My Free Bridgeport

[Provincial]

I got the Bridgeport running today. Not super-quiet in direct drive, but pretty good. Very quiet in back gear. Forward and reverse on the motor yields the same results. The quill power down-feed works well in all three speeds, plus it reverses. I can say the head has passed its operational test and I can move on to the lower part of the machine.

 

[akjeff]

I got the Bridgeport running today. Not super-quiet in direct drive, but pretty good. Very quiet in back gear. Forward and reverse on the motor yields the same results. The quill power down-feed works well in all three speeds, plus it reverses. I can say the head has passed its operational test and I can move on to the lower part of the machine.

Good deal. The noise in direct drive, may be do to the belt taking a set. It probably hasn't moved in a long time!

 

[MyLilMule]

Great to hear it's moving. I would still advise you do a complete teardown of the head once you get the rest sorted.

 

[Provincial]

I put a post in the Wanted section tonight.

 

[Uglydog]

Is this what you are looking for?
If so please confirm you want the bracket only. Lots of stuff in the crate. Including lead screws, bone handles, several functional J heads and one parts head, etc.

No hurry here.

Daryl
MN

 

[Provincial]

I have the casting and the bearing. If you look at the third and fourth photos in post #2 of this thread, you can see where the x-axis screw has broken off. It is at the bearing race, so I need at least an inch of the full-diameter shaft to machine down for a stub (about 5/8" diameter) to mate with the old screw. I'll bore a hole in the end of the old screw about .002" smaller than the stub and shrink fit the two together.

I will need the dial holder piece. I have the dial and the knurled nut that clamps it, and the handle. I might be able to salvage this part from my Ram (clone) when I install a power feed, but I know the keyway on that machine is metric.

Here is a photo of the dial holder piece:

I had to move the machine out of the shop to make room for another project, so it will be a month or more before I can get it back inside. No hurry.

Thanks!

Jock
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