Bridgeport Milling Machine Restoration
Finally got myself a mill! A very nice and deck out Bridgeport too! But it needs some love... Watch how I take this apart for some much needed maintenance.
This really is a dream machine to me. 42inch table, 2hp variable speed motor, one-shot lube for all ways and leadscrews, power feed on both x and y and digital read out on all axis. Plus some nice rubber ways covers that judging by the lack of chips in the knee worked very well. And the ways are chrome plated too! This bridgeport has it all.
The general condition, exept some rust and dirt is also good. Only a few scratches and a couple broken knobs. The only real wear I found is on the x leadscerew: right in the center the threads are worn and bit thinner so I either have a bit more backlash in the center or very stiff movement at the ends. Everything else works well so I can't complain!
This work took around one month. I never played with such heavy machinery, it has been a great challenge!
And yes, the head was pretty much just cleaned. I replaced the quill spring off camera and ordered a new wheel for the slow quill feed or auto feed mechanism because it was missing.
Bearing sound fine, nothing is broken, maybe I'll give it a deeper clean later but for now I'm just too thrilled to actually use the mill!
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0:00 Bridgeport Milling Machine Disassembly
0:42 Ways Covers
1:07 DRO
1:53 X-Axis and Table
3:15 Y-Axis and Saddle
4:34 Z-Axis and Knee
5:42 Cleaning Base
6:27 Fixing Z-Axis and Knee
10:06 Saddle and Cross Screw Assembly
12:19 Lubrication
12:51 Table
14:16 X-Axis and Power Feed
16:47 Y-Axis and Power Feed
18:04 DRO Glass Scales
19:40 Ways Covers
21:12 Cleaning Head
21:29 Test
23:17 First Chips!
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I’m dieing inside watching you run a belt grinder and a angle grinder on such a precise machine.......yikkkes
I was watching that too. At first i thought he was just cleaninng the rails further out then i watched him put that grinder against the fish scales on the ways and I cringed so hard
I once restored a Bridgeport that had spent a couple years sitting silently with "cool-tool" residue caked all over it, inside and out! Takes a lot of determination and patience to do these restorations
Looks more like a Bridgebort. -Hand Tool Rescue
Great job, I used to work a Bridgeport for 50 hours a week, every week many years ago. Yours was in better condition when you started than the one I used. It looks really clean, reasonably recently scraped ways and the DRO is a great addition.
agreed, this machine was basically just dirty but in almost perfect working condition.
What's not to love about that? A beautiful restoration of a very deserving machine. Thanks for sharing your expertise and experience.
Man, I’m so jealous! I’ve wanted a Bridgeport for so long! That thing is incredible.
I know the feeling! I'm sure you'll find one as well. Good luck!
Excelente trabajo.
I do and I don’t. It’s a big machine, takes up a lot of room and requires 3 phase power. So I haven’t seriously looked for one because I’m not sure I really want it in my shop. I do have a mini mill that works fine for anything knife/paper weight sized. The bridgeport would be great for engine work like boring cylinders or decking heads which are going to be too big for the mini mill.
Just make one.
@@HandToolRescue I need a bridgeport to be able to make a bridgeport haha
You got yourself a Bridgeport. Good for you. Hope we'll see plenty of new content of you using this classic mill.
For sure!
Can't believe that machine cleaned up so nicely! Superb addition to the shop and can't wait to see what you're going to make using it.
Great work brother! Your machine restoration and tool build videos are my favorites. That Bridgeport milling machine is a Grail tool for most in the hobby maker world, and you have not only found one, but you have brought an old soldier back into service! It'll serve faithfully for many years to come. Can't wait to see what you do with it in the future! Be well.
This may be one of my favorite videos from you. Everything about this restoration was on-point!
Wow, to call this project ambitious would be a gross understatement. Bravo for taking the time to clean and polish so many parts! I’m sure that this mill will give you excellent service for many years to come. Again, bravo!
Your video editing technique is almost as impressive as your restoration skills. A joy to watch.
This was a lucky buy, all ways are scraped recently, everything works just fine. You neednt do anything but cleaning. Brazed parts are questionable.
Amazing! I love this restoration videos. Even I didn’t know about the existence of this “manual CNC”. Great job! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful job restoring a workhorse of a machine! Thank you for saving it from the scrap heap, BBP.
Congratulations on a fantastic machine :D Looking forward to see you using this in your upcomming videos. Cheers and have a nice weekend.
