Please Fill me in on this little Bridgeport

I might give $500 for an m head if it had very nice ways. Finding tooling to fit the spindles can be a bit daunting. I would want a j head
(on a dovetail ram) with good ways and an r8 spindle for that money. My 2cents:))
 
Small table, can’t tram the head and with M head are the biggest drawbacks that come to mind. For the same money, I would wait for a BP Series I with J head.…Good Luck, Dave.

Edit: Maybe you can tram the head on this one? Do I see an angling coupler so you can? Even with that addition, I would still wait for a better BP.
 
Looks like I have much to learn :)

thanks for the advice, I'll steer clear.
 
It's a nicer M head than mine, if MT2 or B&S7 spindle the tooling is not too hard to find (tools4cheap has both). If your space is tight, smaller than the J head.

I'm getting rid of my M (collectors piece, the 662nd complete mill that BP made).

Got a nice 1958 vintage J step pulley to replace it.

John
 
I live in an area where mills are fairly inexpensive and price varies from location to location. Top dollar for an M head with full set of collets and hopefully some endmill adapters would be around $750. The price it's listed at bought me a 42" variable speed J head.
 
Keep looking. Hold out for a Series 1 J head with a R8 spindle.
 
gi 984 has given you some good advice.

The round ram M heads where the predecessors to the 1Js. The round ram M heads are even less rigid than the later models. The motor is of a lesser HP and the round ram can accidentally turn on a cut.

Vlad
 
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