I know mate I was ill and could not get cash together. Hope you have fun with it though. Keep us informed how it all goes..Snooze you loose!
Regards Andy T
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Decided to make up a little dolly to assist in moving the column tomorrow. I had planned to drag it around with the crane but this will be easier and safer:
I got some casters from Machinemart today and used some steel that's been kicking around for ages. Casters are rated for 102kgs each.
I got some casters from Machinemart today and used some steel that's been kicking around for ages. Casters are rated for 102kgs each.
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I found mine easier to move with the knee still on, strapped to a pallet truck for easy handling, straps removed just before this shot in case you are wondering if I really did move a mill on a skiddy sheet of osb just placed on the truck...
Boring MattH, We all want to see MrFluffy doing the tablecloth and china trick with a Bridgeport and a pallet truck
Getting it off the heavy pallet truck is easy, lower it down onto stout blocks, pull truck away, swap blocks for progressively thinner ones on alternate sides until its sat on the floor ready to be pinch bar'd into final position.
I would favor using rollers and pinch bars egyptian style over anything with wheels because if they do start to run away, they run out of rollers and stop themselves and there is no distance to fall off, but the entrance to my workshop door is gravel and narrow and it slopes down into the shop floor level so it makes it mostly impractical until things are inside. With the truck I can strap it to something immobile outside as a anchor with two straps and gently pay it out down into the workshop slowly and carefully in a controlled manner using the straps to steer without having to get too close to it.
I would favor using rollers and pinch bars egyptian style over anything with wheels because if they do start to run away, they run out of rollers and stop themselves and there is no distance to fall off, but the entrance to my workshop door is gravel and narrow and it slopes down into the shop floor level so it makes it mostly impractical until things are inside. With the truck I can strap it to something immobile outside as a anchor with two straps and gently pay it out down into the workshop slowly and carefully in a controlled manner using the straps to steer without having to get too close to it.
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I use the old Egyptian method and can quite easily move a Bridgeport around by myself.
Over the years I've found 2" to be about the best diameter for rollers for this sort of thing.
Over the years I've found 2" to be about the best diameter for rollers for this sort of thing.
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Did the trolley you made go up the steps alright?
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We actually managed to lift the column with the crane and rigged it in such a way that it was pushing against the wall as it lifted.
We protected it with a thin sheet of mdf between it and the wall. Once the bottom edge cleared the wall then it swung over the upper patio enough the pull it over more as it was lowered.
All went well, I couldn't of done it without the engine crane though.
We protected it with a thin sheet of mdf between it and the wall. Once the bottom edge cleared the wall then it swung over the upper patio enough the pull it over more as it was lowered.
All went well, I couldn't of done it without the engine crane though.
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give the knee gib strip a very close inspection before you re-assemble it. Bridgeport mills are a bugger for shearing the top of the that gib off, and then getting wedged in. look at the slot where the adjusting screw sits, and make sure its in good nick.
from experience its a pig of a job to sort if it goes......
from experience its a pig of a job to sort if it goes......
Is there some kind of prize for this activity?
Compare the pic above with the one earlier of the head swinging on a strop, it was actually cut down (and converted to 2 speed + vfd) to fit in because of the space available!
More pics yet? the only downside to wedging one into a corner like you have is sweeping the chips up from the bit behind the column when everything is fitted and its a case of bringing it out the corner until cranking the table doesn't skin your knuckles on the wall at max extremes of travel. But, once placed a chip hoover and decent brush and a bit of swearing see's to that.
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Since it is wasted space behind one in the corner, ?Why not fabricate sloping panels which keep everything, swarf, coolant and escaping bits of machined metal or plastic, towards the front of the machine?
I do not have a tray or wall guard behind my machines and it is a right royal pain when something drop behind the lathe cabinet.
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Is there some kind of prize for this activity?
Compare the pic above with the one earlier of the head swinging on a strop, it was actually cut down (and converted to 2 speed + vfd) to fit in because of the space available!
How do you do up the draw bar? Or am I missing something.
It looking good.
Spindle is qc30, everything done fromthe business end of the spindle by rotaing a locking collar to lock the quickchange tooling in, no drawbar.
Slowly does it is good, make sure the oilers are clear while you can get at them, ifit has the system fitted I know about the bjur metering devices are usually blocked and can't be cleaned as they have a mesh filter inside behind a one way valve, but theyre cheap as to replace.
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Sorted the one shot lub system this evening.
I've cleaned up most of the parts now and will being putting it all back together on Wednesday.
The only issue that needs to be addressed is that the Y axis Gib is overly worn so doesn't allow a slop free fit of the saddle.
I will either shim it out or shorten the adjustment screw allowing it to be engaged further.
I've cleaned up most of the parts now and will being putting it all back together on Wednesday.
The only issue that needs to be addressed is that the Y axis Gib is overly worn so doesn't allow a slop free fit of the saddle.
I will either shim it out or shorten the adjustment screw allowing it to be engaged further.
