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- Nov 10, 2013
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A buddy of mine has been looking for a mill. I’ve been keeping an eye out for him. A “drill press” popped up it was picture of a really nice J head The price was set at $1. I noticed the same seller had a victor 1660 listed for a buck also. I sent the guy a message inquiring about it he couldn’t tell me much just that he bought the property and this was in a storage building along with the “drill press”. Long story short my buddy picked up the Bridgeport for 800 bucks!!!!!!! There isn’t a single ding on the mill!!!! Just a bit of surface rust no pitting (god bless west Texas weather). I got the victor for 1500 bucks. My only issue is the bent the shaft on the apron handwheel and it’s missing the crossslide hand wheel. I’m not sure how big of a deal the shaft will be to repair it. still travels smoothly.