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Floor Plan.http://www.okna-gracja.pl/grupa_cateringowa/photos/brother-p-touch-pt-1750-user-manual.xml Uncrating to Aligning the Head. Lubrication Information and Drawing. Adjustments. General Speeds for Cutting and Feeds. Parts List and Drawing on BR Turret Milling Machine. Parts Drawings and Lists. J Attachment. Power Feed Attachments. M Attachments. Shaping Attachments. Optical Measuring System, Parts Drawing and Lists. Assembly Instructions for Mounting,Varidrive Attachment to Ram Adaptor. Lubrication. Operating Instructions. Spindle Brake etc. Operating Instructions Removing the Motor. Changing the Belts. More Parts Lists and Drawings. This Manual Has 41 Printed Pages. Year June 1972. We have many Bridgeport manuals. Please refer to your model and serial. You have to move the table to the back of the machine. Here is a list of Bridgeport Serial Numbers on the machine not the head. 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It was first manufactured in 1938, by two immigrant Swedish engineers Magnus Wahlstrom, a toolmaker, and Rudolf F. Bannow (died 1962) a pattern maker and radio ham. By 1929 they were in business together and attempting to develop an electrically-powered hedge clipper; however, when this idea was abandoned they began work on a vertical-milling attachment designed to fasten to almost any of the hundreds of thousands of plain horizontal millers then in use. With this much more useful specification business began to pick up and, by 1938, with sales of 500 units per annum, and seeking further expansion, the partners decided to incorporated the head in a completely new design of highly-versatile milling machine that they would produce themselves - the Bridgeport. Apocryphal, no doubt (but with the ring of truth) the initial sketches were said to have been drawn by Rudy Bannow on a paper bag whilst waiting to unload patterns at a customer's works. Today it can be found at the Precision Museum in Windsor, Vermont, U.S.A.https://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/162877d56a5a7f---cakewalk-ua-4fx-manual.pdf Because the Bridgeport was extremely well thought out its versatility was quickly appreciated in both toolrooms and production plants; not only did the whole upper turret pivot on the main column, but the round horizontal ram (driven by a rack and pinion on some but not all versions) could be moved forwards and backwards over a distance of 12 inches; once that setting had been achieved the whole assembly could then, if needed, be swung left and right and the head tilted over under the control of a large worm-and-wheel gear - the latter arrangement ensuring alterations could be made quickly and with great precision. The value of this latter feature can only be truly appreciated if you have ever have struggled to hold 75 lbs of cast iron in one hand - over at an angle in perfect alignment with an engraved mark - whilst simultaneously trying to tighten a miserably-small nut buried in some dark and oily recess hidden away at the back of the machine. Probably due to difficulties with rigidity, not all models had a clevis on the vertical-head end of the ram, later types being fitted with a more robust flat surface but retaining a clevis at the other end to mount a slotting attachment. As an interesting aside some early (round-ram) machines have been found with a Type C head having a much-improved quill travel of 5 inches, rather than the usual 3.5. Continued below: A further advantage of the side-drive motor was that the quill was left clear for a draw bar to pass through and retain cutters or their holders - some millers of this type, while having the same quill-feed arrangements, employed a motor fastened to (and so blanking off) the top of the spindle housing - so forcing the employment of awkward-to-use screwed retaining rings on their noses (a further consequence often being the need to use expensive custom or at least non-standard or modified cutter holders). Details of the various milling, drilling and boring heads can be found here.www.dubaimotorcycletours.com/uploaded_images/files/commercial-cool-cprb07xc7-manual.pdf On March 18th, 1954 the 20,000 th machine left the Bridgeport factory (a building newly-erected two years earlier) bound for the Pioneer Electric Research Corporation of Forest Park, Illinois. Despite one machine being produced every 45 minutes, such was the demand for machine tools in the early 1950s that a sixteen-month backlog of orders, totalling over 3,600 machines, was not an unusual position for Bridgeport to be in. Some versions were adapted for CNC control and the very first Bridgeport CNC miller owed much to the design of the Series 1. By 1963 more than 60,000 examples had been