Re: Bridgeport information request

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, "Rab Gordon" <rab@r...> wrote:

> Thanks for the info Jon,
>
> The guy I spoke to was just reading off what he could find and we
> reakoned that was the serial, but could have been anything.
> Could you tell me where the proper serial would be on the machine ?
> and what general info I can tell about the machine from the serial

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> auction time there and then.
>
> > Could be J8869, which would sound like a 1950s to early 1960s J

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> > machine. It might have a round ram, which would make it an early
> 50's
> > machine. Anyway, the 869 sounds way too early, and I haven't run
> > across JB serial numbers.
>

Rab and list:-
Bridgeports were made in the UK by Adcock and Shipley under license.
I believe they may have had their own method of numbering as two
machines I have tried to date have had odd numbers.
I have a UK made machine with a known date. I'll look tomorrow and
post the number to see if it matches with the lists.

John Stevenson
Nottingham, England