Did you know monarch butterflies have slow-motion flapping wings? The average butterfly flaps its wings around 20 times per second. This recognizably orange species, on the other hand, flaps its wings around 5 to 12 times a second. Nat Geo Explorer and Photo Ark Joel Sartore, Photographer documented this monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) near Lincoln, Nebraska. | National Geographic Society

Citing some 1/2” radius ends in the Monarch lathe. The Victor just doesn’t have the rigidity for this stuff and loves to chatter so I decided to swap out my new 6 jaw TMX chuck onto the Monarch for this upcoming job and enjoy the massive strength it has to offer. #abom79 #manualmachining #manualmachinist #monarch #monarchlathe | Abom79