Tooling and Head - Bridgeport Cleanup Part 1

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About a month ago, I bought a Bridgeport milling machine. The machine is in good shape but could use a really thorough cleaning. This time we're going to get started by cleaning up the tooling that came with it and start cleaning the machine by cleaning the head.
Cleaning the Vise - 2:30
Cleaning the Tooling - 12:35
Top of the Head - 22:00
Variable Speed Control - 28:05
Underside of Head - 34:19
Left Side of Head - 36:46
Front Face of Head - 39:05
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@mcremona 5 лет назад

Hope you enjoy spending some time in the shop with me cleaning this beast up! I've included time codes in the description in case you'd like to skip around or want to watch in parts. Have a great week!

@latherookie 5 лет назад

Great job so so humor, and always a pleasure to watch you operate. ( Matt, it's only grease.) Gloves?

@p33ty333 5 лет назад

Gloves are required because the heavy metal particles in the old grease and the anti grease chemical.

@jonivan1014 5 лет назад

@@p33ty333 I use the exact same gloves...lol

@p33ty333 5 лет назад

@@jonivan1014 good for you :D :D :D

@cjcalloway559 5 лет назад

You should flip the moving jaw on that vise. you reinstalled it backwards

@TheGrainDoctor 5 лет назад

I just watched 48 minutes at regular speed of Matt cleaning grease. And I loved it.

@mcremona 5 лет назад

👊

@StArFuRyZz 5 лет назад

It's fun to watch an old piece of equipment get cleaned up and the change in how it looks.

@jimbrantley5319 5 лет назад

Wow, I am throughly amazed at how you go about things, love your narration of what you’re doing and yes, I chuckled at the Matty finish. Keep the videos coming.

@jerrystephens9143 5 лет назад

Thank you Matt I appreciate your video very much, your patience and diligence is much admired. I was very impressed how you balanced the shaft vertically without knocking it over on the floor and having the balls bounce all over. I know I would have made that mistake. Great job bringing this machine back to good shape.

@tropifiori 5 лет назад

A lovely mill. The DRO and power feeds are an added nicety.

@reideichner8597 5 лет назад

Nice job on the start of cleaning your Bridgeport. You will definitely learn a lot about how it works by taking it apart. You did a great job, Matt! Keep it up!!

@marionrobertson3895 5 лет назад

Matthew your vids are soo informing I just love them.Looks to me like you are a very good machine mechanic with a very good clean up . Thanks be blessed.

@jamesstanlake4064 5 лет назад

Nice job; you are alot like me in wanting the machine to be clean . I saw you using grease and that is critical as well as oil to use when assembling after cleaning. Early in my working career I worked in a aluminium and brass foundry and a time at a machine shop and I did enjoy the accuracy aspect of the trade. That was monumental for my woodworking. I like the name Matti for the mill. Milling all edges in woodworking made projects made assembly easier and more pleasing to the eye and opened up the revelation for reading wood grain for strength and visual appeal . This was a game changer when I got into solid surface work as part assembly was mostly butt joint with epoxy adhesion. As always love your content and your attention to detail.

@aaronsalvesen4553 3 года назад

You’re doing everything I’m trying to do! Excellent resources for my future! Love your attitude about everything! Happy Milling!!!🙌🙌🙌Thank you for the amazing content!

@davebrennan6254 5 лет назад

Matt. Please continue the series on your Bridgeport restoration. I'm not a woodworker or a metalworker, but I am fascinated with that milling machine and your disassembly vids. So, I don't know about you but I gotta have more Bridgeport.

@dananelson3534 5 лет назад

Thanks for sharing Matt. Enjoyed seeing inside the mill. It hasn't been that clean since it left the factory and you made it work as well. Congratulations on a job well done. Caught April's video on the bandsaw mill. Glad you guys had good time doing it.

@WillyBemis 5 лет назад

Thanks Matt - this is very inspiring. Looking forward to more on the Bridgeport.

@dickarrasmith498 2 года назад

I was a toolmaker for GM for over 30 years and ran a bridgeport mill like that and some earlier models like the M head great machine, made my heart happy to see it get the respect it deserves thank you.

