91bravo
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That's what I'm talking about! Running an endmill, is getting to be a lost art nowadays. There's nothing like making those Bridgeports sing!
That's what I'm talking about! Running an endmill, is getting to be a lost art nowadays. There's nothing like making those Bridgeports sing!
That's what I'm talking about! Running an endmill, is getting to be a lost art nowadays. There's nothing like making those Bridgeports sing!
I just picked up another bk12 and this one is going to get modded out the wazu! I'm thinking of taking down the thumb ramp, on a Bridgeport of course, etching, sandblasting, patina and put one of my custom mirror polished convex edges on it...
Yes sir I have! I've been around machine shops all my life. My dad was a tool and die maker when I was a kid and I remember coming to his work and running around pestering all of his co-workers! I used to watch, but then I picked up on it and learned out to make one sing! We automatic lubricators that inject cutting fluid on our Bridgeports at work!
I went automatic. I upgraded to aerosol can cutting oil lol That don't smell like piney/mint lol
We use Cimcool. It's pink and freaky looking, like liquid bubble gum...
Thats the one that sprays on the mill bit then trickles down gets filtered and pumped back up???
That's what I'm talking about! Running an endmill, is getting to be a lost art nowadays. There's nothing like making those Bridgeports sing!
Fastenal. I use it sometimes. I keep a old brass machinists pump can around for nostalgia
I'll have to snap some pics of some of the setups we have. We have some of those old thumb pumps with the flexible nozzle oil cans sitting around here too. Our machines are pretty old, but some are still milling within the .001 tolerance range. We are in the transition from manual machines to multiple-axis CNC machines now. Sad day for the old school machinery. A lot of America was built with these simple machines!
Anywhos, Becker photos...
It's okay man, we all do it. Could take it to PM, or the snark thread though.Sorry Boss I was lead a stray by that conniving bravo