Nice almond green. It gives the Vintage character it deserves. Nice choice Keith

@StreuB1

7 жыл бұрын

Agree completely

@r4z0r7o3

7 жыл бұрын

What kind/brand of paint did you use?

The machines looking brilliant already a big difference, And the good Idea of using the Green on the machines in the shop when you are finished it will look uninformed and very smart. the shop Keith when you are finished will be the envy of many of us.

Don't mind the ones griefing you over the paint color Keith. x3 Its your machine, not theirs. I like it too! Lighter and shade and I think matches some too with the trees that are so plentiful in that region of Georgia. ^^ Sigh of relaxation and relief with the gears and shafts in the headstock looking the way they looked, so no need for heavy repairs in there. Those helical gears too, its gonna be a QUIET machine in use, another sign of how top tier Monarchs are.

My dad worked for IBM Endicott, everything inside the building was painted that shade of green. They called it Watson green after the man

Green is perfect color for machinery

Something you might like to try, WITH EXTREME CAUTION, is a product called gun wash. .Automobile painters use this to clean their guns. If this solvent is applied to a painted surface, the paint wrinkles and lifts in short order. Shop rags soaked in gun-wash will lift paint. I am going to paint my second Super 7 light green I am restoring a second Myford Super 7. This is my second Super 7 and it came with several thousand dollars of tooling. I may keep this second Myford set up with the extensive collet chuck and collets that came with it. I enjoy your videos.

Wow Keith that old lathe is starting to look a like a shiny new dime! Looks like you moved your wood working bench out to the wood shop and into the machine shop! Great video! You are a man of many talents!

Personally I'd end up going with the Kurt blue color, I just like blue and always have. But the green looks nice too, definitely gives it more personality? if thats the right word, just makes it look more lively I guess than the gray. But of course, most importantly, since its yours, in your shop, and you are the one who will be spending the most time looking at it, paint the color you want.

You brought back memories for 1972 when I was working for Detroit Diesel dealer overhauling the two cycle diesels. You're Monarch green as you call it is the very same color Detroit Diesel used for the 53 and 72 series diesel engines.

Vista Green. I worked in a shop that every machine in the plant was Vista Green. When the shop need to be cleaned up they would by 55 gallon barrels of that green to paint the machines.

Everyone has a favorite color. Makes me think of my Dad. Ever shovel, hammer, cleaned up tool etc. was bright RED. Even had a set of red winter coveralls that he wore when sled riding with my daughter and son 35-40 years ago and they called themselves " The Red Devils" they all wore red. Nice rebuild and video. Thanks, Ed K. Cleve. Oh.

I was swallowed up by the green machine from 1969 - 1972.. I have been green ever since! Goorah!

Man there is a lot going on in that gear box, your right it actually looks nice in the green, it makes it look clean, it's cool seeing the insides and how these complicated machines work and it amazes me how they were able to make those gears work like they do without computers in the day, you really had to know your stuff

This is the powar of KZread - never thought machine shop instructional videos would be of interest to a former cubicle dweller such as self, but damme if they aren’t fascinating. Mr. Rucker has an easy going style that informs and entertains. Enjoying each vid of his have watched, and verr impressed with someone who has a Phd in Agriculture Science AND extensive shop experience, learned as a hobby. Must admit, would not have guessed, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”, indeed. But must say, Keith Rucker and Matthias Wandel, and their green machines - bleh...

Thank you Keith!!! I have been quietly and patiently awaiting the return to this machine. I am quite excited to see it done. That is my size of machine. :-)

Looking great Kieth.

Drive Screws Keith. Put a small sharp chisel up against the head of the drive screw and tap it to one side, then the same at 180 degrees. That normally works and saves levering under the plate.

Keith, that machine looks very nice, I can not wait to see it running. nice job ,Doug

Not a fan of green normally, but it suits these machines well. A fairly deep green, ligher blue, medium grey and all on matt black stands. Plus it IS your machine, so yes. Whatever colour you like. :)

After the 28" followed you home I was getting worried about this one, glad to see it in process. When you do the 28" the whole shop will be taking on a green hue. I vote for the authentic green. God speed.

Love the theme music. Love videos like this. You encourage me to work on some garage projects as well. Thank you, Keith.

I like the vintage green too!

Love the green man.

Green is my favorit color too.

Great paint colors

Glad to see this. I just recently purchased a 16x54 Model K.

I once painted a bridgeport fire engine red.

Hey Keith, it doesn't matter a 'Sierra Hotel India Tango' what other people think, as long as the colour suits you young man. Thanks for sharing. Kindest regards.

Always a relief finding good gears

A clean, mean, green, machine.

