How to use a Bridgeport and its features!

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  • @martynm.449
    @martynm.449 2 роки тому +6

    I've never used a milling machine before. I've started at a company that has one of these, and after having a go on it today, I'm educating myself. Thank you for uploading this.

  • @valuedhumanoid6574
    @valuedhumanoid6574 3 роки тому +101

    I did my apprenticeship under a German journeyman and he was hard with his apprentices. If he came up he would ask me how I came up with the feeds and speeds for that job. There was no guessing or estimating with him. He made sure you looked it up in the Bible, which was the Machinist Handbook. And when you finished the job you left the machine spotless regardless how you found it. You oiled and greased it before use and all the other minuta of proper shop etiquette. But his knowledge of how to properly use a Bridgeport was endless. Because of his strict approach it made me a better machinist today. And the Bridgeport is still my go to for any milling/drilling/tapping job. Liked and subbed

  • @tubbers20
    @tubbers20 2 роки тому +7

    I took a 6 week machine shop class at Chabot Community College in Hayward, CA. in the 90's. I didn't know diddly about machine work, but once we started I loved the mill and lathe. Too late to make a career out of it, but I'll never forget the class. The teacher was also brilliant.

  • @dennishillman3502
    @dennishillman3502 4 роки тому +8

    Thanks for the video. I used to rebuild and maintain these years ago. Watching this made me feel like I was seeing an old flame again. I do miss them. One of the most beautiful machines in the world.

    • @SuburbanToolInc
      @SuburbanToolInc  4 роки тому +2

      We thank you for going on our channel and for your comments. Stay safe and wishing you the best.

  • @justinlongoria9306
    @justinlongoria9306 4 роки тому +18

    As a novice, I see you talk about amazing tools. Its nice to see this video "Take it back to the basics". It allows us newbies to have smart start.

  • @odl21
    @odl21 4 роки тому +43

    Mine is identical to this. Purchased in Connecticut and now in my shop in northern Italy.

  • @SithLordmatthew
    @SithLordmatthew 3 роки тому +10

    I got 500-1000 hours on these back when I took machine tool in school but 35 years later with out using the skills I am totally lost so the vid is a nice refresher.

  • @chowtownfoodreviews6679
    @chowtownfoodreviews6679 4 роки тому +2

    Please dont stop this I'm 30 years old been in the trade for 7-8 years and I love watching the videos and they have helped alot !!!

    • @SuburbanToolInc
      @SuburbanToolInc  4 роки тому

      Thank you for your kinds words and thank you for watching.

  • @HighGear7445
    @HighGear7445 3 роки тому +11

    Made a good living mastering this equipment as a tool and die maker. I think a lot is lost on the newer machinists at just what these machines were capable of and accuracy that was able to be obtained with them to a skilled operator.
    There are certain methods you learn to eek out incredible accuracy if you use them enough, not just cranking handles to get there.
    I went on to CNC equipment but never stayed far from a bridgeport for certain tasks.

  • @elliothirst7017
    @elliothirst7017 4 роки тому +5

    Don, Many thanks for all of the effort you and your colleagues put into all of these videos. This is one of your best. Adding the commentary later is a great idea. Your comments are clearer and better focussed.

    • @SuburbanToolInc
      @SuburbanToolInc  4 роки тому

      You are very welcome!

    • @SuburbanToolInc
      @SuburbanToolInc  4 роки тому

      Glenn and I thank you very much for watching and we appreciate your comments.

    • @millomweb
      @millomweb 4 роки тому +2

      Can also give a thumbs up for the added graphics and labelling - pointing to various parts of the machine.

  • @tomvitagliano250
    @tomvitagliano250 4 роки тому +12

    I believe it was said that Bridgeport was said to have advertised “ the only machine that can make one of itself”. I used to work in Bridgeport CT.

  • @MyS10Rocks
    @MyS10Rocks 3 роки тому +4

    Excellent video! Thanks for sharing! I went to school to learn to use Bridgeports, lathes and their cnc cousins. Loved every minute! Unfortunately health issues prevented me from running them for a living. Really enjoyed your video though!