@stevieg.4816 4 года назад

It always cracks me up to see comments of what you did or didn't do, ask "So them what did you do?" Keyboard critics. Great Job.

@MichaelKieweg 5 лет назад

That was interesting. Greatly appreciate the long format. Best wishes from Germany

@mcremona 5 лет назад

Thanks Michael!

@steelyfan7745 2 года назад

Great video series man. I'm about to do the same thing. This definitely makes me more confident about it. Thanks a lot for posting!

@ThisOldTony 5 лет назад

nice work! but... how does it TASTE?!

@mcremona 5 лет назад

Minty with a hint of soap

@rogerdudra178 4 года назад

I'm watchin to see this Matt finish. Paint can take a hike. Looks like you should have made a good deal on acquiring this tool. Knowing how a tool is put together is very good knowledge.

@davesalzer3220 5 лет назад

Keith Fenner at Turn Wright Machine Works has great T-slot scrapers. Support you favorite RU-vidr. Nice machine man.

@phooesnax 5 лет назад

Looking forward to series. Don’t be afraid to go with more substantial oil on moving and exposed parts though.

@mcremona 5 лет назад

thanks Jim!

@bradleyriddle2329 5 лет назад

Cool job Matthew. I'm a certified Machinist got my certification in 81 and I was trying to clean the animals or whatever machine I was working on the end of the job or the end of the day whichever came first. Now that's to say I cleaned all outsude surfaces and tracks. Any inside cleaning of the engine housing or anywhere else was left to somebody else. so it's interesting to watch you do this job. If you have to take the table off I'm going to be interesting to see you do that. So enjoying this episode. It's a dirty job but as they say somebody's got to do it.

@johncallaway7410 5 лет назад

great. now I have to go find videos of these things being built from a raw casting. Just looking at all the little tabs and mounds and areas that had to be milled and machined to make each part fit is really interesting.

@motzemog 5 лет назад

It's nice you have documented footage to refer back to if you forget how it goes back together. I'm good at taking things apart. So so at reassembly.

@bufford14 2 года назад

Loved every second of what you were doing. You have to have a good set of kajonies to do what you have done Can't wait to see the next one.

@lylestatzer7112 5 лет назад

This was a video I could not stop watching. Good pun on the Matt finish. As quick putting it out there as Mark Boe does from Barnwood Builders show.

@louislabbate7412 2 года назад

You never cease to amaze me dude!

@nscr2 5 лет назад

Every machine shop should show this video at their health and safety meetings. Great work.

@mcremona 5 лет назад

Thank you!

@mitnoxin 5 лет назад

That's quite a serious undertaking. Obviously I am expecting a Geoffrey Croker quality finish!

@suziqbrown7073 5 лет назад

well that is fascinating to watch you do something that is totally impossible for me to do. Not really sure why that is enjoyable to watch but it is!!!!

@freewaybaby 4 года назад

I’M watching and I don’t even know what it IS!

@bandols 5 лет назад

I'm in the process of restoring a 100 year old 16" jointer and it's a slippery slope indeed. I didn't know when to pump the breaks and now the machine is in as many pieces as it's possible to be in. Well hopefully I will be repainting the whole thing and reassembling this weekend.

@pipercub45 5 лет назад

Amazing that you could keep track of all the parts and where they go. You could put something like JB weld in the drill holes on the table.

@danaskubic2145 5 лет назад

You are amazing Matt. I would be short of parts or have leftovers if I did that.Thanks for the entertainment. Great job.

@mcremona 5 лет назад

Thanks Dana!

@nordyfamily 3 года назад

Great job Matt!!!

@thisisnotmyname91 5 лет назад

As someone with no experience with, or any plans to work with a mill... I'm surprised how interesting this was. Thanks for sharing Matt!

@mcremona 5 лет назад

Well that’s good to hear!

@eddiecabrera1408 2 года назад

Hey Matt great job on your new well use machine but it looks a lot newer I guess that's the OCD in you that you like to have everything clean tidy and neat just like me everything has this place and I don't want to be working on something and touch something else and go back to touch something else that's clean and get it all dirty that will only delay the job so if everything is clean there's no delay it's all about time is money and money is time good job on that machine Matt look forward to seeing the rest of the cleanup on it you're amazing God bless you and your family

@notatechie 5 лет назад

You are a freaking genius. You are beginning to scare some of us normal people.

