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I got a 1989 Bridgeport Mill. It’s in decent shape. Still have most of the scraping on the ways. Doesn’t get real tight at the end of the x and y travel, or easy to move in the middle. There are scraping marks on the edges of the table, but the table has some dings and marks. I need to clean it up, but it came with a large Kurt vice, 2 allbright keyless chucks, r8 collet set, accurrite dro, and mist coolant system.
It’s very dirty, but seems to be a decent mill. The power feed works too. There is a LOT of backlash on the x and y, so I’m a little concerned about that. Supposedly the gibs haven’t been adjusted either. Please let me know what I should do to give it a general health check. I’m going to clean it, but what else should I do to get it ready to make some chips? I will post more pictures up close tomorrow night. Feel free to request to see anything and give your opinions and advice. Thanks to everyone on this forum, you guys have been a huge help.
It’s very dirty, but seems to be a decent mill. The power feed works too. There is a LOT of backlash on the x and y, so I’m a little concerned about that. Supposedly the gibs haven’t been adjusted either. Please let me know what I should do to give it a general health check. I’m going to clean it, but what else should I do to get it ready to make some chips? I will post more pictures up close tomorrow night. Feel free to request to see anything and give your opinions and advice. Thanks to everyone on this forum, you guys have been a huge help.