  • @ActiveAtom
    @ActiveAtom 4 роки тому

    Great to be here see you both Glen & Don and enjoy a bit of American history. We miss our regular fix of fantastic videos. Lance & Patrick.

  • @danfarris135
    @danfarris135 3 роки тому +12

    Truly the Swiss army knife of machines! I still use one almost every day and I don’t think that I could live without it. When the new guys ask me about it, I tell them that it is a WWII veteran and it helped win the war so treat it with the respect it deserves. Its a “early 40’s” step pulley machine. The second question they always ask is how do you make complex things without automation or prints? I reply that it was there in the block of steel or aluminum the whole time. I just had to remove the chips all around it. 😁😁😁😁😁. Shout out to the great teacher Mr Adkins who gave me the skills over 40 years ago.

  • @chrisfournier6144
    @chrisfournier6144 3 роки тому

    1936! The silhouette of a Bridgeport is gorgeous. Using one is a treat. Thanks!

  • @mortezarahimi6784
    @mortezarahimi6784 4 роки тому +1

    Hi mr Bailey
    I have downloaded and watched almost all of your channels videos.
    I have to say first of all your Voice is really good! I mean really good.
    I have learned tons of things from your videos. I hope you doing good during pandemic.
    I hope when i become old i become someone like you. Smart and healthy and helping the young people learn things! i am watching from Iran and i have to say i owe you sir for your trainings.

    • @SuburbanToolInc
      @SuburbanToolInc  4 роки тому

      Thank you sooooo much. And you too, stay healthy!!!!

  • @davej6222
    @davej6222 3 роки тому +2

    My very first day as a machinist, I used a Bridgeport exactly like this one. We used every feature it had, great little mill.

  • @ronslaughterandalice1018
    @ronslaughterandalice1018 4 роки тому +16

    One of the things that I would like to see instructors teach their students or apprentices is that your machine tools not only move metal and create parts , they can also double as an inspection tool.

  • @DT21870
    @DT21870 3 роки тому

    As a machinist coming from a 100% background of CNC machines, this was very helpful thank you! I haven't ran a bridgeport since college, but I was lucky enough to get a new job in the manual department. Very excited to learn this new skill!

  • @hoverhead047
    @hoverhead047 3 роки тому +5

    When serving my apprenticeship (at a large multi national auto electrical manufacturer with a German HQ), one of the workshops had a very old Bridgeport machine that if a recall correctly used a large (very) diameter rod/bar to mount the head on the base. It was replaced (added to more correctly) by a brand new (1977) Bridgeport that was immediately fitted with the DRO. I wasn't allowed to use it when I was assigned to work in that shop, only the people from the room next door (the development section) were to use it (as It was theirs).

  • @bcbloc02
    @bcbloc02 4 роки тому +1

    Good to see you guys back in the shop!

  • @brmllc6444
    @brmllc6444 4 роки тому +3

    Great to see you back Don.

  • @damonkatos4271
    @damonkatos4271 3 роки тому +3

    When I 1st saw the video on my phone I thought it was Paul Schaffer and Larry David

  • @MrWhoevr
    @MrWhoevr 3 роки тому

    I used to really like working on an old Bridgeport. It was so accurate and enjoyable to operate.

  • @jimhenderson2308
    @jimhenderson2308 3 роки тому

    My very first operation as a machine operator was on a bridge port vertical milling machine.
    It was set up with a 3 jaw chuck that indexed bolted to table and I milled wrench flats on a part that came off a lathe

  • @BartolomeoPestalozzi444
    @BartolomeoPestalozzi444 4 роки тому +8

    Glad to see you again! Best regards from Italy 😃

  • @sentimentalbloke7586
    @sentimentalbloke7586 4 роки тому +3

    Served my apprenticeship using them ended running my own shop with 12 of them, I made a 10 inch extension to increase the height for several. Absolutely marvelous machine.

