Let's See Your Mill

[Swede56]

(07-08-2015, 06:39 AM)kingcreaky Wrote: Love that horizontal Charles Spencer.


Greetings all from Leicester UK, Some of you may remember, I recently acquired a Lathe er "Lets see you Lathe, page 19"

well, I have been fortunate enough to stumble upon a Mill to compliment it. Again, free, except a few beer tokens bribing friends to help me move it, from what seemed like the most inhospitality place known to man.

Its in my workshop now... and ive commenced the cleaning!!!, and ordered a vfd.
it also came with the slotting/shaping head that attaches to the back of the turret.

Also, I found quite interesting, its made by a company called "adcock and shipley" who were a Leicester based firm many years ago. Its stamped 1962 and was indeed made in Leicester. Unfortunately the factory has long since gone and is now a place far from the british manufacturing hub it once was. In-fact if you stood where the factory was and closed your eyes and just listened, you could believe you were somewhere in poland! but thats another story.


I've got a lot to learn, but I'm so pleased to at-last own my own mill. So gentlemen, charge your glasses... My Bridgeport  

Congratulations on your acquisition.

Now I am jealous I have been looking for a Bridgeport for years thought I had a chance to buy one from a Vocational School I was taking a class at but they had to trade it in with a company and could not sell it to me. I am sure they got a lot less than I would have been willing to give them. Since I have bought a 18" Jet Mill/Drill but cranking the head up and down is a real PITA.