Do i need 2

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Joseph Durnya

Aluminum

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Jun 10, 2014

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New Jersey, USA

• Feb 14, 2017

• #1

Have an opportunity to pick up another Series 1 J head.... Think i can get it fairly cheap..

talk me out of it .... or talk me into it !

 

JRIowa

Diamond

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May 27, 2003

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Marshalltown, Iowa, USA

• Feb 15, 2017

• #2

I'll get chewed out again, but if it's a "Series I" it isn't a J head, it's a 2J.

Sure, buy it. Then you can show to all your friends and they will say "WOW". Then, when you're gone, you son can dig it up and say "WTF did dad have this?"

OK, being sarcastic., but why do you need a spare head?
JR

 

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L Vanice

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Feb 8, 2006

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Fort Wayne, IN

• Feb 15, 2017

• #3

Joseph Durnya said:

Have an opportunity to pick up another Series 1 J head.... Think i can get it fairly cheap..

talk me out of it .... or talk me into it !

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Do you mean you can get just a head or do you mean a complete mill?

Larry

 

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Joseph Durnya

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New Jersey, USA

• Feb 15, 2017

• #4

Larry, complete mill... maybe my terminology is incorrect.. they are just plain J head mills...

thanks !
joe

 

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Joseph Durnya

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• Feb 15, 2017

• #5

i put some cash in an envelope for the kids ... its marked " dumpster " LOL

 

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JohnEvans

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Phoenix,AZ

• Feb 15, 2017

• #6

If you have the space sure! I have 2 BPs and find it handy to have both.

 

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HWElecRepair

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Fort Wayne, IN

• Feb 15, 2017

• #7

geez JR, just let the man enjoy his Series I J head in peace

Im a shooter, and personally I dont care if people call them mags or clips, but when I see you talk about that, I feel like its the same thing as to the j/2j head.

If 1 mill is good, 2 must be better, right?

Jon

 

JRIowa

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Marshalltown, Iowa, USA

• Feb 15, 2017

• #8

HWElecRepair said:

Im a shooter, and personally I donlt care if people call them mags or clips,

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Clips came from Hollywood. Clips used to be used for holding woman's hair or stacks of paper.
Magpul don't call them nothing but "magazines" or mags. I can't help it, the way I was raised. I'm also getting ready to pay my taxes.
JR

 

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abarnsley

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Palmer, Alaska

• Feb 15, 2017

• #9

And clips are used in M1 Garands.. I think there are still a few around, might work for your hair... Will hold some of my tax paperwork...



Swap a Series 1 belt housing assy on a J Head round ram, and it will say Series 1 too...

I think I found a picture of an early 2hp 2J head and mill, that did not say Series 1....

3 nuts, belt housing and motor, and a drawbar, to swap to whatever you want to call it..

I am doing taxes too....

 

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HWElecRepair

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Fort Wayne, IN

• Feb 16, 2017

• #10

lol @JR. I have always called them mags, but mostly cause SDI would have slayed me once the junior hats were done thrashing me in the pits. When I am around people who say clip, i try to correct them. But I try not to be a snob about it, cause alot of people who are learning dont know any better.

My father in law has a feb 44 Springfield Garand, which needs it barrel replaced.

Anyways... if you want 2 Bridgeports, rock it. I would love to have one in the garage, but I would do more woodworking on it so I wouldnt go BP. But that is my personal opinion.

 

JRIowa

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Marshalltown, Iowa, USA

• Feb 16, 2017

• #11

abarnsley said:

And clips are used in M1 Garands..

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And '03 Springfields, '98 Mausers, Johnsons, SKS, and Enfields. I had a low 6 digit SN Garand that I just parted with. What I really miss is my '41 Johnson.

It's important to note that clips filled the magazines.

I said not more woodworking after I built the oak staircase for my house.

As for the Series I, there was no Series I until the Series II came out. I have never seen a J head with a Series I marking (from BP). When Textron dumped BP, the Series I went away for quite a time. My mill has no Series I makings whatever.
JR