  • @kimbye1
    @kimbye1 3 роки тому

    The Bridgeport mill should be in the museum for modern art. It's a beatifull piece of machinery. I love mine.

  • @DontWatchProductions
    @DontWatchProductions 3 роки тому +4

    I used a Bridgeport from 84 to 88 to make race car parts. Everything we sold at some point touched the mill. Most versatile tool in the shop.

  • @reddnmilla
    @reddnmilla 3 роки тому +1

    Great video. I have the pleasure of operating a Bridgeport where I work and it truly is a very versatile machine 👍

  • @toolbox-gua
    @toolbox-gua 4 роки тому +2

    Appreciate your dedication and knowledge being shared with us to learn. Stay safe and see you next time.

  • @henmich
    @henmich 3 роки тому

    I was wondering what Don was doing in 2020... glad to see he's here.

  • @cave-works
    @cave-works 4 роки тому +2

    Glad to see you again sir, i want you to know i learned a lot from videos and i hope you continue teaching us, thank you for your time and effort... best regards from kuwait

    • @SuburbanToolInc
      @SuburbanToolInc  4 роки тому

      Kuwait! Wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. It is heartwarming to know that you appreciate it and that I am helping in our industry.

    • @SuburbanToolInc
      @SuburbanToolInc  4 роки тому

      Kuwaiti. Wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. It’s good to know that I am helping you and our industry. And again, thank you for watching!

  • @jeremytravis360
    @jeremytravis360 4 роки тому +1

    We used to have one in the UK school I worked in. It was the most brilliant machines I have ever used, and was so superbly built.
    I even purchased a 3" MT3 Tungsten cutter out of my own pocket to do some surfacing work.
    It was a completely manual version and I had to learn how to use it by trial and error because the school had lost the manual. The the technology department the decided to scrap what was a good working machine because they didn't like kids around big machines. Health & Safety gone mad.

    • @SuburbanToolInc
      @SuburbanToolInc  4 роки тому

      Right you are!

    • @russellhueners8499
      @russellhueners8499 4 роки тому +2

      Back in the day...any good high school would have one of these in metal shop, only the best students were allowed to run it, special credit projects given out, at the Owen Sabin occupational skill center, clackamas Oregon, we had a BP, a hugh Cincinnati shaper and horizontal mill, big tool and cutter grinder and a 40's era lathe that had to have been 20 foot long, yeh I was the kid that got to run them all, I started cleaning chips out and doing light assembly work when I was 13 in a neighbors shop. MSO setup operator/ screw machine ops after the service, I love the "setup" challenges for one off but hate the rigamorole of a production shop. 4 more years, lets bring manufacturing back to the US.

  • @PurityVendetta
    @PurityVendetta 4 роки тому +3

    Firstly give that cheeky young whippersnapper a rap across the knuckles... dinosaurs indeed 😄
    Here in the UK my Bridgeports, 1976 and 1987 were made to the same quality as the US machines by Adcock and Shipley of Leicester. I will most likely buy a CNC, possible a Haas but I can't imagine my shop being without the incredibly versatile, world famous Bridgeport vertical milling machine. In fact,I love these machines so much I'm probably going to buy another one soon.
    A quick edit to ask a question about angling and tilting the head. I was wondering whether there is an accurate way of setting either of these functions. I've tried sine bars and fixed dti's to try to accurately set angles but never feel absolutely confident. Thanks for the video Joe.

  • @virulo77
    @virulo77 4 роки тому +1

    Hola Don que bueno verte de nuevo .aprendi mucho con tus consejos a pesar del idioma.un abrazo grande desde Argentina. saludos👍👍👍

  • @pitu72ger
    @pitu72ger 4 роки тому +9

    Great to see you guys. Thx for the video. Voice over was good choice.

  • @melissaaltamirano33844
    @melissaaltamirano33844 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent video! I'm sharing with my students!

