Drill Press Upgrade
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ม.ค. 2019
- I've been meaning to upgrade my drill press for a while....
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that's some impressive rigging work moving that machine
Always fun!
Was thinking the same thing..
@@mcremona honestly that really was impressive for a solo job.
most exciting part of the vlog!
You need to flood it with cutting oil when milling
This press has worked like a charm for my projects th-cam.com/users/postUgkxajoEbapTfqWaadnqb04h6U576yxXp-FE . I didn't even secure it to my table top, mainly due to the fact that I was using a 15 lbs drill vise. It's not flimsy at all as to what others have claimed it to be. Make sure the locking nuts and levers are secured and there won't be any issues with light pressure and patience. I was able to drill through aluminum, plastic, and steel (steel took a while) with no problems at all. Yeah it took a little longer than a regular drill press, but I don't have the space OR the money for one.The instruction manual was worthless, but luckily assembling the press was intuitive. However, the manual would be good for ordering replacement parts if needed. There is a nice breakdown of the parts that are included in the kit. Before ordering, make sure it is compatible with your unit, it is clearly stated what models the press is compatible with.This was an excellent purchase for $40!!
Damn! The solo unloading was epic!
Seriously- get this guy some friends. Well done, Matt!
Solo unloading while also setting cameras with good lighting.
I do everything solo but that would have killed me...literally.
Worked as a machinist for 40 years. I've seen riggers with a fork truck and 3 helpers not do any better job moving a machine than you did with three pieces of drill rod and a crowbar. Impressive!
Thanks!!
I think he was using a peavey which is more impressive and funny! I had a harder time setting up my Jet 17” drill press!
You just went down a rabbit hole, have fun
ThisOldMatt
Someone is about to start watching a lot more This Old Tony.
time to hit the reruns
And Vintage Machinery.org
was thinking the same thing
Wow. Just 'wow'. Matt, going to the store for a drill press and coming home with a Bridgeport mill, is over the top, even for you! 😂 Your wife is remarkably tolerant!
When you said you went one step better than a drill press, and as you were walking to the garage door, I said to my wife, "He bought a Bridgeport".
I used to run one in a machine shop some time ago. Very good machines. Looming forward to you tuning her up.
I said the same thing! Then I guffawed out loud haha
I said the same thing, but to my cat...as I don't have a wife. :-( lol
@@craigulatorOne Does your cat like Bridgeports? Was she happy that Matt got one?
Until next time - Happy metalworking!!
Should have been titled "MAN MOVED BRIDGEPORT BY HIMSELF USING EGYPTIAN ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY" .... LOL.
"a trick that rigging companies don't want you to know!" :D
I predict lots of Abom mentions soon haha. I've been a machinist for 20+years. You'll love it and learn so much.
Totally jealous!! That should really open up the doors for expanded metal working for your shop. I would definitely be interested in any videos about the mill.
"I just need to drill a quick hole. Hold my beer." - Cremona, obviously.
well, that escalated quickly
😂
Ideal for cutting mortices..... Nice work with the solo unload 👍
Awesome! I'd love a video of the clean up.
Now you can "mill" such species as A36, 304, and 6061! Sweet Score, smart move to go with a mill over a traditional drill press
Hahaha yes!!
Not much spalting or crotch figure to expect with these though ;)
@@Sodabowski that's the next step, stocking up on blacksmithing gear and making damascus steel, figuring out how to make wood like patterns
@@escalator9734 I could see Matt, folding/hammering out some damascus, milling it flat, and immediately dump a bucket of oil on it to reveal the grain and pattern! lol
6:47 Matt's gonna toss water on something. You can BET on that! What a beast of a machine. Cool that you have it and get to explore all new things.
Excellent decision. I grew up with a Bridgeport in my dad's garage. It was a belt drive and there were no digital anything back then. Dad's was a three phase. We used a three phase motor to generate the third phase. You'll need to indicate that head so it's at precisely 90 degrees to the table. When making cuts keep the quill retracted as much as practical to reduce thrust and wear on the spindle bearings. Raise the table using the knee instead. This keeps everything tight and more accurate. Acquire a spare 3/4 inch wrench that can live on the mill and be used to loosen and tighten the draw bolt on the top of the spindle.
That's not what I was expecting...but VERY COOL nonetheless.
As Nick Offerman once said, "The more cast iron, the better."
Alec Steel did a couple videos of cleaning his Bridgeport Mill
Hey! Matt, you won't regret purchasing a milling machine. Not only is it more accurate for drilling than a drill press but you will find lots of uses in the wood shop for it. I bought one a few years ago and find that for very accurate groove cutting and such in hardwoods, it works great. I've even used it for surfacing and squaring small wooden parts when absolute accuracy was required. Look forward to seeing your future videos working this machine. Fair play to you for moving the thing by the way. I had three guys helping me get it into the shop.
awesome! thanks!
