (four) minutes! ($250) I still keep getting calls about that compound.