manufactured, with plants in Bridgeport Connecticut, USA, Leicester and Bridlington in England - and Singapore. It was also a widely copied machine, with dozens of companies in Taiwan - and even fourteen in Spain at one time - turning out examples of greatly varying quality and performance. Today Bridgeport makes not just millers but turning and grinding machines as well, a sale being made to Rolls Royce in 2006 of a large and complex grinding machine on which to finish jet-engine parts. As the years went by demand for the machine changed and costs came under increasing scrutiny; under various ownerships production was shifted around the globe and when owned for a time, by Textron, the machines for the USA market had their main castings poured in India and then shipped to England where the column, knee and table were built up. In 2002 (at machine Serial Number BR-247388) Hardinge took over the rights to Bridgeport's knee-mill designs (on a 7-year arrangement) and then, in November 2004, acquired full rights to the Bridgeport name to join Hardinge-branded high-precision lathes, Kellenberger cylindrical grinding machines, Hauser jig grinders, Tschudin high-production cylindrical grinders, Tripet internal-grinding machines and Hardinge-branded collets, chucks and indexing fixtures. The continued use of the Bridgeport name seems assured with Hardinge currently having over 800,000 square feet of manufacturing capacity in its operations in England, the United States, Switzerland, Taiwan and China. An interesting article about manufacturing the Bridgeport can be found reproduced from the American Machinist Magazine for November 2000. The Beginner’s Guide What is a Bridgeport? The reason that many people refer to a manual mill simply as a “Bridgeport” is because it’s one of the most famous brand names that’s found in most machine shops. It had features that combined the rigidity of a milling machine with the versatility of a drill press, and allowed for more operations to be performed than anything else available at the time. This meant that there was significantly more possible range in the machining envelope. This meant that features could be milled at nearly any angle with the part still clamped firmly on the mill table. These developments in the design of milling machines meant that jobs could be done way more efficiently. This meant that machinists could take heavy cuts in tough materials despite the fact that the mill only weighed about 2,000 pounds. Gray cast iron has excellent vibration damping characteristics. This means that the impact and vibration of heavy cuts won’t rattle the whole machine loose. The ways are hand-scraped, a process where high spots on sliding surfaces are painstakingly worked in to near-perfect flatness. This allows all the moving parts to have a strong and accurate connection, making for a robust and precise machine. You know how you can pull on the handle and the drill comes down. That’s because it has a quill. But there was a problem. So Bannow and Wahlstrom got to work designing an entire machine to sell along with it. As the story goes, the design for the Bridgeport mill was sketched on a paper bag, and the first complete machine was sold in 1939 in Syracuse, New York. It was rigid for its size, and definitely accurate. This was designed for shops that needed to remove a lot of material fast. It never outshone the Series 1, since it was considerably more expensive and therefore needed more justification to purchase, but it still was a great machine. With a lower price tag, it quickly became a common sight in machine shops everywhere. Additional machines started to flood in from China and other low-cost countries to compete for market share. Machinists were still able to produce high quality parts and perform repairs quickly enough. R head A heavy-duty version of the C head. M head A very lightweight head, it’s easy to rotate and maneuver. However, it is for light-duty operations. This means that mounting larger tools is a challenge, and the rigidity doesn’t allow for heavy cuts. J head Also had a high speed, 5440 RPM version. This head featured a power spindle backfeed, which is extremely practical for boring operations.A lot of the problem had to do with management issues and a lack of improvement in production efficiency. Production times have been reduced on average between 50 and 80. What was your experience. Share it in the comments below! My specialty is machining. I've managed a machine shop with multiaxis CNC machines for aerospace and medical prototyping and contract manufacturing. Now I spend my time teaching others what I've learned. Can they really do it all? Are. Continue Reading It happens to everyone, regardless of how long you've been doing it. A tap stuck in material is an. Continue Reading On this website, I share some of the really cool things that I've learned while working in all kinds of different shops. 