Making Chips on my Bridgeport

[Charley Davidson]

Got it oiled up and fired up, runs very smooth & quiet. So I put a 2 flute 1/2" HSS cutter in it and made .060 deep cuts cutting on both sides of the cutter in aluminum and it had no chatter & was as smooth as a baby's but. I'll post a video later today.

This thing is like a sex toy:biggrin::lmao:

 

[brucer]

good deal Charley, looking foward to watching the video

 

[Splat]

Got it oiled up and fired up, runs very smooth & quiet. So I put a 2 flute 1/2" HSS cutter in it and made .060 deep cuts cutting on both sides of the cutter in aluminum and it had no chatter & was as smooth as a baby's but. I'll post a video later today. This thing is like a sex toy:biggrin::lmao:

Yeah, but nobody'd think you're strange for staring and fondling the mill. Good going, Charley!

 

[OlCatBob]

Kudo's to you Charley (Benny too!), I'll bet it makes that Burke seeem like it was a toy in comparison.
Bob

 

[Charley Davidson]

Bob I'm ecstatic never really felt the true excitement until I actually made some chips, I gotta do a motor swap on it and get to my shop then my excitement will really be hard to contain :biggrin:

Here's a simple/poor video of it making it's first chips after the Quill transplant, I did a quick hillbilly tram job, used a Starret combination square and squared the quill to the table. It cut the piece really square in both directions.

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Seems embedding videos does not work:headscratch::yikes:

 

[Charley Davidson]

Here's a direct link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWCWtDrRceE&feature=g-upl

 

[bcall2043]

Here's a direct link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWCWtDrRceE&feature=g-upl

Don't give up your day job or becoming a Hobby-Machist to make videos:lmao: The open door behind the machine kind of washed out the actual image of the cutting, at least on my computer. For those that can't see the image either, it did happen. I was there.

Benny

 

[OlCatBob]

Charley, I did watch the video, and it was good enough to see some chips flipping out of there. It looks good to me! Why are you changing out the motor; It sounded good to me...??
Bob

 

[Charley Davidson]

Charley, Why are you changing out the motor; It sounded good to me...??
Bob

I don't have 220 in my unit so I can't use a phase converter or VFD to run it. I am gonna see if I can get 220 ran to my unit though.

 

[OlCatBob]

Charley, I sure do hope you can talk the owner into making it available, it would certainly make more sense than changing motors. Again, I'm really happy for you, and progress you and Benny made on the mill.
Bob