  • @prestonengebretson2920
    @prestonengebretson2920 4 роки тому

    Don, it is Great to see you back again...It has been Too long...your videos and knowledge is invaluable and we need the sort of videos that you are known for providing this community...Thank You Kindly

    • @SuburbanToolInc
      @SuburbanToolInc  4 роки тому

      Thank you so much for your kind words. It means a lot to me. It is my way of giving back to our community. 🙏

  • @ckvasnic1
    @ckvasnic1 4 роки тому +5

    Don, Great to see you making videos again! Welcome back!

  • @MegaChekov
    @MegaChekov 4 роки тому

    Very well done good to see you both stay safe all the best from john in Texas

  • @CH-pt8fz
    @CH-pt8fz 4 роки тому +2

    Always pleased to see your video's.. thanks for sharing, hope you're business and you've all not been to effected by all this that's going on.
    Look forward to more of your great work.

  • @__--JY-Moe--__
    @__--JY-Moe--__ 3 роки тому +2

    Looks like a nice clean work environment! You guys make good teachers!🤓

  • @ralphgoings2120
    @ralphgoings2120 4 роки тому

    Glad to see you producing content again Don.

  • @joecnc3341
    @joecnc3341 4 роки тому +2

    Thank You, Mr Don Bailey - for putting these videos together. I can tell that you are a master machinist -by far. Your videos are great and very informative. I would love to meet you one day. I also live in the greater Detroit area.

  • @PaulSteMarie
    @PaulSteMarie 4 роки тому

    Nice video! Glad to see you all are doing well; stay safe.

  • @roaldacero4876
    @roaldacero4876 3 роки тому

    Thank's for the tutorial video sir,it's very helpful especially for the begginers in milling machine

  • @richardhall1387
    @richardhall1387 4 роки тому +2

    I wish I could come see the hole shop!!

  • @darrencorbett9883
    @darrencorbett9883 3 роки тому

    Missing your videos, hope all is well.
    Regards from south west Australia 👍👍

  • @TatErSLayER87
    @TatErSLayER87 10 місяців тому

    Voice over was a great call, much easier to hear

  • @iancraig1951
    @iancraig1951 3 роки тому

    Good communication shows a lot of knowledge

  • @icewaterslim7260
    @icewaterslim7260 2 роки тому

    I'm not that well rounded of a manual millhand but I got pretty good at removing busted taps and any other HHS out of parts with a center cutting carbide 3 or 4 flute EM. Use the table lift screw very slowly by hand with the spindle speed up, lock the quill down tight and keep the air clearing it. You can beat both the EDM's time and scrap rate. And you can get two or more extractions out of that little EM.

  • @cherylgullo5095
    @cherylgullo5095 2 роки тому +2

    Designed, invented and built by both Rudolph Bannow and Magnus Wahlstrom

  • @codprawn
    @codprawn 4 роки тому

    Nice to see you back making great videos!

  • @privateperson7523
    @privateperson7523 2 роки тому

    Thank you for doing a great video

  • @Kilticstudios1
    @Kilticstudios1 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you, very informative! Much appreciated!

  • @ke6bnl
    @ke6bnl 4 роки тому

    Glad to see you making more videos

  • @oldwrench4213
    @oldwrench4213 3 роки тому

    Bridgeport....the standard of all milling machine!

  • @scottpace8794
    @scottpace8794 4 роки тому

    Great video .. Keep more coming !!

  • @TurboScotty
    @TurboScotty 3 роки тому

    Great Video, Thanks!

  • @cristhian.acosta9583
    @cristhian.acosta9583 2 роки тому

    Exelente video gracias 👌
    Excellent video, thank you very much, I am new to this world of mechanics, I have the same milling machine, but there is a detail I do not know how to place a mandrel, even so I will continue investigating, the basic information is very useful to Excellent video, thank you very much, I am new to this world of mechanics, I have the same milling machine, but there is a detail I do not know how to place a mandrel, even so I will continue investigating, the basic information is very useful to me. 😎👍

  • @Terminxman
    @Terminxman 4 роки тому

    in my shitty university we still had a bridgeport from the 1950s in the machine shop, still worked great. I preferred it to the newer machines with digital readouts.