I have like the first bridgeport ever made. This one is such a beauty, all the bells and whistles. Great job
I love watching your restoration videos, and this one was exceptional! Thank you, sir! Great as always
I love the Bridgeport especially the BR2J2 like this. All the knobs are in the right places and you only need one spanner! Great to see this grubby example brought back to life: well done!
I really like the way you speed things up. You put out a lot of information in a very short time. Awesome video.
Bridgeports are a thing of beauty!really liked you did those repairs with brazing-a personal favorite!
You do a great job of restoring and making things.
Nice piece of machinery you got there. Can't wait to see you use it for your projects.
You've done a lovely job on that beautiful machine! back to life without robbing it of its original character and the story all of its little marks and imperfections tell. I'm sometimes saddened when I watch people strip them back to the casting, fill and repaint. Great job man - I've watched the entire video 3 times already - Thanks!
I would’ve gotten through the disassembly and then said oooh nooo I fudged up. I’m glad guys like you can get things back together right on these bigger pieces. Made that thing look 20 years younger!
Great resturation. Nice to see this kind of machinery been brought to life and been of good purpose. 👌👌
You made it look so easy, but it shows with a little elbow grease you can revive the beauty of such a piece... Great Video. Thanks for Sharing
Great job. Congratulations on your new Bridgeport.
As always another great job. Cannot wait to see what you are able to make with that. Look forward to your next video.
Such a great puzzle !! A pleasure to watch your work 👍
Most satisfying video! To see a beautiful machine brought back to life this way! Well done sir!!
Probably your most serious hardware in your workshop yet! Nice clenaup, it was in a pretty okay shape all things considered, doesn't look like it was used that much.
Bravo! Much nicer than the one I have to use. I was actually excited to see your first cut! I always like seeing the tools you've restored being used, I'm sure this one will be in many upcoming videos.
Thanks!! For sure!
Fantastic job. You are truly fortunate to have one of these machines. I served my engineering apprenticeship on one of these, so I have a soft spot for them. Keep up the food work.
I love this video, I’ve watched it a couple times now. You do a beautiful job and it’s amazing to think of all the cool things that machine has been apart of making in its past
WOW! Game changer! You just levelled up sir 🤘🏻
That was one AMBITIOUS project!! Nice job, well done. I wish I had the engineering knowledge to tackle such a project.
Excellent work as always, dude! You're going to have a lot of fun with that! Can't wait to see it used in a project! 🍻🤘💜
Nicely done! Thanks for not adding music to your video. I like adding my own while still being able to hear what you're doing.
Wow🤤 What a awesome restoration and congrats to finding this gem. You have a mill for ur childrens childrens children and some.
That is impressive! I love that we can essentially manufacture our own parts now. If you told my father 20 years ago we would reach a point in technology that you could 3D fabricate and laser cut your own parts in your home... he would have bricked. Yeah, they can be expensive but the return is what makes them an investment. Kudos to you on another job well done!
That's great work. And probanly the best video editing I've ever seen on a restoration. A pleasure to watch. Thanks.
First of all, congratulations on the new multifunctional tool! Secondly, a good restoration! Thirdly, I still use a rust remover, wash, dry and wipe with oil.... How I want a new sandblaster haha! Big like!
Love your videos man, you put so much effort into creating really amazing footage and the pacing of the work is really engaging.
What an undertaking! Nice work man.
That's a lovely mill and it's nice to see it so well restored. But what we really need is more corgi footage. :)
That's a beautiful piece of machinery!!
Amazing machine! You made a great job, keep going!
man who loves his job. I have great respect for you
A bonnie, a beauty and a joy forever. Congrats.
Congrats on getting a beautiful machine.
Great refresher on the machine,looks like a nice addition to your shop😎😎😎👍👍👍
Absolutely fantastic! Well done
Very sympathetic restoration. I guess I would call it an oily rag and bushings restore. That is not to diminish the work you put in. The transformation in looks and probably workings too is fantastic.
Great restoration! That’s quite a mill! 👍
Wow how much perfection in the reform on the other hand the good thing is that we know the machine completely congratulations.
Great job cleaning it up and repairing it! You hit the jackpot with that "used" Bridgeport... Other than a few broken parts and some wear, the thing is pretty cherry. Hardly any damage to the table, and the ways appear to be in really good shape! Hope to get one someday and I equally hope I can find one in that good a shape... Enjoy your new machine, any home machinist would love to have one, especially in that good a condition.