Great move up from a drill press. I moved things around like that for years, then got a backhoe many years back . I move trees, buildings, even small things like a mill. Great video.
A lot of other you tube woodworkers are going cnc and you buck the trend and go for the mill. I hope to have my benchtop mill up and running when I finally finish my shop. nice video
Thanks Ben!
Take a machining class at your local Jr. College. It will save you a ton of mistakes and really improve the learning curve. I have a comparable and 16x40 lathe. You'll do well with it. go Matt.
Yes. Would love to see a video of the cleaning process.
Worked on these in the late 70's - they used to sit in a base to catch the coolant + swarf. A powerful pump filtered and recirculated the coolant to the machine head.
Congrats on the big purchase! The shot of your kids waving from the window was pretty cool! "Look what dad bought! "
"I'm not going out there, it's cold."
@@rualert1602 thought they were waving away at some of their college tuition.
JEALOUS!
If you’re ever in town, you can come try it out
Talking about restoration! ;)
I see a collaborative video soon. Sponsored by evaporust of course...
U Tube is going to be your best friend in cleaning and refurbishing that bridgeport mill.
H&W Machine Repair and Rebuilding These guys are premium rebuilders of Bridgeports and have videos of every repair a machine might need including tighting the half nuts to remove backlash.
I’ve watched most of their videos. They’re super helpful. Thanks!
Don't know what's better - the Bridgeport, the idea of future vids of the cleanup, or watching you muscle the beast into the shop all by yourself!
hard decision
Sweet! Happy for you Matt. Nice job unloading and getting into place by yourself!
thanks!
Matt, there’s an elephant in the room!!! That thing is a beast. I’m looking forward to what you do with it and incorporate it into your woodworking.
thanks!
So happy for you and your new purchase. I still remember the first time about 30 years ago I made new car dash insert out of wood to fit a stereo in using a mill and was thrilled to get the precision so easily. Hope you have many happy memories.
Really, do you not have any friends to help you move that beast. I thought you were just going to extend the garage when you got it off the trailer. And yes I want to see it go from there to finished. I cant wait to see what you get when its time to upgrade your Miter Saw. But really nice machine.
WOW, WAY COOL! I use to run one many years ago at a job I had.
Yes you can use the switch to reverse the Mill via the control wiring aka the terminal strip. VFDs are so versatile and a great option when using 3 phase equipment. The draw back is that most 120v input units are only 208/230v 3ph output driving smaller fractional Hp motors. You can use some, not all 3ph VFDs and supply them with 240v single phase and get 480v 3ph output. This will usually cut the amperage output of the VFD to almost half but go with a larger VFD to cover your load. If you plan to try this setup do your research first and make sure the unit is capable of this setup.
Awesome addition to your shop, major jealous!
We need a hand tool rescue cleaning collab, now. Also i know you just unloaded it, but you should bring it down to Texas to help April build her bandsaw mill. Sure would make it go quicker
Oh yeah, post the clean up.
Finally we now know how they built the pyramids!
By one guy in Minneapolis. Then, the hard part was moving the pyramids to Egypt!
Wow Matt, this brought back some memories. My father and I owned a Letterpress shop together and we moved large cast Iron based machines just like you did, 2" pipes and a solid steel strong arm. We had hoops installed in the concrete floor and could hook a come along to them to pull the machine across the floor. Tip, see if you can get a metal pan under the machine to catch all the oil and shavings before it hits your concrete. Anyway, I enjoyed watching this and all the pain came back watching you man handle that thing to get it in the garage.
thanks!
Wow, that thing is sweet. That's going to be a fun process. Tuning, cleaning, learning, playing, and making. Happy Metalworking!
That is indeed quite an upgrade! Nice!
thanks!
The crotch figure on that thing when you splashed it with water from the bucket was UNREAL!
Best grain reveal ever
Lol!
That a good one, still laughing, thx
Yes Matthew,,, videos on working/cleaning the Bridgeport as I have one of my own that I have been playing with for a few years, great machine!!!
I too love the rigging. Welcome to that group of people who own very very very heavy machines and dont' seem to mind when their house tips crooked over time. Life is good. Great video!
Hahahaha thanks!
Talk about going from one extreme to the other .... Nice ....
Wow, super impressed you moved it all by yourself, safely!!!
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. --Archimedes
thanks!
@@mcremona You're welcome.
Congratulations on your awesome new (to you) mill. Along with many others who are fans of your videos, I would love to watch your restoration/refurbishing process.
I admire your vision and how you apply it. Your craftsmanship is top-drawer but without your vision, the craftsmanship wouldn't be anywhere near as valuable and effective. You built that trailer and from time to time I have to stand up and cheer when I see what you can do with it. Same goes for your sawmill.
Thanks again for the superb series of videos that you share with us.
