How to renovate an old mill

Tom
By Tom Suddard
Dec 2, 2023 | Shop Work, Bridgeport mill, Making stuff, Mill | Posted in Shop Work , Features | From the Nov. 2022 issue | Never miss an article

Photography by Tom Suddard

We’d found an old Bridgeport mill, dragged it home and placed it in a convenient corner of our garage. Now there was one last step before we could start machining: Get it running. 

[How to buy a mill (and how to get it home) | Making Stuff: Part 5]

As with any used car, plan on going through a used mill after …

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Noddaz
Noddaz GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
9/16/22 12:06 p.m.

Very interesting.  Thank you.  

Scott

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