Monarch

Monarch lathes were first made in 1909, when the company produced four different models. A reputation for fine-quality machine tools was quickly established and it is for this reason that the Monarch name is now so widely respected in engineering circles.

Manuals and Catalogues

Print code: M112

Monarch 10EE: Sales, Specification & Accessories Catalogue 1972. The best edition with the most detail ever published. 18 pages.

Print code: M815

MONARCH Lathes USA. "Factory Tour" booklet published 1938 and titled "Features of Monarch Lathes" This is a superb production illustrating all aspects of the Monarch production process from casting and forging, gear cutting through machining, quality checking, wear testing and metallurgy. Includes details of design characteristics, bed-proving procedures, lubrication systems and the testing and inspection department.

Print code: M815A

MONARCH Lathes USA "Features of Monarch Lathes" booklet. Comprehensive and beautifully illustrated 56-page edition clearly describing the special design features and accessory offered by Hendey. Dated 1935 and showing features used from the 1920 to the 1940s.

Print code: M815AA

MONARCH Lathes USA. "Features of Monarch Lathes" dated 1938. Comprehensive and beautifully illustrated 36-page edition clearly describing the special design features and accessories offered by Hendey. Dated 1935 and showing features used from the 1930s to the 1940s.

Print code: M815B

MONARCH Lathe Accessories (1930s). Superbly illustrated 40-page production showing not just the accessories but also the specification and design features incorporated in the company's lathes.

Print code: M815C

MONARCH Lathe Catalogue circa 1919 - not a manual (there were non for the
early lathes) but precise technical details are given of a huge range of
Monarch lathes and accessories of the type built between 1909 and approximately
1927
. If you have an early Monarch lathe, this seems to be the only data
available.

Print code: M815D

M815D MONARCH Lathes (USA): Catalogue 1949 includes: 10EE, 10" Manufacturing, 10" Speed-matic, 13" Model 70 Super Lathe, 14", 16", 18", 20" Series 60 Engine & Toolmaker's lathes, 20"M, 25"N, 32"NN, 32" 150, Automatic sizing lathes, Monarch-Keller Form-turning lathe, Uni-matic, Magna-matic, shapemaster engraver. 23 pages.

Print code: M815E

MONARCH Model C Toolroom Lathe. Superb Sales and Technical Specification Catalogue, dated 1930 with copious illustrations and sectional drawings of the headstock, cross and top slides, apron, spindle nose,
relieving rest and changewheel quadrant. 26 pages plus 6 extra pages of enlarged sectional drawings.

Print code: M815F

MONARCH Model M 22-inch Lathe. Sales and Technical Specification Catalogue. 4 pages

Print code: M815G

MONARCH Model N 24-inch Lathe. Sales and Technical Specification Catalogue. 4 pages

Print code: M815H

Monarch Series 60 Lathe: Sales and Technical Specification Catalogue 1951. 43 pages

Print code: M815J

MONARCH-KELLER Form-turning lathe. Sales and Technical Specification Catalog with 16 pages and a second 7-page catalog by Monarch

Print code: M815K

Monarch Long-bed Lathes. Sales and Technical Specification Catalogue.14 pages.

Print code: M815L

Monarch World War 2 Lathes Sales and Technical Specification Catalogue.
Models: 10EE, Model C Toolmaker's, Models W, BB, N, M, NN, Autosizing lathe,
Monarch-Keller Form-turning lathe and Accessories. 12 pages.

Print code: M815M

MONARCH Lathes. Range Catalog 1955 Models: 10EE, Speedi-matic, Series
10EE Model 1000, Series 62, Series 61, Series 80, Series 90, Models M, N and
NN, Mona-matics, Hydra Slide, Air-gage Tracer, Monarch Keller, Motor-Trace,
Heavy Duty Roll Turner, Shapemaster Engraver and 60-degree Right-angle lathes.
36 pages.