Looking good. I just bought a lathe today. :)

Beauty!..you shocked me with the lathe painted, wasn't expecting that in the vid!

Wery nice color i like it and i think the colors of the tags mast be a nice contrast on the lathe, and it's a wery nice new to see the first monarch on restoration and back to work, thanks a lot for sharing

You can attach a magnet to the inside of the gear box to catch the metal particulates in the oil.

While the green is hideous, if that's what you want then that's all that really matters...Love your videos.

I like the Green paint choice!...🍁leif

I'll bet the green helps blend in with your green metal wall panel and makes the shop feel bigger too. Keith has some interior designer in him!

I like the green.

She looks beautiful .... I can't wait to see her up and running.

Good stuff Keith!

Great tip on getting the cover off the gearbox. I'm dealing with the same issue on my Model 60 Monarch. Will try your technique.

While I've not restored any lathes, I worked on a number of motorcycle transmissions that use a dog clutch arrangement that's very close to the gearbox in your lathe.. Based on the wear you may find that the transmission jumps out of that speed when under load.. If it does happen you should be able to re-cut the dogs if the gears are in good shape.

My arm still hurts a bit from that wire wheel where it jumped out of my hands and bit me

looks like this will be a great project!

nice green color.

Glad you like green. I'll send you a picture of my little green Maximat 7.

like watching your videos, I have a 1950 monarch model 60 the same rounding over on the dogs, everything else is in great shape. the instructions say to shift when the spindle is turning, drift is what they say I prefer to completely stop then rock to engage, but it is 67 years old, keep up the good video content and who cares if there is background noise thanks again ed

Looking very nice now. Love the green. Best wishes.

Looking good!

The US Navy did a study of colors for the interior of their nuclear subs. Green (don't know the shade) is the most restful color. If it's good for the Navy it should be good in the shop.

your machine your paint your time your in charge good video sound and all

i don't know what to say keith, it just looks cool.

Like the color, too. Gearbox seems to be in great condition! Greetings from Germany

The green color is a classic color. Check out the John Saunders NYC CNC recent video on powder coating the information plates. It may work for you and a lot simpler to do than I thought possible.

i just wish i had one at any color! that reminds of the one in school same color.

Keith , for what it's worth, I like your choice of colour. You have enough grey machines for the grey folks.

Looking real good! Nothing wrong with an atypical color on a lathe ;)

@shauntucker5145

7 жыл бұрын

Practical Renaissance yep yours is pretty atypical but I like it

THANK YOU...for sharing.

Yup, the bigger Monarch's look good in green, have to say though, I've seen some 10EE's on pinterest in metallic blue, red, purple and even orange ant they all looked pretty good too.

@dimitrioslykissas7981

7 жыл бұрын

Mikeys Garage A 10EE would look gorgeous covered in hippo sh1t.

Ahh , Love it Keith .. Green is my fav color ! Awesome update man ! Thumbs up..

Its your shop. If you like green, paint stuff green. Don't listen to anybody else. Follow your heart.

It's your shop. Paint it any color YOU like. 'Murica!

I've been wondering when this was going to come up! Thanks for putting out some great content!

Greens OK I like it!!!

I love the green also!!.....🛶🍁

Like Kermit said, "It's not easy being green." Keith, instead of using diesel or gasoline(which are both chemically dangerous) to clean parts, go to a local airport where they service jet aircraft. Sometimes you can get Jet-A from a DE-FUELED airplane. They may just give it to you. When they de-fuel an airplane, they tend not to re-fill aircraft with it. jet-A is, for all practical purposes, kerosene. Jon

looks good

Looking good! Wish it were mine! I think it would look better in shop though. Keith you do very nice work, thank you!

The gearbox looks nice!

I love the color, great job on the lathe. Good to see it get some lovin.

Keith, I like the green . . . it reminds me of money! Thanks for the video! Have a good one! Dave

Not that it matters, but I like the green color that you picked

Wow Keith, you said 'queue' and not 'line'....way to go dude as I understand you say over there. ;-)

A like the color green....

who doesn't like green? the more color in the shop the better, i would paint every machine different color just so they would be unique

You would love a Japanese facility. The machines are your favorite green. There are a few exceptions, but when repainted, it's green.

Looking Good. A lot of work but it shows up Nice.

Hi Keith Its your shop and your lathe. It should look just how you want it to look :-) Personally I like that shade of green very much too! As you have done on other machines, I do think a contrasting black or polished for the control handles really looks nice. regards vic

What kinda paint and what is the name of the color. I really like the look.

