Hello everyone, I thought I would post a very unusual photo that I saw on a Western Mass Craigslist Ad. I have never seen a Bridgeport stored like this before. How would you even get it into this position without hurting yourself? Enjoy. Tom from Mass.
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Unusual Photo of Bridgeport for Sale
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JB @ C and L Machine
Stainless
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Maybe the owner thought it was tired and laid it down for nap ! 
traditional-tools
Diamond
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- West Coast
Haven't you ever seen a Bridgeport that has been converted to a horizontal mill ??? 
This particular conversion doesn't even require the right angle head!
This particular conversion doesn't even require the right angle head!
Zahnrad Kopf
Diamond
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For Sale - One slightly used Bridgeport. Only hit once while wife was backing in... as is, where is...
Blazemaster
Hot Rolled
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lol^ My thought was maybe he was doing some repairs to it, and laid it on it's side. Then once he finished the repairs(or didn't) he couldn't get it upright again and so he threw it up on CL. "you move"
FP4NC_Finster
Cast Iron
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Also appears to be a Frankenstein. Looks to me that the head predates the rest of the machine. Black and silver logo on ram and nanny state warning placard on column i think came well after the step pulley head, no?
doug8cat
Titanium
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Moving B.P. to storage, dropped it ( quick though to avoid being labeled Bubba )....... Yhea I meant to do that they take up less space in the storage are.
Strange thing is I know a chap who would come up with an answer like that, a mere 2 seconds after dropping or knocking it over.
Strange thing is I know a chap who would come up with an answer like that, a mere 2 seconds after dropping or knocking it over.
wheels17
Stainless
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It would make it a lot easier to dismantle using an engine hoist... No high lifts.
MetalCarnage
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Maybe he bought it, laid it down to get it through the garage door and then either had no way to get it back up OR didn't measure and it's too tall for the garage ceiling.
-Ron
-Ron
packardbill
Cast Iron
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- central Pa., U.S.A.
They laid it down to lower the center of gravity, to make the move safer and easier. yeah, that's it.
Kart21
Aluminum
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Good one, I thought it was my EX forklift driver helping out for the last time.
TGTool
Titanium
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So that's where she moved to? I wondered. She was canned after she picked up the roll stock next to the press, got her forks under it and tipped over the OBI. I suppose everyone's got to work somewhere.
oxford
Cast Iron
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Maybe the owner was to short to reach the draw bar and didn't like using a stool?
Solo Inventor
Aluminum
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There appears to be a slightly bent piece of pipe between the base and the knee. I'd bet that Ockham would warn us to suspect a frozen knee since that would explain the pipe, the mill's orientation, and that it is on Craigslist. Hopefully though, for the Bridgeport's sake there is another explanation.
Edit: After looking at the picture again I suspect that the pipe might just be a piece of rigid conduit attached to the flexible conduit (or whatever) you can see hanging down from the back of the head.
Edit: After looking at the picture again I suspect that the pipe might just be a piece of rigid conduit attached to the flexible conduit (or whatever) you can see hanging down from the back of the head.
Joe Miranda
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The mill's fine - everything else in the picture is rotated.
BobRenz
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Someone may have heard that a Bridgeport is top heavy, and then figured if it's on its back, then it can't fall over during a move....
I would say just grab the top end and pick it up....... but..... that aint for just anyone to do, I guess.....
Nick Mueller
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Can't think of any better position for a Bridgeport.
Nick
Nick
