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Thread: Bridgeport Mill on eBay
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1st Mar 2012, 08:26 AM #1
Bridgeport Mill on eBay
Hi, on eBay there is a Bridgeport mill with a starting price of $1,000. The mill is missing part of the mechanism for the quill feed (overload clutch mechanism?). I'm not that familiar with Bridgeports and maybe interested in buying the mill if it can still be used without the missing part and/or if the missing part can be easily sourced for a reasonable price. Any comments appreciated.
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1st Mar 2012, 05:47 PM #2Most Valued Member
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Hi Blu_Rock,
It looks like it quill pinion shaft is still there so you would be able to move the quill like a drill but no fine feed(manual or auto). If you wanted to do any boring you'd have to use the table Z.
There are a lot of parts missing from in there. I've got no idea what replacments are like to get.
Still the price is looking pretty good atm.
Stuart
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1st Mar 2012, 07:05 PM #3Dave J Guest
I think from memory he said in the listing it could be used as manual feed.
You could easy source the parts from the US for cheap.
Dave
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1st Mar 2012, 08:15 PM #4Intermediate Member
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That's a great looking mill. If I lived in Sydney I'd have a go at wining that. As posted earlier you could easily source the parts from the US.
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I'm always wary of (top heavy) machines that have damage down one side or in one area. Just sayin'
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2nd Mar 2012, 01:23 PM #6Most Valued Member
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Might be OK otherwise. The power feed is notoriously easy to break if you think you can use it to drill big holes and that might be the reason it's gone missing. I'd expect the parts to be available from the USA without dramas. Even without the power feed, you can still do a lot with it. The only time I use the power feed on mine is for boring and I don't do it all that frequently.
PDW
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3rd Mar 2012, 12:41 AM #7Most Valued Member
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Oh for sure, could be a great machine, I was just suggesting in general I'd be looking real closely for other damage in machines with damaged parts in case they've been dropped.
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Yep, certainly something to take into consideration before putting in a bid. With one of these mills though, unless the head actually hit something sticking up, the table would hit the floor and dig in well before the head managed to make contact. If the handles on the table look OK (haven't bothered looking at the pix) it's probably a broken auto-feed.
IME the best way to move one is to take the head off altogether (not hard to do) then lower the table as far as possible onto a block of hardwood and move the table as far in towards the column as you can. They're not really top-heavy in this configuration.
The 1J head is heavy but if you separate the motor from the head and the motor housing from the head, each piece can be comfortably handled by one person.
PDW
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