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  1. 03-09-2008, 04:10 PM #1
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    Thumbs up Nice briegport allert !!

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Bridgeport-Milli...QQcmdZViewItem

    100 % seller

    these were very handy mills !!

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  2. 03-20-2008, 12:54 AM #2
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    So it seems that auction ended but the item appears to have been relisted
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=its%3DS%252BI

    I think the mill looks rather worked, and it's quite old. I'm not familiar enough w the Bridgeport history to know the exact era, but the design of the head and ram/turret is certainly older. I know there are web links which will detail it all, I just don't have them handy (nor do I care that much).

    It might be a good machine for a hobbyist, but I'd want to inspect it in person before giving any $ for it, even their $995 starting bid, and this is assuming you're willing to live w step pulleys.
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  3. 03-20-2008, 01:24 AM #3
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    Much nicer machines can be had for just a little more money than the starting bid on that. Honestly, I wouldn't take that if it were offered to me for free. I think the person who buys that will have a nice machine, I just wouldn't want to put all of the work into that thing to get it tight again. Definitely cool, though.
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  4. 03-20-2008, 07:58 AM #4
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    These guys have some nice rebuilt Bridgeports for sale: http://www.j-lscraping.com/
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  5. 03-20-2008, 09:27 AM #5
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    IIRC, the round rams were pre 1955.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Winnfield View Post
    Much nicer machines can be had for just a little more money than the starting bid on that. Honestly, I wouldn't take that if it were offered to me for free.
    Which is why it didn't sell last time, and doesn't look as if it will sell this time, either.
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  7. 03-20-2008, 11:21 AM #7
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    I guess Ya need to know Yer horse flesh .....

    Like ebay member 4****s,

    who had sence enough to also look at tthe lathe,
    add one and two and get.....
    buisy bidding.

    I hoped to draw attension to a Local or Regional,
    That might have missed it.

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    Last edited by vicegrip; 03-20-2008 at 11:24 AM.


    In the beginning, the Earth was without form, and void.
    When one picks up some wood or metal or stone and shapes it into something usefull
    ... I beleive that it has to be a deliberate effort to disavow a creator.

    As you work these, and join them, you feel the force and the will of He
    who formed and shaped the very resorces that you now add your will and force to.
    Further one surely can know when your will and force is not aligned with His.
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  8. 04-01-2008, 02:05 PM #8
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    nice bridgeport alert

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    not only has the round ram, but appears to have
    the short table. in my opinion, it is pretty beat up.
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  9. 04-01-2008, 02:28 PM #9
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    And it likely has MT-2 taper in the spindle - not the most ideal and somewhat difficult to find tooling holders for.

    I'll bet it could be had for maybe $850 and it would be a decent little machine for a weekend metal-mangler.

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