Author Topic: My snotty filthy new Bridgeport milling machine (Read 25679 times)

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #100 on:** October 16, 2013, 09:41:17 AM »

Well boys, I am dumpster diving again. My scrap guy now has 2 drill presses a bunch of lathe bits, about 8 of those small arbor presses, 4 autodrip coolant buckets with pumps...shrink wrap machine....etc. he says I can take whatever I want. I have no space for anything else! As he was showing me the stuff I saw a zip lock bag in the dumpster, picked it up ad it had 5 brand new 1/4" reamers. Also there are a ton of old machine manuals and blueprints.....crap.

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #101 on:** October 19, 2013, 03:06:12 PM »

Got my lathe!

It was tough getting it out...but worth it. Came with tons of tooling ad extras.

754 · « **Reply #102 on:** October 19, 2013, 03:12:48 PM »

Get pics of tooling.. Any doubles ?

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #103 on:** October 19, 2013, 03:13:35 PM »

Good score Joe....

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #104 on:** October 19, 2013, 03:24:34 PM »

I will post more pics tonight.

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #105 on:** October 19, 2013, 07:44:39 PM »

The bed is going to be an easy cleanup. The thing in the box is a tool post grinder. I had never even heard of one before. There must be 20lbs of the square tool steel for lathe bits. I got a grey tool cabinet with it as well, had hole punches that.....I will take pics. Also. Two NOS old shop glasses in the box. Look at those frigging things. Love it.

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #106 on:** October 19, 2013, 07:46:41 PM »

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #107 on:** October 19, 2013, 08:21:38 PM »

Is this just a straight old 115?

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #108 on:** October 19, 2013, 08:21:58 PM »

scottly · « **Reply #109 on:** October 19, 2013, 08:30:36 PM »

It's either 115V or 230, depending on how the jumpers are arranged.
I have a Dumore tool post grinder; mine might be a bit older?

754 · « **Reply #110 on:** October 20, 2013, 08:10:34 AM »

If that is a dumore grinder, it could be worth near what the lathe is. Nice gasket punch..

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #111 on:** October 20, 2013, 04:47:59 PM »

Holy cow 754! I just looked on eBay. $200-$1200. I have no idea if I will ever use it. Can it be used to sharpen end mills?

754 · « **Reply #112 on:** October 20, 2013, 06:06:03 PM »

Ol and cutter grinder be better for that your grinder is good for id, od. And face grinding.. Or angle face like a valve.

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #113 on:** October 20, 2013, 06:28:16 PM »

Here it is coming together.

There are other tools that I am finding in the back of the box that....I have no idea what they are. Gonna be a what is it post soon.

754 · « **Reply #114 on:** October 20, 2013, 06:33:16 PM »

Yours is same as mine size wise. I think the countershaft goes behind the spindle ? Or up above ites your have power feeds , looks like it does not have both feeds.
Southbend book shows a few operations performed with the grinder..

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #115 on:** October 20, 2013, 06:53:14 PM »

Yeah, I was just putting it back together as it was when moved. I noticed the countershaft is mounted on a torch cut plate....I looked for some pictures of other mounting setups. This is pretty hairy. No cover for the gears either. Do you have any pics? I need to sort out the moldy motor before I really get to play.

754 · « **Reply #116 on:** October 20, 2013, 10:16:46 PM »

Take about 18 hours to get pics up..just search SB9 online images. If countershaft was above it may not use gear covers.. Or maybe they are in the stuff..

faux fiddy · « **Reply #117 on:** October 20, 2013, 11:30:23 PM »

You should dig all that stuff out. Arbor presses are handy as heck. We needed one and had to buy a lot of 5 at auction, and all were spoken for within a week.

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #118 on:** October 22, 2013, 07:37:28 PM »

So I wired up the motor according to the 115 wiring diagram and it only spins one way. Wtf? How can I mess around and get it forward and reverse.?

scottly · « **Reply #119 on:** October 22, 2013, 08:23:14 PM »

Quote from: FrankenFrankenstuff on October 19, 2013, 08:21:58 PM

"interchange leads 5 and 8.."

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #120 on:** October 23, 2013, 06:24:04 PM »

That worked to get it spinning in the direction I want. Still no forward reverse though. I don't really care right now. Just glad to have to spinning and cutting. I have to give the chuck a little headstart push before flipping on the motor, if not the belt just spins spins. Is that a normal action for this old lathe?

faux fiddy · « **Reply #121 on:** October 23, 2013, 06:47:34 PM »

I doubt if its normal, maybe put some belt dressing on it or a splash of coke.

scottly · « **Reply #122 on:** October 23, 2013, 10:19:46 PM »

Quote from: FrankenFrankenstuff on October 23, 2013, 06:24:04 PM

That worked to get it spinning in the direction I want. Still no forward reverse though. I don't really care right now. Just glad to have to spinning and cutting. I have to give the chuck a little headstart push before flipping on the motor, if not the belt just spins spins. Is that a normal action for this old lathe?

You should be able to use a double-pole, double-throw switch to handle the direction change I think?
If you have to give the chuck a spin to get it going, the belt is slipping too much to take a real cut. Try cleaning the pulleys and inside of the belt with brake cleaner, then after it has dried, apply some belt dressing like fiddy mentioned. The dressing may need to dry out some before it gets tacky. Is the belt tensioned only by the weight of the motor? If so, make sure the motor is free to swing beyond the travel limited by the belt.

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #123 on:** October 27, 2013, 02:04:23 PM »

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #124 on:** October 27, 2013, 02:04:47 PM »

?what are these?

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