Print code: MD100Z

Dean Smith and Grace Lathe (Monarch) Type 2112CT. Detailed Instruction, Maintenance, Adjustment and a Parts Manual as Sectional Drawings. Includes comprehensive screwcutting instructions.

Print code: MM420

Monarch 10EE - Operator's Instruction Manual and two Parts Manuals: one as photographic plates the other as useful sectional drawings - these are for the early version with the "old height" round selector chart and exposed gear drive to the screwcutting gearbox. Includes a late-edition Sales & Technical Specification Catalogue. This is a rather odd mixture of literature - but just as the makers issued it.

Print code: MM420A

Monarch 10EE Lathe - Two full editions of the Operator's Instruction, Maintenance and Parts Manuals for the "new height" lathe with the rectangular selector chart and enclosed gear drive to the screwcutting gearbox. Includes a Parts Manual as "Exploded Component" and "Sectional" Drawings; Lubrication Manual, Electrical Diagrams, a Test & Inspection Sheet showing the factory checking of tolerances and operational functions and a copy of a late-edition Sales, Technical Specification and Accessories Catalog. 

Print code: MM420B

Monarch 10EE Lathe. Sectional and other parts drawings for the rectangular selector plate machines - 47 sheets on CD-ROM.

Print code: MM420C

Monarch 13-inch Model EE Precision Tool Room Lathe. Basic Operating Manual (6 page)

Print code: MM420D

Monarch 13-inch Model EE Precision Tool Room Lathe. Operator's Instruction Manual and Illustrated Parts Manual (61 page)

Print code: MM420E

Monarch Lubrication Manual for Engine and Toolmaker's lathes including EE Series 60 and Heavy Duty Models M, N and NN (15 page).

Print code: MM420F

Monarch 610 models 2516 and 2013. Operator's Instruction Manual and Parts Manual as Exploded-component Drawings. Includes a copy of the maker's Sales and Specification and Technical Specification Catalogue.

Print code: MM420G

Monarch 610 models 1610, 2013 and 2516 Detailed Exploded-view Parts Manual.

Print code: MM420H

Monarch Merit Lathe. Operator's Instruction Manual.

Print code: MM420H

Monarch Merit Lathe. Operator's Instruction Manual.

Print code: MM420J

Monarch Monomatic: Operator's Instruction Manual and Illustrated Parts Manual. Includes factory blueprints of the wiring and switching system.

Print code: MM420K

Monarch K Series Lathe. Operation Manual and Illustrated Parts Manual as sectional drawings and photographs.

Print code: MM420L

Monarch Series 60 lathes. Operator's Instruction Manual with Parts Manual as Component Photographs and Lubrication Manual.

Print code: MM420L2

Monarch Series 62 lathes. Operator's Manual together with a copy of the Monarch Air-Gage Tracer Type B Manual and a "Guide to the Lubrication of Monarch Lathes".

Print code: MM420N

Monarch NN, M and N Manual and Illustrated Parts Manual.

Print code: MM420P

Monarch Model C Toolroom Lathe. Operation & Maintenance Manual with Electrical Schematic and Parts as "exploded-component" photographs. Includes a superb 33-page Sales, Technical Specification and Accessories catalog. £50

Print code: MM420S

Monarch (Dean, Smith & Grace) CNC250 and CNC305 Lathe. Detailed Maintenance Manual with Phillips 3482/PC20 PCI Ladder charts, Parts Manual as Engineering Drawings and Electrical Diagrams. The Parts drawings were issued on a blue paper, have been scanned at very high resolution, carefully adjusted and are best when viewed on screen where the details are much clearer. This manual, is, therefore, supplied on a pen drive or as a full-resolution download..

Print code: MM420Z

Monarch Catalogue circa 1919 - not a Manual (there were non for the early lathe) but precise technical details are given of a huge range of Monarch lathes and accessories of the type built between 1909 and approximately 1927. If you have an early Monarch lathe, this appears to be the only data available. 87 pages.