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Tape #1
Bridgeport Introduction
I - Introduction - An overview of what the entire series will cover
II - Mill Head - Explains the different parts of the machine and their uses
III - Indicating Head - Step by step explanation plus a few trade secrets
IV - Indicating Vise - How to mount vise on the table
V - Tooling - A brief rundown of the essential to
(about 90 minutes)
I - Broken Stud In Exhaust Manifold - Several ways to remove a broken stud and then how to redrill for a new stud
II - Centering Work - Different ways to make sure you are over the center of your work
III - Boring Head - How to setup and use the boring head
IV - Shaping - Uses for your mill you may not have considered
V - Tube Notching - How to fish mouth perfect joints for tubing
VI - Work Holding Vise - Suggests best type of vise to use and why
VII - Flycutting Pistons - How to setup and flycut pistons
(about 90 minutes)
I - Gas Porting Pistons - How o gas port pistons
II - Crankshaft V Blocks - Different uses for the v blocks
III - Additional V Block Projects - More uses for the v blocks
IV - Cylinder Head Surfacing - Step by demonstation on head surfacing
V - Valve Work - Different approaches to valve work
VI - Rotary Table - A quick look at the advantages a rotary table brings to your projects
(about 90 minutes)
This video was added to our catalog on April 29, 2005 in Metalworking::Milling.
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I wouldn't consider this the best instructional video on milling. The approach is very causal - i.e. a lot of setting things up by eye. Although one might be able to get some work done, I question the accuracy and repeatability of the methods used here.
As with the Lathe Learnin' set, Precision Measurement here produces a remarkably good piece of instruction. The instructor (whose name I never can quite get) communicates his own enthusiasm for machine tool operation, in this case, the Bridgeport type mill. The applications are mostly automotive and very little if any use is made of end mill work, but as an overall introduction and encouragement to the use of a mill this is quite excellent. Many of the set up proceedures are visual using a variety of fixtures;and that may strike some users as superficial; but, they work! There is much to machinig that can seem wearisome to a beginner or at least a less than expert machinist. This video eliminates much of that dread.
I have rented both this "Bridgeport Mill" DVD and the "Lathe Learnin'" series by the same author. I loved them all. I have been lucky enough a few times to have worked with guys like this that share tips and tricks that save time and strain but still turn out work that is accurate and quality oriented. (This guy builds tools for NASCAR teams among others, so he knows what's needed.) He may be casual but he's a machinist I'd like to work next to for a good while.
Let's face it, most of the manual Bridgeport type mills are now in the hands of small shops and individuals; the quantity production work and high precision stuff is being done with megabucks CNC. The rest of us are delighted to learn how to work easily within 1 or 2 thousandths in the manner this video shows. I use my ancient Bridgeport and my other shop equipment to build and maintain parts for other vintage machines and antique vehicles. This DVD was perfect for my needs and I recommend it.
Besides, what's not to love about a small Texas shop with a hound dog walking around in the background (and obviously drinking out of the toilet); this is real life in the shop!
The whole series seemed a bit on the sales side, trying to sell fixtures. Really the only portion I liked was on the 3rd disk. This some brief information on the rotary table.
He seems like a really nice guy, but he doesn't represent the machining trade very well. I'm sure if the good folks at Bridgeport saw how he treated their machines they would send a hit squad after him. I started out as an automotive machinist and later went into the general machining trade and believe me, the two are nothing alike. This is meatball machining. I did laugh though when he used a spray bottle of ethal alcohol as coolant.
Where this series doesn't cover the basic operations thoroughly, it is a more advanced on methods, techniques. The nuggets of information throughout these videos make this set worthwhile. While not professionally filmed, I rent these videos for the information content, this is money well spent. I thought so much that I also rented his lathe Learning series.
These tapes provided a lot of of needed information...Easy to understand...A BIG HELP---Thanks
The narrator really has a shop knowledge of the mill and is able to get across the ways of using a mill other than the Bridgeport only. Liked the video very much and hope he has others.
I would rate this DVD as just "Okay". The material was okay, the instructor wasn't fancy, just an enjoyable, down to earth working guy. The trouble with the DVD is that the total package and time of the video isn't justified by the rental fee.