07-17-2015, 10:35 AM
I was looking at the travel on both the X axis table and that "X2" travel of the upper slide and agree both add up to enough to be able to reach anywhere on the table. It would be a little weird using both though, travel to the limit with the feed box on X1 (the table) and then keep moving by reaching up for the crank on the head.
BTW, that heavy feed box looks a lot like the original ones found on early Bridgeports, same vintage as the milling head from a round ram M machine. It must be from a Bridgeport because of the end support plate sticking above the surface of the table.
BTW, that heavy feed box looks a lot like the original ones found on early Bridgeports, same vintage as the milling head from a round ram M machine. It must be from a Bridgeport because of the end support plate sticking above the surface of the table.