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Bridgeport mill ????'s
I just bought a new shop to start my welding business. It was an engine
repair shop. The owners left ALOT of crap. With it came a Bridgeport mill. It has a smaller table and looks pretty old. After doing some research I thought it had an M head until I found this page last night: http://www.lathes.co.uk/bridgeport/page3.html This really made me happy because, now I can use all the R8 tooling right? I know VERY little about machine tools but have been wanting a lathe and mill for a while. How does this head differ from a J head besides HP? Can I do most of the same operations like boring and other things? After finding that website last night I went to find some more info on it today. The serial number on the head is RD787. Where can I find the serial number on the mill. I forgot to measure the table. Inside the little door on it were 14 collets, an Albrecht chuck, Jacobs chuck a few endmills and it looked like a fly cutter. It also came with an old vise, a very big magnetic chuck and a clamping set. There is also another real old mill(looks HUGE and seems to be made in the 20's or 30's) I forgot the name but I did do some research on it and came up with very little OHIO is stamped on the head. Anywys how'd I do? Whats this thing worth? |
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