bridgeport series 1

Alright, wow, its been 2 whole years since i bought this thing. I wanted to put this thing back together a long time ago, but i got lazy and had other things i ended up doing. In fact, I nearly cleaned and painted everything very early after my purchase. Had removed grease, gunk, chips etc. But...

This writeup is split over two posts in this thread due to the attachment limit -- "today" (now a few weeks ago), I picked up a series 1 2J head Bridgeport I bought at an auction in the Chicagoland area, and drove it home to Northern VA. Originally when I bought the machine, it was at the...

Hello all, I recently have been offered a Monarch Lathe and a Bridgeport Mill if I am interested in them. I want to preface that i am quite new to the machining world and am trying to learn more. So my questions are: Where do i start? Ive done some research on forums over these respective...

Hello everyone, I have read so many helpful things from this site over the years that led me to my first lathe purchase a couple years ago (PM1236) Right now I'm looking for a knee mill under 84" tall. I found one within 1.5hrs from me. It's a Bridgeport J head 8 speed SN 61006. I looked at it...

1980 Bridgeport Series 1, 1J Step Pulley head, 1Hp

bridgeport series 1 table 9"x 48"

bridgeport 1J step pulley 1 hp 3 phase motor

1980 Bridgeport Series 1, 1J Step Pulley head, 1Hp

1980 Bridgeport Series 1, 1J Step Pulley head, 1Hp

1980 Bridgeport Series 1, 1J Step Pulley head, 1Hp

1980 Bridgeport Series 1, 1J Step Pulley head, 1Hp

Well a few weeks back while attempting to get my Bridgeport table feed to quit letting it's magic smoke out. (There is another thread on that mess.) I decided to start working on the top end. The top end was making a horrible amount of noise that got worse as you increased the speed. My first...

First is story time. I am shopping for a mill. I was just about ready settle on one to order. I decided last night to take a look on craigs-list at around 11 pm and order the mill the next day. Up pops a bridgeport for $1k with DRO. I had some errands to do the next day. By around 10am the...

Hi guys, I'm about to remount the motor on my power feed to the gearbox. At some point someone told me using a bit of RTV is recommended for the area around the mounting flange. Just where the mating surfaces are and in the two reset screw holes. But I forget what type of RTV. It was either red...