Thread: Bridgeport 1ES horizontal milling machine‏

Belair Boy,

Search for a manual for a Adcock and Shipley 1ES, you should have more luck.

http://www.lathes.co.uk/adcock&shipl...tal/page6.html

Bob.

PS. Nice looking mill.

He's going soft on it already Bob - look - there are carpet tiles in his shed! Next he'll have a woolly blanket cover to keep it warm on those cold Belair nights.

Seriously, it's a nice looking machine. With respect to the table feed gears you will probably find that if you got a dividing head you could cut them yourself (have you a lathe to make up blanks?). Do you know the sizes and DP that you need?

Michael

Greetings,

Have you robbed my shed? Oh; mine is an A&S.

Best of luck finding accessories. They seem to be unobtanium. If you check inside the small motor access door in the base, there are 2 posts where the spare change gears are kept.

I had to buy a manual copy from 'Lathes UK'

Ken

Search for a manual for a Adcock and Shipley 1ES, you should have more luck.

Thanks Bob but I have done the search on every iteration I could come up with.
I found a couple of people selling a manual but my first option was to try here and see where that got me.

PS. Nice looking mill

Yeh it just sucked me in and followed me home. I shouldn't be buying any more machines after recently getting the Colchester Triumph 2000 but it will look good sitting along side the Bridgeport turret mill.

PS lathe can be seen here http://www.renovateforum.com/f176/ic...tml#post955266

They are a great little mill. Do you realize that they are a production mill. The table parks on the right; is tripped by the lever on the right front and rapids to the left to a preset; then slows to cutting speed. It then hits a preset stop after the cut and rapids back to the park position ready for then next cut. One trip of the lever starts the sequence.

Ken

He's going soft on it already Bob - look - there are carpet tiles in his shed! Next he'll have a woolly blanket cover to keep it warm on those cold Belair nights.

LOL Nah ... the photo is from the workshop of the guy I bought it from. It is now sitting on cold concrete.

Seriously, it's a nice looking machine. With respect to the table feed gears you will probably find that if you got a dividing head you could cut them yourself (have you a lathe to make up blanks?). Do you know the sizes and DP that you need?

I have the dividing head to cut the gears and more lathes than is polite to mention but cutting gears is down the priority list (way down) so I will be keeping my eye out in the mean time.

If you check inside the small motor access door in the base, there are 2 posts where the spare change gears are kept.

Thanks Ken, I will have a look on the off chance but I am sure the previous owner would have found them.
It will at least explain what the empty posts are for.

They are a great little mill. Do you realize that they are a production mill. The table parks on the right; is tripped by the lever on the right front and rapids to the left to a preset; then slows to cutting speed. It then hits a preset stop after the cut and rapids back to the park position ready for then next cut. One trip of the lever starts the sequence.

Yes I researched it on lathes.co.uk and I had a play before I bought it. The marking by the lever implies 4 positions but it only appears to have three (on mine anyway). One of the questions I hoped the manual will answer. I also have a hand wheel on the right hand end of the X axis leadscrew which I am not sure is original.

Bridgeport 1es 17.jpg

The hand wheel is for manually cycling the table to set the trip blocks. Take it off when using the mill. It is a great knuckle cracker. DAMHIK.

Ken

Take it off when using the mill.

The hand wheel in question is disengaged from the screw unless I push it it (some form of a dog clutch) but the fine cutting feed also doesn't appear to work without it being pushed in?
I have only had a quick play with it and need time to work out just what is happening and if it is supposed to be that way.