Cool new toy. I miss having access to a machine shop. Been looking for a lathe and mill off and on. Have seen a few Bridgeports go for $100 at auctions but I didn't have a way to transport them home at the time. The old mills don't bring much at machine shop auctions since it's only hobbyists that buy them.
Bridgeport made good machines but there were better ones on the market. They kind of get the reputation of being the best like Wilton vices just because they were abundant. Wilton vices were really not that great they were just cheap and the Govt bough them by the trainload during WW2.
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