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While I'm down in Kent this week ferrying my dad to hospital each day for a course of Chemo-Radiotherapy, I've been filling my evening giving it a good clean, and preparing to replace the motor. Last night and this evening I set about the suds sump and removed the pump along with the main motor...

The parts missing from the machine in my workshop are next door in my dad and brother-in-law's more woodwork orientated workshop from their now sadly defunct business (technically all mine as I bought everything from the reciever so it wouldn't be lost...): Another curio, seen here with the...

Now, following on from my posts about the Bridgeport this is my other machine tool project and the one that I am currently focusing on to get running because I've owned it far too long without ever seeing it run...at least 15 years... It came to me when ta friend of mine, an excellent machinist...

Ahhah, so everything powered off that transformer is running at 110V single phase, and potentially could be powered separately via a conventional single phase supply with neutral hooked up to '0' and live to '220' on the Primary side. That could make things easier and mean that I could use a...

This does look incredibly similar and from a 1984 machine: https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/topic/bridgeport-circuit-questions/

I'm not entirely sure myself, however looking at a brochure from 1980 the Heidenhein DRO fitted on the machine was shown as a factory option, so my guess is it's an 80's build. Anyway of finding out from the serial number?

Thanks all, adding some more detail capturesfrom the full resolution images and new ones now: It it helps explain what the MGE Isolating Transformer is doing; on the Primary side the wires are connected to '0' and '420', and on the Secondary '0' and '110'. Someone has suggested...

Following on from the brief mention in my own introduction the other day I thought I would share, and seek advice, on the re-commissioning of my mill. A purchase made from ebay between Covid lock-downs which has sat in my workshop ever since. Now, with a bit of time being freed up I looking to...

Evening all, Just joined the forum after starting reading through @Sideways thread on his Harrison L5 looking for some ideas for my own, similar machine. I have to admit I've owned it longer than I can care to remember without ever getting it running, but like a fair few things in my life...