Mill advice needed

[Stuart]

Been awhile but picked up my Bridgeport yesterday, I asked the local quarry man to come up with his forklift to unload it from my van, here it is in position:





He also threw in the deal a 10inch rotary table, a fixed machine vise and a swivel one:



Its also got a Mitutuyo DRO fitted (not in pics) just need to get it wired in.
I have to say I'm pretty chuffed, its an old machine thats seen some action but for what I want it for should last me for years.

Thanks for every ones advice
Cheers
Stu

[FlyingBeagle]

Wow, That is a lot of machine. I cant beleive you had to call in a favor to help unload it.

[ihbuilder]

Looks like you got a good deal

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by FlyingBeagle

Wow, That is a lot of machine. I cant beleive you had to call in a favor to help unload it.

It weighs a ton, literally, and he was more than happy to help, I offered him payment for his services but he refused and said "thats what neighbours are for" (I also buy my granite from him if I need it on a job, so I guess that helped)

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

Looks like you got a good deal

Yeah I'm really pleased with it so far, got it wired in and started making some chips

Had a spare 7 inch 3 jaw chuck for the lathe so I made an adaptor plate for the rotary table and machined a centering bar on the lathe:



Cheers
Stu