Thank you so much!!
By the way, I've been going back and watching a lot of your older videos on making various pieces of furniture. Your videos are truly inspiring. I have a fairly well-tooled woodshop myself, as well as a sawmill. One problem is that I only bought the sawmill two years ago and didn't really start cutting any good hardwood until about a year ago. So the oldest wood I have is only one year old and it's all been stacked outdoors freezing in the winter. I don't really have a good place to dry it well.
This will be my first year at trying to build some furniture from the wood I cut. It's mostly cherry and maple. I just recently cut a bunch of oak, but that's not going to be dry for yet another year or more. I'm a bit leery about working with wood that might not be dry enough. I hate to build a nice piece of furniture only to have it warp on me later.
I also wanted to say that I just watched your video on "Making the Secretary Desk Doors" from April 2015 and your video on "Building a Mitered Beaded Door with an Arched Top Rail" from June 2014. I very much enjoyed both of those videos. I'm going to be starting with smaller cabinets. Like the small door you made in the June video. And hopefully move up to some larger furniture later.
One thing I have to say though. Even though I can appreciate your extremely professional woodworking. I'm going to be taking the lazy way out and using rail and style router bits. I'll skip the superfine craftsmanship of the mitered beads, etc. I don't have the patience for that right now. Especially when I'm not sure how well things are going to turn out. Right now my main goal is to make things fairly quick and easy so I can sell them in a yard sale without having to charge and arm and leg for them. Maybe later I can take on a more ambitious project.
Anyway, thanks for making your videos. You are a GREAT INSPIRATION to be sure. And you are also obviously a very great woodworking artist. No doubt about that. An artist for sure.
No shame in doing things the easy way. Thank you!!
You really don't want to put that machine on casters, levelling feet OK, casters not ok.
I'm pretty sure, he meant retractable casters - just for moving around, not as a permanent base.
@@marcslonik5096 correct
#leverage
Love the new toy, Matt!
I am pretty sure you will end up moving it back to the overhead door. It is fine for smaller stuff where it is, but now that you have this mammoth, I see much new stuff going onto the mill and that will need ROOM!!!!! ;) Also, it looks like you will be staying put for a while longer. Years ago, I helped my father in law move his tool and die shop. O.M.G. We moved about half of it before he called in the big dogs... One mill at a time on my truck. One smaller lathe. A few loads of tooling and bits and pieces of all the materials you find yourself stocking. God only knows how many trips it was for us, but I can tell you it KICKED OUR ASSES!!! The pro's came in with all their skates and pinch bars and power dollies and a huge flat bed truck with a monster lift and POOF, all gone!!!! Nice score... And if you don't already, watch This Old Tony. He is quite the character..
Between all of those piles of wood and this new purchase, you have a patient and understanding spouse. 🤗
Very cool! Better ditch those woodworking machines, gives you more room for machining ;)
hahahaha now that's a great idea!!
You can get them sharpened for a lot less than new ones.
45 years as a machinist. Mostly Bridgeports. Nice buy. The table feed is more useful than the cross feed which is rare to have. The DRO is nice but probably not necessary unless you have a production run. They have a rubber guard for the ways in the back but the crossfeed has wipers built in to keep stuff out. Looks like you have a Kurt angle lock vice which is the best. The jaw on the moveable part can be attached to the back of it for larger work and you can make soft jaws out of aluminum or mild steel that you can machine into for special jobs.Have fun.
I was COMPLETELY surprised when you tossed that bucket of water on after spraying the degreaser, and no comment about the grain revealed in the steel! lol Congrats on your acquisition! Just remember: He who dies with the most toys, is still dead!
Buy something to work as a dust cover and cover up the entire mill. Systems like that hate dust and especially sawdust and it gets everywhere in, on, around them. Just think of your table saw's trunnions but way more complicated and milled to much higher precision.
Ok , so now call Adam, ABOM79 and get some hints as to reworking the non functioning features, also maybe some tools and hey, GO BIG or go home !
Keith Rucker too.
And John Saunders for the speeds and feeds!
Not to forget the other Keith, Turnwright Fenner.
He's rebuilding a Bridgeport for some time now, one spring at a time.
In case you don't know that: You might want to check out Keith Rucker and Keith fenner. Mr Fenner is doing a rebuild on a Bridgeport mill as we write and Mr Rucker does rebuilds on every kind of old machinery.
Have fun!
Holy cow! This machine deserves its own channel.
There are several owwm.org members in your area, that may be able to help you fix your Bridgeport Mill.
You go looking for a new car and bring home an aircraft carrier.
Not recommendable. You will never find a parking lot downtown.
Good machine! Had one at my shop, used the crap out of it. Replaced the motor once and replaced a bunch of gears in the power feeds. You will get a lifetime of use out of it!
Love how this increases your space requirements for your next shop.
