Like new Sharp milling machine, $5000, Midway, BC

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[Jswain]

Someone's obviously taken care of that thing...or it sat under a cover, unused

 

[DavidR8]

Seems like a good deal

 

[140mower]

The biggest strike against it that I can see is that it's in Midway, which is pretty much midway to nowhere in particular....... ( My apologies to those in Grand Forks etc)...

 

[boilerhouse]

 

[Arbutus]

Thats the machine I have. Bought new from Ted Sharpe for about $8000 in 1999. It's not as tall as the full size BP so its easy to reach the drawbar. Very nice machine for the home shop!

 

[Susquatch]

Thats the machine I have. Bought new from Ted Sharpe for about $8000 in 1999. It's not as tall as the full size BP so its easy to reach the drawbar. Very nice machine for the home shop!

Now there is a surprise image I was NOT expecting to ever see! A mill so short I'd have to crouch to tighten the drawbar......... LOL!

I know it's not what you were shooting for, but that's what appeared on my end.

No offense, but why not just get a regular sized BP and make a small wooden platform?

 

[Arbutus]

Cuz I'm short too!

 

[jcdammeyer]

Thats the machine I have. Bought new from Ted Sharpe for about $8000 in 1999. It's not as tall as the full size BP so its easy to reach the drawbar. Very nice machine for the home shop!

Out of curiosity mostly, what's the distance from the floor to the top of the motor? And as the head is tilted doesn't the outside flat part of the motor go a little bit higher?

 

[whydontu]

The biggest strike against it that I can see is that it's in Midway, which is pretty much midway to nowhere in particular....... ( My apologies to those in Grand Forks etc)...

Especially since the Russian restaurant no longer exists in the Grand Forks Hotel.

 

[Arbutus]

6 ft 9" to top of motor;
5 ft 8" yo top of drawbar

And yes if the head is nodded, it will raise the top height a bit.

 

[jcdammeyer]

6 ft 9" to top of motor;
5 ft 8" yo top of drawbar

And yes if the head is nodded, it will raise the top height a bit.

That mill looks taller in the photo.

My ceiling joists are at 85.6" (7ft 1.5")
Old motor went up to 81" which is also 6' 9" and I could pivot the head.
New motor goes up to 6' 5", Power drawbar mechanism is 81" just like the original motor
Actual drawbar nut is at 5' 9" and I have a rubber mat in front of the mill so it's really 5' 8" effectively.

 

[Susquatch]

6 ft 9" to top of motor;
5 ft 8" yo top of drawbar

And yes if the head is nodded, it will raise the top height a bit.

Wow. Only 6 ft at the drawbar! You are right, that is a short mill!

Nice for those who need it or don't have the ceiling height.

 

[YotaBota]

@Arbutus - do you know of a softcopy of the manual? I did some looking around and didn't find a manual for this model.

 

[Arbutus]

@Arbutus - do you know of a softcopy of the manual? I did some looking around and didn't find a manual for this model.

I have a fairly crude photocopy which I can share. Its very similar to the Bridgeport Series 1. If you can find a Series 1 manual, then that would basically be the same thing!

 

[YotaBota]

I'm trying to decide how strong my wanna is, nothing to do with need. lol

I'm looking for the weight and what the book says for lifting the machine. I don't think my 04 Tacoma will haul it the bed, probably need to trailer it if it follows me home.

The biggest strike against it that I can see is that it's in Midway, which is pretty much midway to nowhere in particular....

This from the guy who lives half way between the boonies and the toolies.

 

[Arbutus]

The weight isn't in the copy I have. But I do recall (yeah 1999, howzat?!) the shipping weight was 1800 pounds crated.

 

[YotaBota]

Zats better than me,

I went to Vintage Machinery and found a couple of Series 1 books and they say 1950 lbs for the Bridgeport. My little Yota wouldn't be happy with that in the bed. The same book showed recommended lifting procedures.

 

[jcdammeyer]

Here's the Grizzly data info on my House of Tools unit. That's a lot of extra weight for a wooden crate. House of Tools delivered mine on a pallet. We used the Egyptian method of moving it into the shop.

 

[Birkhoff]

Ok, I'll bite. What is the `Egyptian method'? Like when you trick 100 homeless people to come over for dinner and then turn them into slaves?