I am looking for a Bridgeport Series I J head in the South Florida (Palm Beach, Broward or Dade counties) area. I did some machining 20 years ago in college and I am looking to get back into it. My perfect machine would have seen no/minimal production use (perhaps sitting in the corner of a tool room or something)
Must haves:
Feel free to reach out or post here with any leads
Thanks,
- Joe
Must haves:
- J head w/ step pulley. I will need to put a VFD on it anyway to convert single phase power to 3 phase, so I will get speed control from the VFD.
- Must be in mechanically good shape overall, and complete. Not looking to buy something that is worn out, neglected, beat up or needs significant restoration work. Some examples of what I mean by this:
- Chrome ways present, in good shape and scraping still visible
- Table in good shape - a few "oopsies" here and there are OK, but nothing that affects machine accuracy or operation
- Spindle is quiet and runs true
- Minimal X & Y backlash. I hate to put a number on this, but let's say <0.025
- Assistance with transportation to a residential garage - that could be as simple as recommending a rigger that can be trusted. I have absolutely zero experience moving something this heavy.
- DRO (I might add TouchDRO anyway)
- One shot lube
- Power feeds
- Working VFD included
- Vice, collets, tooling, etc
- Power/pneumatic draw bar
- Age of machine
- Cosmetic condition. If it is "beautiful", great, but not something I am willing to pay extre for
Feel free to reach out or post here with any leads
Thanks,
- Joe