Be sure to let me know when you move. I'll help.
I was just kidding about new tools b/c Lindsay made partner. hahaha
Also diRiesta made a mobile base for a bandsaw. U should look at his model so U can make a base for the mill
Awesome shop machinery addition...congrats! I'm sure you'll give it the tender loving care it deserves to make it all work well. Great job on moving that yourself!
You really have to get out more & make some friends. When I was your age I used to move the world by myself & now that I have surpassed the half century mark I am paying for it. Love watching your videos for the sheer fact that you have a can do attitude about everything you approach.
Matt, check out mrpete222. He is a retired shop teacher and has various series on machine shop tools. He will give good basic instruction. Good luck.
been watching for a while. thanks!
Hang on, just going to register giantdrillpress.com
I haven't ran a mill in years but would love to see the video of you tearing this one down, repairing and cleaning it.
How you were able to lug that beast into the shop by yourself is beyond me.
Chlunkchlunkchlunk, we will miss you 😭😭😭
rip
I think some of your ancestors must have helped build the pyramids.
I would be interested in seeing the clean and tune up process for this beast. It’s a completely new machine to me so that would be fun to watch and learn about.
Reminds me of time in my friend's basement this past year, milling and forging a set of amazing throwing knives. Can't wait to get a metal mill in the next house... great video!
As another retired Tool & Die Maker, I'm also jealous. Recently, I've taken up a little woodworking and am constantly re-thinking how to do stuff that would be a breeze on a Bridgeport. We could give you lots of basic pointers from our experience if you are interested. An upgrade to that vise would make a big difference in your effort and results as the first rule is adequate holding of the workpiece. You will never regret this purchase.
Congratulations! It is nice to see you so happy.
Nice mill Matt! You’re going to like having this new tool in your shop! I picked up a older dreadful condition Chinese milling machine a few years back, it was in bad shape but hey it was free :) since then I got it working fairly good. I’m going to convert it to 3 phase soon like I just did with my old drill press. Your skills in unloading that heavy mill by yourself is quite impressive! Nice purchase and have fun cleaning and getting the mill tuned up :) Take care!
Thanks Mike!
Congrats on getting the Bridgeport. You will not regret it! You will be doing things you never could with an actual drill press. Best of luck on your learning experience!!
thanks!
Great addition to the shop!
Matt, yes I would like you to do a Bridgeport clean up video. I like how you discuss your options and process all the time, not just 'getting it done' - that is what would make those videos different from the rest. Thanks
thanks!
Awesome addition to your shop!
I can’t wait to see what you use it for! 👊🏻
Thank you, Matt! The next time my wife freaks out over one of my tool purchases, I'll just show her this video. I would love to see you drilling 1/16" pilot holes with this mastodon. :)
Where's there a Matt - There's a way. GREAT find Matt, it's nice to see an old workhorse like that machine find a good home. Looking forward to the reconditioning.
Thanks Mark!
I am extremely jealous! I have been looking at upgrading my current mill which is a mini-mill from Little Machine Shop. I would love to have a Bridgeport but I just don't have room in my oversize 2-car garage since my wife insists on parking her car in it! However, I do have a laser cutter/engraver so that is a plus. I will probably upgrade my mill eventually but not with a Bridgeport. I work mostly with brass so I can live without the heft of the BP. The mini-mill is GREAT for making accurate holes in wood for my scale model vehicles. Looks like you got a lot of tooling so that helps to offset the cost.
thanks for the Pierce link, I was sad to see that Tried and True tools closed. And I'm impressed that you were able to unload that and get into position alone.
Yeah unfortunately, I only made it in there once and that was before I knew anything about machining. I was surprised to find out they had closed. Thanks!
Sweet mill Matt! I'm a machinist, and I have milled lots of mesquite at work. Clean up all the oil that you can, tram the head in, tighten the gib screws, and get some covers for the ways and you'll be good to go. Large roughing end mills work great for milling pieces of wood.
Thanks Dave!
Make sure you oil the spindle bearing before each use . They are not cheap . Congratulations on your new pice of machinery. Self employed toolmaker for 21 yrs . Really enjoy your channel.
I'm glad you bought a Series I instead of an older model. One of the main differences is the dovetail ways as opposed to tubular ways. Much more consistent and easier to maintain adjustment.
I would love to hear the dinner table conversation that took you from “I need a drill press” to “actually, a Bridgeport would best meet my needs”. “What honey, we’re going to Rhode Island?”
You’ll love it. Always the coolest piece of equipment in the shop.
So much respect for your Ingenuity and creativity on figuring out how to move things from A to B. To move in 2500 lb Mill with your own to bare hands is damn impressive
thanks Greg!
Really cool Matt! 😃 Looking forward to following along on your new adventure! 👍🏻👊🏻
thanks Fred!
That's some upgrade. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.