Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Bridgeport information request

Rab Gordon wrote:

> I bought the Bridgeport at auction yesterday !
> It's plate is labelled `Bridgeport by Adcock-Shipley' and the serial
> is J-B869 - the only number I could find, will have a closer look
> when it gets home.

OK, that clearly is the British-built machine. Their serial numbers
obviously are a separate system from the US-built Bridgeports.
My ~1941 Bridgeport is M1388.

> It's got a shaping attachment and came with tool-holding collets and
> a chuck but nothing else.
> I'm trying to find out as much as I can about it, does anyone know of
> any online source of drawings, manuals, etc. ?

Not online, but there are several Bridgeport manuals. The end user
manual is pretty thin, but it has cutaway drawings that are invaluable
when taking things apart for the first time. Somebody on this list
posted a part number and price (in the US) of the more detailed
repair manual sometime this year.

Jon