{"id":1117,"date":"2011-07-28T20:26:11","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T01:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2011-07-28T20:38:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T01:38:38","slug":"milling-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/2011\/milling-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bridgeport Mill"},"content":{"rendered":"

After years of searching for a good deal, last month I bought a beautiful used Bridgeport milling machine for the shop.\u00a0 Awesome!<\/p>\n

I bought it in Bridgeport, CT from a guy selling a lot of equipment from a mold making shop that closed. Originally interested in a small M-head Bridgeport with a small work surface, I saw this variable speed beauty and couldn’t resist.<\/p>\n

I got a great deal with all this, and was able to throw in all kinds of extras! A vise in good shape, a rotary table, a high-quality drill bit chuck, a box of misc. mills and a bunch of collets! Here it is at the warehouse with all the good stuff:<\/p>\n

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And transporting wasn’t as much a problem as I thought. I drove a Penske truck up to the warehouse in Bridgeport, popped the head off (with much friendly help from the forklift operator) and they loaded the beast onto the truck with a pallet. Strapped that sucker down & good to go:<\/p>\n

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Off-loading was not TOO bad. It would have been a bit easier if I had (a) borrowed a forklift, or (b) asked for any help whatsoever. But amazingly I did get it off the truck and into my shop with nothing more than a pallet jack. The tricky part was compensating for the fact that the truck was too low for the loading dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. I had to back the truck up on ramps I made from some 2 x 10 boards lying around. Then I had to work the pallet slowly toward the back of the truck (since I was working against a bit of a slope). This took some time, moving forward a few inches at a time, and screwing a board to the floor of the truck to keep everything from sliding back again. Anyway, it all worked out. Here it is safely on the loading dock:<\/p>\n

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Once in the shop, I borrowed a friend’s chain hoist & popped the head back on:<\/p>\n

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Moved everything in place with the pallet jack, and all was done!<\/p>\n

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Hooray! Time to get to work:<\/p>\n

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