Do you think I can really get a refurbished monarch 10EE for a reason able price? I'm about to get an inheritance, its about roughly $43,333.33. Monarch has a program or whatever that restores peoples old 10ee lathes for $25-40k.

You're spending your entire inheritance on a fucking lathe?
Take your meds

>>2929997
Psh yeah he should totally spend it on a car or 10 hookers and blow. Not a timeless piece of machinery that will still be able to make saleable parts long after OP is dead.

>>2929996 (OP)
You can buy a good brand new good lathe for well under $20k
>Am I stupid?
Yes, buy a $2k used lathe like everyone else.

>>2929996 (OP)
You can find them for less than $5k on Ebay

>>2930019
What brand and model pops up first in your head when you rhink of a good brand new lathe for under $20k?

>>2929996 (OP)
>Do you think I can really get a refurbished monarch 10EE for a reason able price?
What will you be making on this completely refurbished toolroom quality lathe? Do you have any experience running a lathe? Any particular reason a normal run of the mill quasi-worn out metal lathe won't do what you need it to do? Most people get hung up on precision like they will need to hit ten thousandths on the regular for everything and that's just not the case in reality.

If it's your business and you're gonna make all that money back working the lathe full time then whatever but everyone I know gets a cheap old lathe and fixes it up, or get a membership at a makerspace that has one.

>>2930039
TOS, it's not as cheap in the US though. I have a used SN32 that I got for 2k, brand new it costs around 20k in Europe. Maybe $25k in US.

>>2929996 (OP)
theres a nice one in mi at auction right now thatll only bring 1/5th of that money
i paid $12k for my 3 owner well tooled 1958 wiad in 2016 and it wouldnt bring that much now

>>2930015
where, at the historical reenactment?

>>2929996 (OP)
that is for companies that want shit to just work and need something built like a tank, as >>2930051 says
or old timers with way too much money i guess

>>2929996 (OP)
It's an awesome lathe. I've only run relatively worn examples but they are really good. That being said, holy fuck I wouldn't get one for $25-40k. That price is pretty insane.

>>2930039
nta but I've heard pretty consistently good things about Precision Matthews, especially the higher-end fully Taiwanese ones.

>>2929996 (OP)
Blowing your 45k inheritance on a fucking lathe, you are legitimately retarded. If you could afford to spend 45k on a lathe you would have done it before you got free money. Invest it