@ekirenrut 5 лет назад

AvE and This Old Tony will be proud. "Release the Shmoo!"

@garryholmberg6502 5 лет назад

Definitely chuckled on Matty!

@boballard2484 5 лет назад

This is the most satisfying video I have ever seen on RU-vid. Bob

@mountainviews5025 5 лет назад

You said it's a little dirty but it's actually pretty clean for what it is thumbs up my friend

@clintonemmert5184 5 лет назад

Good video Matt, good job as alway.

@buckeyewoodshop 5 лет назад

Thanks Matt, this must be what it's like for women to spend time at the spa!

@toysrfun2 5 лет назад

thank you

@tomsdreamshopworx 5 лет назад

I enjoyed this forMAT!

@mcremona 5 лет назад

😆

@wb_finewoodworking 5 лет назад

Amazing! That sure is a beast of a machine but it really looks like it’s well built and will server your needs well. Enjoy.

@mcremona 5 лет назад

Thanks!

@rhihodag9873 5 лет назад

Man, that thing was filthy! Looks like you're the first one to give it some TLC. Great max effort on cleaning that thin up. Looks Great!

@mcremona 5 лет назад

thanks!

@smplyizzy 5 лет назад

Matt amazing detail. Like you I could not stand all the grime before using it.

@mcremona 5 лет назад

Thanks Rick!

@bjbeatty9451 5 лет назад

At least you have the video to help you put it back together. Great idea for any overhaul. LOL Nice Job

@mcremona 5 лет назад

very true. It's a nice failsafe!

@mikeorood1975 5 лет назад

Looks a lot better 👍

@tomim7187 5 лет назад

Matty... (chuckle). Nice machine. Really jealous. Can't wait to see you start milling stuff.

@mcremona 5 лет назад

Thanks Tom!

@brettguthrie4705 5 лет назад

Love the Matt finish, Lol. Cheers from Western Australia.

@mcremona 5 лет назад

Thanks!

@donfinch862 5 лет назад

Matt finish, chuckle. Nice work Matt, you have good mechanical skills mate

@mcremona 5 лет назад

Thanks!

@donnymcarter 5 лет назад

Man that mills pretty!!

@melgross 2 года назад

Several hints about disassembling these vises. First, when loosening hex head screws that are tight, always insert the wrench so that the handles is on the downward direction, not upward. If you need to wack it with a plastic, lead or copper/brass hammer, it works much better, and is much safer when hitting downwards. I recommend using a soft metal hammer, as plastic or rawhide has too much bounce back. When removing the movable jaw, loosen that Allen screw in the center of the rear first, then the jaw lifts straight up. Be careful of the half ball bearing in that jaw, it’s easy to lose. If you have a loose ball thrust bearing, a bit of grease will keep the balls in the retainer. And please, don’t bang cutters against each other.

@gregoranda4220 5 лет назад

Holy crap, hehe, im spending 45min+, watching you wash å dirty old milling machine. What have i the world come too, hehe

@mcremona 5 лет назад

😂😂

@davidbradley3074 5 лет назад

WOW, you are a luck man! You have a Bridgeport mill! Don't ever let her go!

@mcremona 5 лет назад

Don’t plan to :)

@bilhep 5 лет назад

That was great, Matt.I wish there was enough call for a mill in my life. I've never seen one serviced and am surprised you didn't pop for the time to paint it!

@davidmuller1958 7 месяцев назад

Did you ever get a mill?

@gordonclass1 5 лет назад

The handle for drilling has a spring inside the housing that may break sometime, don't throw the old spring away as you can cut lengths of it off to use to place between your parallels to keep them against the vice. The cross feed power feed is not really that useful but the longitudinal feed is handy. The cross feed power feed would be more useful on the knee to raise and lower the table, you would need to make an adapter to use it though. 45 years as a machinist mostly on Bridgeport mills. Nice looking one you have there too.

@panchovilla1486 5 лет назад

Great video good job

@mcremona 5 лет назад

Thanks!

