Thread: Classic Design

Heres a real obscure one. The Bridgeport Milling Machine
Often copied never equaled.

Black Chucks. Hi-tops, of course.

My son was in the shop of a bicycle builder in Pittsburgh, Engin Cycles, and he said that the Bridgeport Milling Machine (which a lot of custom bike builders favor) is a machine that could build itself.....don't know if this is true or just an expression of the love for this workhorse of old.

Originally Posted by WW243

My son was in the shop of a bicycle builder in Pittsburgh, Engin Cycles, and he said that the Bridgeport Milling Machine (which a lot of custom bike builders favor) is a machine that could build itself.....don't know if this is true or just an expression of the love for this workhorse of old.

Acutully not true,sadley I had to sell my bridgeport when we moved last year.I miss it dearly.
The lathe is called the queen of the shop for a reason,with milling attachments, you can make a mill with a lathe,but you cannot make a lathe with a mill.and you cannot make a mill without a lathe.