As a long time English observer, I have found American do not favour green. I once had a magnificent 1974 Mercury station wagon woody. People in California went out of the way to say they hated the color. The British love green and use it for all sorts of things.

In 4000years those lugs will fail on that one gear, you should probably give it attention now. lol That lead in wear comes from shifting without the lathe stopped. I certainly wouldn't worry about it. My Carlton drill spent some years wearing the aspen green. I kind of with it still was rather than cookie monster blue but whatever, these old machines will eat metal regardless of what color they are! Looking good to me!

Green is good.

Beautiful job. I was wondering if the original castings were coated with filler and then sanded smooth and then painted.

I can relate on your color choices Keith. I preferred a shade of green on engines I had long blocked. Got some ridicule but hey, they knew who did the rebuild , right? BTW my green was close to candy apple green LOL

Why do all machines from a certain age have the same green finish? ....having a gently calming effect That is why keith is so calm and relaxed lg. j.

@jusb1066

7 жыл бұрын

i can tell you, i had 1 1948 bsa bantam in green, and after finding some unfaded original paint , i went to get it matched, it turns out, it was a mixture of ww2 olive drab and white gloss, it came out nearly glossy, but not as shiny as real gloss paint, so these machines, many of them wartime machines were also using some similar pain which was produced in huge quantities and available long after the war

@multiHappyHacker

7 жыл бұрын

The manual says my Pratt and Whitney was originally painted National Machine Tool Builders gray. It looks green by now.

@aerotro

7 жыл бұрын

During the War years they used Green a lot for camouflage my guess would be they had too much green paint so much surplus they had to use it up on factory machines, many houses during the early 40's were green too lol

@jusb1066

7 жыл бұрын

in the uk into the 80,s the uk had a massive surplus of olive drab paint, metal helmets and those metal and wire stretchers, the metal helmets were used as garden hanging baskets, as far as the stretchers go, the rumour is they meant to order 1million for the blitz, but someone wrote it as 10 million, but being metal they were infinitely reuseable, the surplus was sold and used as fencing materials on government buildings and seen into the 90s when they were knocking down the older buildings lets see if i can post a jpg 4.bp.blogspot.com/-J6osGHT9gog/Umu1fpHYVtI/AAAAAAAALJ4/m9w2A_ALveo/s1600/railings2.jpg ironically replacing iron railings taken down for help in the war effort for iron

wow!...that gearbox looks so much more engineered than a Grizzly......

You can remove stubborn drive screws on fragile brass plates without any damage using the TIG welder. Lay a small piece of thin copper sheet with a hole the size of drive screw head to protect the plate and build up a small tit of 308 or 309ss weld. Grab it with small visegrips, rotate and pull up. Works every time. Love that color....Sunnen green. My 1945 War production Sidney 14 came with the same color.

@RambozoClown

7 жыл бұрын

Very true, except Keith has mentioned that he has yet to get a TIG unit for his shop. I've used that technique many times, with the addition that I have a small slide hammer that attaches to the vise grips for a little extra umph on the stubborn ones.

I like your color choice. I look forward the see video of the machine up and running. Keep the vids coming.

@kevCarrico

7 жыл бұрын

great work - love that shade of green!

"No excessive wear, no missing teeth" - sounds like my standards for a woman. :D

green grey blue its all good other than red and yellow

Mean Green Monarch Machine? :)

Dear Keith: Is this the first Monarch rebuild video ?

I had to replace those brass shoes that move the gears on our Monarch.

Star Trek's Scotty said it best... "Ir's green!" - Montgomery Scott

The Green looks great! My son has Snap on tool box not that far off in color! Would like to talk to you about my Cincinnati very old Horizontal mill. Line shaft old!

24 people don't like green. Haha Great video as always, Keith! Thanks!

You go through projects at a solid pace, is being able to make KZread comment the motivation, or have you always kept busy?

Hi Keith, really enjoying this restoration, great job. I am currently restoring an old radial arm drill (36") and really having good fun. I started stripping back the paint at first but in alot of places coolant, oil etc had actaually penetrated the paint via chips etc and the paint and filler underneath had like a cancer..... so I have removed nearly all the filler now. Q1 is therefore, do I just use an auto filler again, I was amazed at how rough the cast part were and the amount of filler used to smooth it up and Q2 do you use a special paint with a hard finishing surface for your finish. When I restored my KRV2000 vertical Mill I used Galmet spray packs, about 3 coats and I am happy with the finish but it was expensive. many thanks, Gordon, AUS

small fox wedges are xcellent for these jobs, save your screwdrivers.

still wanna know how much a foot for way grinding.should re read the comments in the vid where that question came up. good work green is is fine I always go for factory original you make great videos always entertaining thanks