@if333 5 лет назад

ThisOldCremona79. Love it!

@ericrichards5862 5 лет назад

Nice job Matt, Grease the bearing and they should hold in place.

@zackmacfarlane5533 5 лет назад

Get some thick rubber matting and cut it to fit on the bed and cover the t-slots when all you have is the vice on the table. This will prevent chips from working their way into the table and keep it much cleaner and it won't get nicked up. Also get a few cafeteria trays to keep your cutters and such on when your working. Keeps things organized and they don't get dropped on the floor etc.

@stephenkostelak3413 5 лет назад

to make a t-slot scrapper take one of the clamping t-nuts and wrap it in some layers of paper towel then put one of the threaded rods on it for a handle

@onehot57 5 лет назад

Looks like a real nice machine Matt! I have lookin for one similar to it!

@michaelcerkez3895 2 года назад

Hey Matt, first nice mill! Jumped in with both feet and got a Bridgeport, nice. From your videos you look like you know your way around wood working machines. Take it from an old machinist get some books and watch some videos on running your new baby. Mrpete222 Tubalcain is a great teacher with a great many videos on running and working on machines. Most of stay safe and Enjoy. 73

@slhasebroock 5 лет назад

Wow, what a difference a little TLC makes!!! Or a lot of TLC! :-) Looking good!

@mcremona 5 лет назад

Thanks Steve!

@barstad-9591 5 лет назад

You need to watch Jackman’s current video. You’ll know why, when you see it and read his description (not just the title) of the video. I always wish that I had learned about mechanical stuff, but since I’ll be 60 this month and woodworking keeps me busy enough. Thanks for another interesting video, Matte.

@jacoblafave8164 2 года назад

I'm sitting here laughing about the dad joke and then ya come along with the "I hope someone laughed" and now I can't breathe

@Cradley684 5 лет назад

Getting there Matt, you should be a Millwright !!!

@mcremona 5 лет назад

Thanks!

@dzank9354 5 лет назад

Also for degreaser, try Simple Green, but make sure you buy Simple Green HD orrrr Simple Green Extreme Aircraft Cleaner or else you're going to see some corrosion if you leave a soak over extended periods of time. Just had a recent scare on some rocket parts with the standard simple green and learned that lesson the hard way. You can get SG HD for pretty cheap

@thisisnotmyname91 5 лет назад

Would be cool to see you build a cabinet with organization for all the "accessories" for the mill.

@gregtaylor9331 5 лет назад

Once you get the table cleaned you might consider installing covers on each side of the vise: When I was a shop teacher I made them out of masonite with scrap wood in the T slot grooves. This way routine clean up is much easier but they can be removed if you need to use a coolant stream for a particular project.

@mcremona 5 лет назад

I plan to except they’ll be crotch veneer 😄

@timothyball3144 5 лет назад

Keith Rucker knows a guy that can (edit: could) reprint that cover. Also, "Matty"... I like it.

@TheHuizenre 5 лет назад

Matt please ask advice before you kill the machine. This Old Tony has really interesting vids on restoring this kind of stuff. And please run to the shop, buy a bucket of grease and a can off oil.

@gregmislick1117 5 лет назад

Hey Matt, I didn't see it in the vid nor in the comments...and I'm hoping you did this without showing it... you need(ed) some grease in that thrust bearing ( and it holds the balls in place), and a little bit on the machined surfaces of the swivel base. I suppose you could use a dry Teflon type spray for the swivel base to go with your not getting dirty when you brush up against it. Same applies for the sliding surfaces on the vise itself. Dad is an engineer - I grew up knowing all about "the goop" ( and lots of lectures about friction and such) - but Dad must know something, things that were put together 40 years ago aren't worn out and they still come apart... Wonderful restoration job your are doing and I can't but imagine all the great use you are going out of this mill once you are done ( and yes, I'm green with envy over your little friend there in the corner) Enjoy the mill !!

@EverydayJourney 4 года назад

You got a reply from TOT. I wasn’t sure he watched other people’s videos. Just kidding. He isn’t watching my stuff though so you must be more entertaining than me :-). Great job on the clean up. Can’t wait to see more

@AndrewAHayes 5 лет назад

I'm looking forward to you coming over to the UK and to Crimson Guitars!!!