  • @culmalachie
    @culmalachie 4 роки тому

    Oh this YOutube rabbithole caper: fell down here and am grateful. Trouble is: the variants of this great machine - but, heh! the principle's the same! THe copy of an "instruction" book I found are not up to the mark - so this is much better. Thanks guy!

  • @tonymcdaniel9198
    @tonymcdaniel9198 4 роки тому

    Wow, only an hour old, glad to see another video from you guys

  • @nickmcnellis3937
    @nickmcnellis3937 3 роки тому +1

    An incredible machine, almost a work of engineering art.

  • @jpoplin1
    @jpoplin1 3 роки тому

    Been running one every day for 10 years now! Love A good ol’ Bridgeport

  • @haroldmclean3755
    @haroldmclean3755 3 роки тому

    Keep em Turning 👍

  • @miamatti
    @miamatti 4 роки тому

    Such great videos!

  • @MechaniclifeJDM
    @MechaniclifeJDM 3 роки тому

    Great scott!! Is that Doc Brown?

  • @abhainnbeag
    @abhainnbeag 3 роки тому

    Wonderful machine

  • @jimmarburger611
    @jimmarburger611 3 роки тому

    Love this kinda video, thanks you. I can't help but thinking though when I watched this of a pair of Doc Browns looking at the pair of you in lab coats. lol. Keep them coming.

  • @Sketch1994
    @Sketch1994 4 роки тому +2

    The quill is commonly referred to as a W axis in CNC boring mills.

  • @TheNoodlyAppendage
    @TheNoodlyAppendage 3 роки тому +1

    My grandpa made herringbone double crowned gears for Caterpillar gearboxes on one of these. Prototypes that is.

  • @rustymachineshop9456
    @rustymachineshop9456 4 роки тому +2

    Don and glen thanks for video u guy’s are cool

  • @flintknappingtools
    @flintknappingtools 4 роки тому

    thanks for the Bridgeport video!

  • @dannywilsher4165
    @dannywilsher4165 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome!!! Thanks, Don!!!

  • @MrTimmmers
    @MrTimmmers 2 роки тому

    Lovely video, brings back memories. It amuses me to see folk spending thousands on cheap chinese hobby mills when for the same money or less at auction they can have some model of Bridgeport which is in a different league.

  • @tc6580
    @tc6580 3 роки тому

    Been using Bridgeport's for 40yrs.

  • @MrKidkiller159
    @MrKidkiller159 4 роки тому +1

    Don @suburbantool was looking for the hand wheel quill feed use. I notice most Bridgeport Mills the hand wheel is usually missing. Can you shine a little light on the issue. Notice your mill still has it. Thanx for sharing you knowledge.

    • @SuburbanToolInc
      @SuburbanToolInc  4 роки тому +4

      Absolutely. Seems like those hand wheels are always missing. Probably because they are rarely used and they get in the way when you’re doing general machining. So they get stuck in the cabinet somewhere, or someone says what is this wheel for? And it gets thrown out.Hope that answers your question.

  • @johnpogany2444
    @johnpogany2444 3 роки тому

    I’ve worked on them over the years just simple setups im not a machinist l remember the factory were they were built l lived about a mile away now is a just a parking lot sad great Machines

  • @crazyoilfieldmechanic3195
    @crazyoilfieldmechanic3195 3 роки тому +1

    I wanted one from the first day I saw it in votech class. Took me 30 years to get one and it isn't perfect but it's mine. I won't sell it until I am too old to walk.

  • @hardeeps67
    @hardeeps67 2 роки тому

    very informative

  • @SoWe1
    @SoWe1 4 роки тому

    glad to see you're back

  • @felixdiaz2605
    @felixdiaz2605 3 роки тому

    THANK YOU!!

