John S01
Aluminum
- Joined
- Mar 5, 2017
- Location
- Sunnyvale CA
I am not the voice of experience here since I have been the owner operator of a 1969 J-Head Variable Drive Bridgeport mill for about three days now.
Why is it that every time I try to rotate a handwheel on this mill that it has to fall off the machine? I raise the knee, the handwheel comes loose and I have to muscle it back on. I try to move the quill feed handle and it is loose. It pops out of its keeper. Same for the fine feed handwheel. I have owned two cheap Chinese mills and at least their controls would stay in place. Well, not all the time, but I don't understand why this Bridgeport has to be so fussy. What am I doing wrong here?
Why is it that every time I try to rotate a handwheel on this mill that it has to fall off the machine? I raise the knee, the handwheel comes loose and I have to muscle it back on. I try to move the quill feed handle and it is loose. It pops out of its keeper. Same for the fine feed handwheel. I have owned two cheap Chinese mills and at least their controls would stay in place. Well, not all the time, but I don't understand why this Bridgeport has to be so fussy. What am I doing wrong here?