I've waited a long time for this new (to me) machine....
My old Jet Mill/Drill, actually 3 years newer than this 1981 BP, really doesn't compare. Still gotta hook up the 220 vac, then start making chips....
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I've waited a long time for this new (to me) machine....
My old Jet Mill/Drill, actually 3 years newer than this 1981 BP, really doesn't compare. Still gotta hook up the 220 vac, then start making chips....
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Looks great,Congrats!
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Is that just oil on the table, or is it really that clean?
Nicely done!
I cut it twice, and it's still too short!
Scott
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Even looks like you got the variable speed head. Coming from a mill/drill, you're gonna love it!!
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Don't tell us the price. I'm tearing up already.
Wayne
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Being in Oregon, it may be almost as much as the "mill/drill." Sorry, couldnt resist.Originally Posted by atty
Don't tell us the price. I'm tearing up already.
That is an awfully shiny new toy you bought. I like it.
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Still gotta hook up the 220 vac, then start making chips....
You mean the 3 phase 240 ac (or other 3 phase source)?
Nice looking machine!
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Wow, power feed too.
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I'm happy for you and I agree that a Bridgeport is preferable to a Jet but my Jet has always served me well for the uses I have for it. Cost me $4200 new, delivered and single phase.
That particular power feed unit is notorious for broken shear pins so have some RTD ready to reseal the gearbox and a pan to drain the oil. Replace the nylon pin with a roll pin if it ever comes to that.
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That is an optical illusion on the table: it had a very light dark brown layer of gunk on it, and I just cleaned it up before the photo. My brother has a machine shop in Tillamook, and this belonged to a friend who is a gunsmith there. The guy owned it for 6 or 7 years, it really is in preemo shape. He bought a new converter drive for it, and never got around to plugging it in, so he never once used it. Not one single idiot mark on that table...
I am wondering, based on the green color seen around the front of it, if this was an army unit initially, since repainted?
That is an actual Bridgeport Textron DRO, which appears to work fine. I've Googled for help on it, to no avail. If any of you know any more about this, I'd appreciate hearing from you. It has a RCL button, but no STO. An ABS and and INC, but it will take some playing around with to figure it out. Goes to .0005", and the scale was placed on the front, away from the column.
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