07-17-2012, 05:23 PM
(07-17-2012, 07:42 AM)Bogstandard Wrote: This is my mill about a month after delivery, about 3.5 years ago. It came with the power feeds on all axis, to allow me to use it, and I had just taken off the 2 axis DRO and fitted a 3 axis one. The one I took off was then fitted to my new lathe, to take it up to a 4 axis DRO.
It is an 836, mini Bridgeport type, a full sized one wouldn't fit because of the ceiling height, 2HP, full variable speed up to 2200, and hasn't missed a beat in all the time I have had it.
I later fitted a 4th axis to the quill using a cheapo Chinese scale running off a wall wart through a transformer so no batteries, just a capacitor between the battery terminals, and then feeding the readout to a small scale fitted on top of my normal DRO.
A few months later, I then converted a Bridgeport right angle drive and matching horizontal arbor to fit my machine, and it works an absolute treat.
It required a pair of tapered blocks making, to change the angle to what my machine uses.
I can now sit at this mill all day and machine to my hearts desire.
John
John,
Does that mill have power downfeed on the spindle? The current crop of 836 mini BPs don't have the power downfeed on the spindle. I know some of the older ones did. That's a nice size mill for the home shop.
Ed