Just picked up a BP

[frostheave]

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That looks like a great repair Alloy. Probably stronger than original. Nicely done!

Bob

 

[zmotorsports]

Fantastic looking repair there. That should hold up very well.

Mike.

 

[drs23]

Great repair Dan, very impressive. Shouldn't have to be concerned about that issue ever again. Really nice work, Sir.

 

[alloy]

Thanks everyone. Your comments keep me going

I had a "request" to post more pics. So, here is the base of the machine before, and now. I think when I'm done I will text pics to the guy I bought it from.

I was hoping to get the table back on today but am running out of time. My GF gets home soon and she says she feels like a Bridgeport widow. So have to spend some time with her tonight. Take her to dinner at our favorite restaurant.

All I have left to sand and paint is the motor and the power feed. Saved the best (wost) parts for last.................

There is a guy locally selling a table and lead screw. He said he's willing to sell the screw for $100. I know I need a bearing bracket but not sure what else to take the power feed off. It's 3 phase and I'm not planning to buy another VFD to power it.

 

[drs23]

Thanks everyone. You comments keep me going

I had a "request" to post more pics. So, here is the base of the machine before, and now. I think when I'm done I will text pics to the guy I bought it from.

I was hoping to get the table back on today but am running out of time. My GF gets home soon and she says she feels like a Bridgeport widow. So have to spend some time with her tonight. Take her to dinner at our favorite restaurant.

All I have left to sand and paint is the motor and the power feed. Saved the best (wost) parts for last.................

There is a guy locally selling a table and lead screw. He said he's willing to sell the screw for $100. I know I need a bearing bracket but not sure what else to take the power feed off. It's 3 phase and I'm not planning to buy another VFD to power it.

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What a difference! Looking Great!

 

[alloy]

Got more done. The cleaning and painting is finally done. A little touch up here and there, but glad it's finished. The power feed was a chore to get in all the nooks and crannies.



Started installing the DRO. Got Y and X scales installed. Started off with the first pic for my Y bracket, and the second pic is the finished part. The brackets that came with the DRO are useless. It was easier to make my own.


I used bolts and large washers in the drain holes to temporarily clamp the X axis scale on place. I'm glad I did, turns out I had the scale up too far. I used a transfer punch to get my hole location to mount the reader head and this is where I was. Had to move the scale down even with the bottom of the table so the bolt holes wouldn't break into the way surface on the saddle. You can see my two punch marks if you look closely.




After reading about power feeds I decided to just leave mine on and I bought a VFD for it off Ebay for $92 shipped. I was reading the PDF manual and I'm lost. I guess I'll deal with that when the time comes.


I should get the other VFD hooked up and have the motor running this week some time. I've started looking at the K axis scale mount. That's my next project after I get spindle power.

 

[JimDawson]

Looking good. If you need some VFD help, I'll be happy to lend a hand.

 

[Kroll]

What an awesome thread alloy,and awesome responses from the members.I want to bookmark this thread cause I would like to do some of the same things your doing such as the VFD and the DRO which is kinda in my budget(depending on side work) to my BP which is still in the corner waiting.Love this thread,keep it coming----kroll

 

[alloy]

Thank you Kroll. I'm pretty surprised at the response I've gotten. I've even gotten PM's asking for more pics I've also made some awesome friends because of this thread. Many have offered help and I sincerely appreciate it. I hope I have the opportunity to give back to others here. But I do wonder what I will talk about when I'm done with this project?

I will answer your PM later. I'm at work and can only write short responses.

 

[alloy]

It's alive!!! I have power now Thanks to some awesome people here other wise I'd have never got the VFD figured out. Russ, Jim, Henry,Dale and more. If I've forgotten to mention you I apologize. I've gotten many PM's and starting to forget who all I've talked to. I also got to meet two really great people from here, Russ and Jim. Amazing people both of them. Thank you all so much for your help. I'm not done yet, but I have X and Y axis readouts, and power to the spindle.

I drove over to Jim's yesterday to get some help with the small VFD for the power feed. He got it set up and it kept saying over current. But I ran the power feed when I looked at the mill??? So after more checking he found one leg of the windings shorted out. I have no idea how it ran. We did find something odd in the on/off switch that had been added to the feed. One hot leg had the ground wire going to it, and it ran that way. I looked at that before I got there and decided I'll just take the entire feed with me. I'm glad I did. So now I'm going to find out what it might cost to have the motor rewound. But in the mean time I'll just put it on and use the mill without it.

I still have the K and Z axis scales to put on. I made Y axis table stop today and put on. I didn't want to crush my scale by moving the table back to far.

Here is my stop.

And the control panel for the spindle. I have an extra space up on the left. Not sure what to fill that space with

And the odd wiring on the feed shutoff. You can see on the left where there are two wires to one terminal. One is the ground, the other a hot lead.

Here is the temporary home of the VFD.



Everyone here has been fantastic to me. If I can be of any help to anyone don't hesitate to ask