Popping fuses
I have a 1.5 horse Bridgeport running 1 leg off of a 3 horse phase converter. The 2 input legs to the phase converter are fuses with fusetron frs-r-6 amp bussman fuses. I am so trying to take a .177...
View ArticleOLD question - New year!
Hi folks this question was asked on the forum back in 2006 ... Ten years later things have changed! :angry: So: Where can I get 5"(125mm) or 6"(160mm) chuck back plates or "Fixture" plates as you guys...
View ArticlePlacement of a Bridgeport
I'm in the process of relocating so I have an "opportunity" to reevaluate where the Bridgeport will go. I will have a 15' X 36' space with no posts. I'm wondering if there is an optimal way to locate a...
View ArticleLET THERE BE LIGHT... Need new lights for my Bridgeport
The title says it all, the switches on the original lights on my mill are dying, and now one is blowing the fuse. I tried to take one part a while ago, but the crimped construction isn't easy to deal...
View ArticleGear type power feed
Hi new member here. I have an old (1961) Bridgeport with the old style gear box power feed with a AC motor (3ph). It is in great shape except that the motor is bad. I am trying to decide what to do,...
View ArticleRound arm J Head - right angle adapter - Arbor support ever used on these?
Like the title says. I am curious if there is any way to use an arbor support for horizontal milling with a right angle adapter on a round arm J head machine? Obviously there is a support for the later...
View ArticleDimensions of top of a split bed lathe?
Having a need to make a bunch of identical pieces from a length of 1-3/8" diameter 7075 aluminum, combined with the less than 1-3/8" bore of the 5C spindle in a Hardinge split bed lathe... (which isn't...
View ArticleUprading Prototrak Encoders??
Hello, I currently have a Clausing kondia FV-300 manual mill with 2 axis Prototrak A.G.E. 2 cnc control on it. It has the old style Trav-a-dial encoders on the table for feedback. Im thinking of...
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Bridgeport disassembly question.
I got some help with a Hendey lathe here that we just fixed up and I'm here again looking for someone smarter than me lol. I have a Bridgeport mill we just bought and getting everything freed up and...
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Round RAM vs V RAM bolt patterns
I have had an 70's M head on my 1942 Round Ram since I bought it 5+ years ago, and a 1J Vram setup on the shelf almost as long. It's time to figure out how to adapt the 1J to the Round Ram. Why? 1) The...
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need help fixing back gear ring
could any tell me how to remove the hi/low speed ring with the pins on a bridgeport j head clone? the threaded holes for the pins are stripped right now there are 3/8" bolts in the holes what is the...
View ArticleBRIDGEPORT Mobile Base
Good morning - I'm wondering if anyone has ever put a Bridgeport on a mobile base? Are there any operational issues in terms of stability that I should be considering? Thanks Rick
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Hardinge CHNC battery alarm
Hi guys, I'm getting an alarm that I assume to be a low battery alarm. I've tried contacting Hardinge, and so far to no success. I've left a couple voicemails. Anyway, I came across a write-up for the...
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New BP owner
Hello all, Thought I would introduce myself here and in the General thread as a new arrival to the machining world. My previous machining and CNC experience included a small amount in college as I...
View ArticleHardinge TM mill questions
I got this mill about 15 to 17 years ago. # 29351 I think built in the 60's. I also think it sat for a long time before I got it. I like Hardinge stuff. This is where my trouble started. When I got it...
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New machine day Babin HLV-H
Babin rebuilds these machines to better than new. I highly recommend working with them if you get the chance. This is my favorite manual machine I've ever used. We got the digital threading option....
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HLV-EM Cleaned Up and Running
Around the first of the year I'd posted the philosophical question of whether to keep a Monarch EE (1974) or this Hardinge HLV-EM 1984) that were the last tools from the last model shop at all the IBM...
View ArticleHardinge HC Chucker on VFD
Hello Everyone Hope everybody is having a nice weekend. So I just recently purchased a very nice 1979 Hardinge HC Chucker lathe which included the Hardinge automatic threading attachment. I've been...
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Clearing alarm
How can I clear this alarm it doesn't let move my x and z axis Attached Thumbnails
View ArticleQuill stop screw-threads stripped out in quill-repair ideas?
I searched for an answer to this, and didn't find one (my apologies if this has already been answered.)I have 2J head BP and the screw which holds the quill stop in the quill has stripped the threads...
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