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Were to find a Bridgeport manual?

Posted by Tim Goldstein
on 2000-09-12 16:41:43 UTC
Anyone have any idea where I can find a manual on a Bridgeport series 2 NC
machine? Figured it would be a handy item to have in understanding the
workings of the machine when it arrives.

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Just to update the list on my E-bay addiction:
Contact with the seller of the Bridgeport series 2 has been made and they
have received payment for it.

A trucking firm has been retained and when the plant manager of the company
selling it made the call the quote was considerably cheaper than when I
asked the price. The quote ended up being $550 to ship 7500 lbs from
Mississippi to Colorado.

I have retained a local rigging company to receive the machine and then
deliver it to my house when it is convenient for me. I was trying to figure
out ways to save money on this part, but ended up deciding that it was worth
the cost to have it handled by people that have a clue what they are doing
and have the tools to do it. Besides, I don't have to get dirty this way or
risk hurting my back.

I have convinced my wife to let me put the machine into the garage. The cost
for this is a storage building and a new rug in the living room.

I have further convinced my wife that we need to replace the existing
electric stove with a gas stove. The cost here is a new stove, a plummer to
run the gas line (might as well put in the tap for the gas heater in the
garage while I am at it), and a dishwasher. The bargaining on this was
fierce, but I figure I need the 220 V 50 amp circuit the stove is on to get
enough juice to run this thing. Guess I need to figure in the cost of an
electrician also.

So, all in all I figure my $659 Bridgeport is up to about $8000.

Updates will follow.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

Discussion Thread

Tim Goldstein 2000-09-12 16:41:43 UTC Were to find a Bridgeport manual? Carlos Guillermo 2000-09-12 20:10:03 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Were to find a Bridgeport manual? / convincving the wife Dan Falck 2000-09-12 21:44:59 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Were to find a Bridgeport manual? / convincving the wife