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Build your New Bridgeport Mill below Awesome!!!!!” Lorenzo, J C Welding Works, Inc Every new Bridgeport milling machine for sale also comes with hand scraped chrome ways and gibs, one-shot Lube and is available in 230V 60Hz, 208V 60Hz or 460V 60Hz electrics. Worldwide Machine Tool will provide you with a complete Bridgeport milling machine price quote that includes optional accessories and a freight quote for your new Bridgeport knee mill. The Bridgeport knee mill is built to last which is why the resale value a used Bridgeport mill for sale is consistently high. The Bridgeport milling machine rigidity starts with the main frame components of a machine, and for this reason, the strength and damping qualities of gray cast iron is used. The unique design first draws cool air into the belt housing and past the spindle bearings by the rotation of the drive belt where hot air is exhausted out of the head at the top of the casting. The Bridgeport mill heads unique design increases belt and bearing life, as well as consistent accuracy. Fans also frequently require a step-down transformer if the Bridgeport milling machine is wired for power greater than 110 Volts. It also reduces maintenance and makes the machine more sensitive and easier for the operator to use. Operation of the system by a single lever saves the operator time and makes it easy to always provide the correct amount of oil, predetermined by a series of metering valves built into the system. Thus one sliding member may receive more oil than another; possibly causing excessive wear to the area that is not getting properly lubricated. This ensures optimum machine geometry, rigidity and accuracy. Request a quote for current pricing and availability. You can have Worldwide Machine Tool install your Bridgeport mill optional accessories or save on installation cost and do do it yourself. Please have your shipping address ready so we can provide you a freight quote with your order. The parts diagrams and instructions help you setup and maintain a new Bridgeport mill. Call Worldwide Machine Tool at 614-255-9000 for help. Our warehouse and office is located just minutes north of Columbus, Ohio. With over 25 years of experience in the industrial machine tool industry, we have the knowledge and expertise to provide our customers with the best customer service support and technical expertise on all new and used machine tools to meet their needs. We take pride in being a trustworthy partner that our customers rely on through the years. Our experienced sales team would love to help you with your next machine tool purchase. Give us a call today or fill out the Request A Quote form on the right side of this page. A vertical machine will have the table mounted perpendicular to the spindle’s zero-tilt position, while a horizontal machine will have the spindle mounted parallel to the plane of the table. This introduces a fundamental difference in what kinds of jobs are practical on each type of machine. This gives it incredible rigidity, and allows the machinist to take very heavy cuts that would introduce more side load then a vertical machine could handle. The strength is so high that it’s entirely possible (and common) to stack multiple cutters on the arbor in order to cut, for example, a flat table with slots all in a single pass. This makes it well suited to surfacing jobs, cutting grooves and slots, and similar tasks where the part is flat in one axis. This is where a vertical milling machine excels: in versatility. You’d be hard pressed to find a job that a vertical mill can’t do — though it’s sometimes a lot more time-consuming than a horizontal mill, depending on the part geometry. But, just in case, we’ll say that you almost certainly want a vertical mill. Horizontal mills are great for a small portion of tasks, but those are also tasks that most hobbyists won’t often perform. The versatility of a vertical mill lends itself well to the varied and diverse tasks that hobbyists lean towards, in contrast to the specialty production work horizontal mills are generally used for. Assuming you have decided on a vertical mill, you’re probably curious about which features to look for, and are wondering what actually matters. Covering every detail on the subject would take an entire book, but we’re going to go over some of the most important things to consider. So, does it matter? Yes and no. Milling machines have been around for a long time, and there really aren’t any trade secrets when it comes to their construction. It’s well-known what makes a good machine, and what doesn’t.