Working on the Bridgeport EZ-Trak 2 Axis CNC Machine - Vertex Machine Shop 

Thank you for this video. I've been welding and machining for 50 years. I have always loved my trade. There was never anything else for me

Always nice to use a machine that makes things faster and easier. Nice setup and production run!

Worked on these EZ-Trak machines over 17 years back now before I moved over to IT support for a career. The display went on ours too within a year of having the machine and as a temp measure I used it without a display as we had to get a part out of the door. We were a small tool making shop that had 2 other Bridgeports but without the EZ-Trak system.

Great to have another shop willing to help out in the process. Nice collaboration work.

Those ez track and trak cnc machines are great for jobs like this.

I really enjoyed this video.

Cool to see the machine running in CNC-Assist mode. That would be a nice feature to have.

After the last video, I wondered why you were tigging little filler dots on stainless, but I assumed it was stainless filler. When you you stated that it was inconel that you were drilling, I knew right away what the part was and the purpose of the inconel. Last week I had a little job repairing a stainless pressure washer surfacer where I had to patch up the stainless sheet and then add 3/16" brackets for the wheels. Since I rarely work on stainless and haven't ever messed with inconel or titanium, it had it's challenges. The book settings for the hypertherm 65 weren't quite what was needed to cut the parts and then drilling that stainless went easy at first, then the material work hardened and ate my 3/8" bit. I had to open up that hole with a carbide bur in the die grinder. Instead of using my noresman bits and possibly damaging them, although they are designed for stainless, I used an old dewalt bit. The stainless, as you know, warps like crazy, but I did get to try out a new gas lens and it worked well. Also, I figured out that my miller elite helmet seems to have gone bad. It flares up at the arc and gets so bright I can't see the puddle, yet the rest of the lens is still dark. At first I thought it was the gas lens, tungsten, or material. Now I need to find a good helmet for tig that is very light weight (arthritis and bone spurs in my neck make heavy helmets not an option). Thanks for sharing and showing the good and the bad. It is nice to see the reality of what other fabricators experience. Last night, I watched a hot rod car build show on tv, but they skip over any of the details in the build and focus all on the drama. There really isn't anything to appreciate in those reality tv shows, for those of us who actually do that sort of work and that is why I rarely watch any of them and instead subscribe to channels like yours.

Gary, look into Spotting Drills instead of center drills, they don't break off as often

Hi nice video, why mot use a bullet drill, Where I can find lear to work with ProtoTrack in Spanish Thank you

What a coincidence, my last shop in ct I owned was also named Vertex and my name in Mark, but that was 17 years ago

I doubt you would have much luck with carbide on that kind of set up. The tubing will always have some vibration. Carbide needs a totally rigid setup.

Carbide is unforgiving, use cobalt if it can cut it ok. You can always resharpen it.

A 2 axis mill is nothing more than a glorified drill press. People usually scrap the cnc parts and convert it back to manual.