Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Bridgeport serial numbers Was: scraping beds for long tables

machines@... wrote:

> > > lew best wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > Just curious; how do you estimate the age of a Bridgeport with
> reasonable
> > > > accuracy?
>
> Go to:-
> http://www.metalwebnews.com/howto/bridgeport/bridgeport.html
> There is a chart there. I have printed it out and put it in my
> Bridgeport book.
> Only problem is a lot of Bridgeports were made under license and so
> far I can't find a number on these that relate to the published list.
> I think there is a US and a UK list.
> John Stevenson.

There are some discrepancies in the list, in the 1941 - 1943 range.
It may have happened during scanning of a page, or manual entry,
where the most significant digit was dropped or entered incorrectly.
The number ranges overlap, and the starting number for 1942 even
goes backward from 1941! Otherwise, this is a fine bit of information.

Thanks,

Jon