@mcremona 5 лет назад

me too!

@p33ty333 5 лет назад

Hey Matt! This is another cool video from you :) thank you for that! :) the only one thing I don't understand, why don't you put fresh grease to the wise moving areas? Like if you add grease to the bearing balls and cage it will not fall apart because the grease will keep it together, and will give for it lubrication, so will not wear out that quick as well...

@barriesmith3489 2 года назад

Not a chuckle but a smile I like Matt finish not keen on gloss in over

@johnward5890 5 лет назад

There is a hole in the center of the Table for oiling the Acme screws for the X,Y Lead screws could be plugged with a Allen plug screw.

@plymouth-hl20ton37 5 лет назад

john ward you're thinking old Bridgeport that's a variable speed head that has a one shot Lube that lives up the screw in the table

@michaelmcgovern5571 3 года назад

The one screw on jaw of ice tilts the jaw allowing your material to be pushed down you don't want it till it too much just barely tilling down

@eodhowland 5 лет назад

This series is not helping my "Bridgeport Fever." Now I want one more than ever!

@mcremona 5 лет назад

#morecowbell

@OneLSBHymnaWeek 5 лет назад

To get rid of rust try Evaporust (available on Amazon)

@allenwood6313 5 лет назад

You should have stoned all the flat mating surfaces, and then oiled well before assy. Please re-oil the parallels.

@patc7198 3 года назад

allso shouldn't he have packed the barrings with grease ?

4 года назад

Looking sweet. No funny sound but you better tear the head down to give it a good clear up inside. And also make sure the oneshot oil system works. In order to do that you have to remove the table... and... why not take it all apart :) And maybe a lathe next month, surface grinder, shaper...

@brucegoodwyn978 5 лет назад

It's really satisfying to see how well those parts clean up. The sign of quality workmanship on the original tool manufacturing.

@jc51373 5 лет назад

yeah baby!!!

@gregorkoch.3721 4 года назад

Put lots of grease one the bearing to keep the balls from falling out while assembly and do lubricate them.

@donpollard9460 5 лет назад

33:34 - that's where the air comes out after it's cooled the motor, so try not to block it - possibly air flow out of this part, will keep most dirt out the vari-drive area.

@alander6734 5 лет назад

Looking at the vise asembly. The large vise top part that slides was put on backwards. The Eagle beak should push against a segmented sphere,and the screw in the center of the top vise slide is on the side nearest the handle taking up the slack and preventing it from coming off. Hard to explain but it you lookup Kurt vise you will see how it goes together. Also be sure the power quill feed is not engaged at speeds above 2600 rpms. Should see it I'm on the grass plate above the disengage lever upper right, I like your channel and have fun with the mill. I have a 40 years as a toolmaker,and be aware that once you cut metal you may not go back to wood haha

@mcremona 5 лет назад

hahaha I bet you're right. Thanks Al!

@garyrhodes7089 5 лет назад

the head sounds good mine was really noisy when i got it they get very dirty inside from drive belt rubber dust

@phooesnax 5 лет назад

Love the Matt finish. Nice machine. Look up lubricants online. Jim

@gordonclark7632 5 лет назад

I never thought I would be so engrossed watching a machine being cleaned.

@wilbauk 5 лет назад

Hope Keith sends you a T slot scraper!

@Blue_4-2 5 лет назад

Somebody PLEASE get this man a t-slot cleaner!

@plymouth-hl20ton37 5 лет назад

BluetoothSensei crevice tool on a vacuum cleaner does miracles that's all I use

@macsleeper237 5 лет назад

I’ve said it before. Love the videos & you’re honesty ur a genuine fella. Do a collaboration on knee mill basics with a machinist like Abom69👍

@davestambaugh7282 4 года назад

Doing maintenance on Bridgeport machines it is best to use some hardware store 12L14 nuts on the head. Then instead of breaking the studs that are a pain to replace they will simply strip out the nuts which can be replaced much faster. Most people will over tighten the head because they have no idea as to how you should engage the cutter with the work piece with out ripping it out of the vise.