ca 1950s 16mm Promo Film Movie MONARCH MACHINE TOOL COMPANY MONA-MATIC

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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.

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@paulbfields8284 2 жыл бұрын

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..

@lwilton 2 жыл бұрын

A fascinating documentary on what is now a totally lost age in machining.

@ypaulbrown 2 жыл бұрын

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

@mdevidograndpacificlumbera1539 2 жыл бұрын

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

@backho12 Жыл бұрын

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

@offgridgarageUSA Жыл бұрын

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.

@thetoecutter13 2 жыл бұрын

I run a manual Monarch lathe built in the 50s everyday.

@wilde.coyote6618 2 жыл бұрын

I have a 1961 model k in my garage.

@petercunningham3469 2 жыл бұрын

I bet these machines made the best stuff too , pretty cool in the digital age to see the beginnings of today's machinery.

@metriconejkt 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice machines in this era ,good

@funone8716 Жыл бұрын

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.

@MitzvosGolem1 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful machine s

@chrisjarvis4449 2 жыл бұрын

great job pea thanks again for giving them a new life

@charleshenshaw9099 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed watching this.

@ypaulbrown 2 жыл бұрын

this was fantastic

@kw2519 Жыл бұрын

Man, that’s nuts. A fully mechanical “cnc”.

@rsc4peace971 2 жыл бұрын

Certainly an era of the pinnacle electro-mechanical designs prior to the "DIGITAL AGE". Reminds me of the case study in college on how the "Paradime shifts" in technology comes from the "left field" where the best mechanical precision watches of the 70'ties became museum pieces with the introduction of the digital watches with a 100x precision and 1/100th cost😨😨😎😎

@drewtronics7406 2 жыл бұрын

My 10ee is the bomb!

@mistermaster1945 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe mechatronics available in 50's

@every1665 Жыл бұрын

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.

@threegreencharms 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@fredfarnackle5455 2 жыл бұрын

Very impressive!

@optimusprimum Жыл бұрын

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

@yak-machining Жыл бұрын

So this is basically a first step to cnc machining wow

@imeakdo7 Жыл бұрын

I recommend you donate the films to the internet archive, they have the equipment to scan them

@peahix Жыл бұрын

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.

@aceace7573 2 жыл бұрын

I never knew

@sacriptex5870 Жыл бұрын

monarch lathes were used to machine plutoniun cores for atomic bombs

@neilpuckett359 Жыл бұрын

Do you think any of these models have survived!

@maggs131 Жыл бұрын

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.

@JuniorJunison 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sold. Where do I buy one? 😁

@yak-machining Жыл бұрын

Well you are 70years too late hahah

@ShainAndrews 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@wilde.coyote6618 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Erik-gg2vb Жыл бұрын

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.