"Jon Elson" wrote in message
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wrote:

Hello all,

Someone on here has a VERY nice writeup of the rebuild they did on an M
head Bridgeport, but do you think I can find it? If someone could
please post the link for me would be great.

I have an old M head, round-ram Bridgeport, serial # 1388 (roughly 1938).
I have retrofitted it with a J head, which was a great improvement.
But, what do you need to know? I've had much of it apart at one time
or another.

Jon

Is the M head column/base exactly the same as the newer J head? Was there
any loss of y-axis travel?