Awesome work That mill was in great condition under the rust and dirt
Terrific job, brought it back to life.
Great job! I wish I was lucky enough to come across a great deal and be able to do this some day.
You have inspired me to do the same. Now to go find a bridge port in that good condition.
Fantastic job. Congratulations, again.
Congratulations for your new big toy, nice projects are coming.
At least on camera, you tear into those machines and remember how to put them back together no problem. I'd have "spare parts" everywhere! Great work. I love watching you give these old machines new life. It's fun when you use them in future videos and I can say, "Oh! I remember when he restored that one!"
Excellent work 👍
Lovely machine. The ways looks like they were rescraped and then the machine sat idle and collected dust and rust. It's nice to see it make chips.
Exceptional. Brilliant work!
Wow! Beautiful! Can't believe how brave you are ripping this thing down. Awesome job.... Hope the person who sold it to you gets to see this. Great video!
Chapeau! That was some excellent work.
I'm impressed you did that in less than a half hour, Mr B.
Excellent. You've done a great job.
...looks good, it should get 'er done, stay safe and have a great weekend...
That was awesome my son and I enjoyed this video greatly
What a machine! You have a bridgeport now, I'll closely watch your channel now :)
All hand scrape appears very well ,, 👍🏻,,thanks for sharing
Sweet mill and restoration!
Awesome machine! Again great work 💪
I enjoy your restoration videos. You should make them more often.
this was amazing! You are an artist.
What a treasure! I think a machine with those options in that good of condition for it's age in the Us would be considered a real find. You'll wonder how you survived without it.
All it needs is dual climate control to be the most highly optioned Bridgeport I think I've ever seen.
Nice job, machine looks to be a great mechanical shape too!
Lot of work, beautiful job very happy for you
Great job. Cool lazer cutter too.
A real mechanic-resuscitator. Class!
Oh man, did that clean up nicely! Great job!
Hello there👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a good day?GOD BLESS YOU!!!
Great Job. Amazing Restoration.
Learned/tested for many basic/complex milling projects/processes using one of those as part of a CNC Operator/Machinist apprenticeship. Also enjoyed learning/testing using the various chuck-sized/H.power older lathes as well. So much freakin' cooler than just programming a modern CNC machine and hitting the go button. Lol
I was waiting for you to crack in to that J-Head....that's where the real fun begins! Good work. Clean machine overall. You found a gem. Mine came from a food processing factory and it appeared they used it as a drill-press and washed it down with a waterhose. Nothing moved, nothing worked. Got it for $280. Completely restored with the additions of power feed on every axis, 4-axis magnetic DRO, and power drawbar. Could probably sell it for $5-7K now.
Excellent work👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing
I really like that your vids are quite long. And that you restore and use that old machines. Incredible!
...I was checking out an ancient train station once and there was a workshop too. The machines looked like this one.
Nice
The scraping on the ways is in remarkably good condition. Doesn’t look like this machine had too hard of a life!
Looks brand new!
🤣 It isn't an geometrical scraping... These are only oil pokets cause the original scraping was fully grinded away
@@felixe.8402 the scraping is clearly visible as were the oil channels. Further, If you don’t know what you’re talking about don’t comment. “geometrical scraping”?, what are you talking about? Scraping isn’t “geometrical”.
What do you mean? Z-axis needs rescraping. The only perfect restorations of these machines I've seen are on CaLem's channel
@@al1sa920 what do you mean? The z axis looks more than adequate. You realize the top of the dovetail isn’t the bearing surface right? I never said anything about a “perfect restoration”. If you’ve ever seen a well used Bridgeport the ways all wear through the scraping. I don’t care about some OCD KZhead channels “perfect restoration”. This is a great find, and perfect candidate for a light restoration.
Damn, do I love a good restoration video. Great job. 👍
Way to go! big improvement!
Amazing project
Great Restoration!!
Nice machine and great work restoring it
Beautiful restoration ❤️❤️💪
Beautiful machine!!
Yes, the best restoration teacher too🙏👍
It's a shame a hack like this guy did his best to ruin it, wire wheel on the table is butchery, let alone the parts he broke and brazed back together.
Amazing job, it's a beautiful machine !!
Damn, just unmounting this stuff is science fiction to me .... impressive restoration and so satisfying ;)