  • @j.r.5130
    @j.r.5130 4 роки тому

    thanks for this video mate it's really infomative

  • @ruperthartop7202
    @ruperthartop7202 4 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing

  • @brianwalk108
    @brianwalk108 4 роки тому

    Great video thanks for the rundown on the controls and features, what year is the model in the video? Are there different models over the years with different features? I'd be curious which model to look for and used market as a hobbyist. It would be interesting if you could show some of the accessories like I keep hearing the term j-head etc thanks again!

    • @jagboy69
      @jagboy69 4 роки тому

      I'm a home guy. I've got a series 1 variable speed. No belts to mess with. Finding one with the right table size is up to you. They will all be 3phase, but that's 90bucks today to stick it on a chinese vfd. I love my dirty old bridgeport. Since getting it last year, I have no idea how I lived without it. 👍

    • @SuburbanToolInc
      @SuburbanToolInc  4 роки тому

      Our model is a series 1.

  • @flat-earther
    @flat-earther 4 роки тому

    Incredible machine

  • @odl21
    @odl21 4 роки тому

    Don! Welcome back!

  • @karlmadsen3179
    @karlmadsen3179 3 роки тому

    I want one of these for my garage. It'll never make it into my house due to size and weight constraints. I could use this. Now.

  • @karenafzarmachinetoolco.1565
    @karenafzarmachinetoolco.1565 4 роки тому

    You are great men

  • @chrisbwidney
    @chrisbwidney 3 роки тому

    Love Bridgeport mills learned in machine school

  • @codprawn
    @codprawn 4 роки тому +2

    Your new style of presenting is good for a pure tutorial but I preferred your old way of presenting for most videos. Please don't switch every video to the new style but it's great for now and then!

  • @maxpuppy96
    @maxpuppy96 3 роки тому

    I asked my machinist, I said if you can only choose one machine in the whole machine shop and do business which would it be? He replied and pointed to the Bridgeport.

  • @jagboy69
    @jagboy69 4 роки тому +2

    What's with the fancy white coats? If you get within 5feet of my dirty old machine, you'll be covered in muck. lol... I do believe the vertical knee mill is probably the most important machine invented in the 20th century! It's importance cannot be understated!

    • @PurityVendetta
      @PurityVendetta 4 роки тому

      I keep the spindle bearings of my machine well lubricated and it sprays that tell tale Bridgeport oil spatter line at roughly lower chest height. This is why my toolmakers coat is navy blue 😆😆😆
      I completely concure with you on the importance of this fabulous machine. My shop was built around one that was the first machine I bought.

    • @SuperAWaC
      @SuperAWaC 4 роки тому

      back in the day it was standard for machinists to wear coats. white coats were popular, but eventually all sorts of other coats became popular, as well as aprons. i personally wear a shop coat when working with cnc machines, and an apron with more pockets when i am doing manual work.

    • @SuburbanToolInc
      @SuburbanToolInc  4 роки тому +1

      Love your comment and appreciate you taking the time to post it.

  • @tonymcdaniel9198
    @tonymcdaniel9198 4 роки тому +1

    How about doing a video on proper lubrication and proper lubricants

  • @xmachine7003
    @xmachine7003 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you,Gentlemen.

  • @andrewb2475
    @andrewb2475 3 роки тому +1

    Use one everyday of my life, most versatile machine ever designed and ripped off by numerous Chinese companies

  • @PurityVendetta
    @PurityVendetta 4 роки тому

    Hi Joe, may I ask a question? Is it possible to rebore a motorcycle cylinder using a Bridgeport milling machine? A friend ha asked me to do this but I'm not sure. Hope you can help me with your experience.

    • @SuburbanToolInc
      @SuburbanToolInc  4 роки тому

      In order to answer your question I need to know the length of the bore I am not concerned about the diameter.

  • @rogerwalsberg
    @rogerwalsberg 4 роки тому

    I bought mine from an aircraft company auction. Paid $750 came with vice, collects and DRO.

    • @SuburbanToolInc
      @SuburbanToolInc  4 роки тому

      Heck of a deal. You should make a lot of money on it someday. Thank you for watching.