Manual milling on a Bridgeport. Easy tool copy.

[@weldmachine]

Looks like the ever faithful Bridgeport has done it,s fair share of work over the years. No matter what machine you have. You always manage to make the most of them. The tool holders came up looking pretty good too. Good job man. Thanks for the video. Regards Peter. Also thanks for the Subscription very much appreciated, Dave.

[@userwl2850]

It is very dirty but is in good condition.

[@johnstrange6799]

Heck yeah! I love seeing someone make their own tooling, or make tooling for someone else.

[@userwl2850]

Thanks again John for your always positive comments 👍

[@johnstrange6799]

You're welcome. Merry Christmas. @@userwl2850

[@MakinSumthinFromNuthin]

Love that Bridgeport.....soooo quiet. A friend let me do some work on his a year ago or so.....hope to own one someday. You do great work David

[@44Celt]

good old j head belt drive - quiter than my drill press

[@userwl2850]

They are brilliant mills. If you ever get one make sure it's a step pulley type like this ... much more reliable than the vari speed. And make sure to have a swivel and tilt vice then there's nothing you can't make 👍

[@MakinSumthinFromNuthin]

There are so many "types" of Bridgeport mills, what is the name of your particular model David. Would love to have one like yours one day :)

[@jimsvideos7201]

I've never seen a vise like that but now I'm intrigued. I like the way you stepped us through this, too.

[@userwl2850]

Hi Jim. Check out "ChrisB257" below you he has a video on the swivel and tilt vice. 👍

[@jimsvideos7201]

@@userwl2850 Deal!

[@RalfyCustoms]

Absolutely wonderful, no messing and great to see, new sub here for sure

[@ChrisB257]

As someone else mentioned - that mill is so quiet! Super video Dave - very nice work - imagining the biggest pucker factor might have been tapping ops for insert holder screw!

[@userwl2850]

Hi Chris. I just watched your swivel and tilt vice video... why doesn't everyone have one? I would struggle to make these without one. 👍

[@ChrisB257]

It's super useful Dave - only problem is with mine is how high it is relative to my small mill. it's just about OK for cutter in collet but not always OK for having enough space to drill. Wish I had a Bridgeport or similar! :)

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Nice job as usual Dave , Cheers .

[@userwl2850]

Thanks buddy.

[@sunppaa]

Easy when you know how to do it! BP and a vise like that work together great. I will contact you today evening or tomorrow morning!

[@johnstrange6799]

Almost time for an update. :)

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Hey mate , how is the big stanko mill going - havent seen it for a while . cheers .

[@userwl2850]

Swivel and tilt vice is a must have. How you doing?

[@crozwayne]

Wow, climb milling on a Bridgeport, you're braver than me! Nice video as usual.

[@userwl2850]

Only ever climb mill with tiny tiny cuts.. I've seen bad things happen many times. 👏👍

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

EPIC AWESOME , Great job man .. ENJOYED !

[@userwl2850]

Thanks again Shawn 👍

[@garytodd5605]

How many hours of setup time did you have in this video? I would have had to have 30 to 60 minutes for each head adjustment to get back to a satisfactory parallel. Very good machinistmanship.

[@userwl2850]

I finished both in 2hours 35 minutes.... CNC could do them in about 15 minutes each 😣

[@pvtimberfaller]

@@userwl2850 Yeah but at probably 4 times the cost of the machine or better so this is where manual equipment still shines. I have never seen WD40 used on steel, that's usually for Aluminum. You should cover your heat treat process, I am interested in how you keep your parts from scaling & what finish operations you perform afterward.

[@hmw-ms3tx]

Great video Dave. It's good to see your skills on a milling machine. What is the tool holder used for?

[@userwl2850]

It's to fit a SANDVIK counter boring head. 👍

[@williamsavory5274]

Are you going to heat treat the tools at all or use them as is? I see you plunge into material fairly often, is this solely for ease of machining on an older machine or are there other benefits? Many people consider your method as not making full use of cutters as in wearing out the bottom of the cutter while the flutes would be like new? Or is that more of an argument between carbide cutters vs throwaway hss cutters?

[@userwl2850]

The bottom of the cutter can be reground many times but the main reason is the cutter can "pull down" with the R8 collets which the Bridgeport mills use.

[@theessexhunter1305]

Very neat, 2 off is far better than a 100 lol Then the light at the end of the tunnel is very dim lol At the shop I trained in there was a repeat job used to do the rounds which was a small “ finger” out of gauge plate which I think you used. It was around 40x16x6 with a tied up hole and claw like end. It was for CAV LUCAS the fuel injection people for the line work…. There was a jig made bit I fucking hated it as the shape had to be band sawed out then milled, drilled and the claw angle blended in to leave .004 for grinding! Always 50! I fucked up loads on the blend angle as coming in on the dial with no dro like all the other mill had lol Tim

[@pearcemachineshop5200]

Very nice. 👍👍

[@userwl2850]

😎👍👍

[@ehamster]

Were they heat treated?

[@userwl2850]

Sure... 01 steel is super soft without. 👍

[@duanedickey7043]

I was wondering why he had the quill so far extended until I saw the knee ways.

[@meocats]

good work david

[@userwl2850]

Thanks my friend 👍

[@scania357]

Nice job David. What is the material please?

[@spikeypineapple552]

o1 tool steel

[@weldmachine]

It,s written on the material at the beginning of the video.

[@userwl2850]

It's 01 tool steel .. very easy to cut then heat treated when finished. 👍

[@bcbloc02]

Heat treating going to be next?

[@userwl2850]

Yes... 01 steel needs to be heat treated 👍

[@dimooonz]

goood!!!! job!

[@pasu37]

Is this MS STEEL?

[@jthewelshwarlord6331]

I saw your parallel try to walk away at 1:00

[@numheed]

so that's P, N, Neg in one shot at 13.55. Thanks.

[@王鹏-p2c]

Can you communicate with you? Like your milling machine.

[@王鹏-p2c]

Like milling machine

[@ИгорьСухов]

handsomely !!

[@bulldozerd9]

cnc no where to be seen

[@userwl2850]

I wouldn't know where to start with a CNC mill.. 😲👍