Thanks to accepting me to the group. I am just setting up a small workshop and first job is restoring an old Bridgeport. This drove me to the group as I am seeking info about the power feed system on the English built units. I am always looking to learn and improve techniques so I am sure it will be a worthwhile group for me. Probably years before I can be a useful contributor unfortunately.

Thanks Neil

As an update, I have machined the rotors. A fair bit of wear from the brushes and the 'gear' on the end looks rather worn so I assume the feed motors have done a fair bit of work. I scraped the saddle on both faces and the knee top ways need some work. I have no straight edge so need to source or make one to do the knee. The column is in very good order so maybe this machine has done a lot of repeated jobs that require little change to setup and height. The X lead screw was missing when I bought it but the Y is very worn so its not the best machine to start with. My plan is to fix it up to the point of reasonably good but not chase perfection from it as it is obviously well worn. Then use it and see if it warrants another tear down with new balls screws and redoing the ways maybe a grind and turcite. In the mean time I keep an open eye for a better sample.

The links from. here have lead me to lots of new links which has helped greatly with getting the info I need.