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rhipsher · 01-07-2014

Another exhausting day. Left work at 1:00pm to go pick up the Penske 26' truck with a 2,500lb capacity gate lift. Then go back to work to barrow the pallet jack and make the 45 minute drive up to Conroe. Then sleep in the truck for 2 1/2 hours until the owner shows up. Then we load it on a pallet and onto the truck. When he picked that machine up with the forklift and put it down on the pallet I could hear wood cracking from the crushing weight. I also put two more 4x4's in it for added strength. Once in the truck we strapped it down with 10,000lb tie downs. Made the trip to the house. Then called my boss up for help. This thing weighs 2,400lbs. To much weight for one man to try and muscle around. After that I headed back to work to drop the pallet jack off and back to Penske at 10:30 with only 30 minutes to spare before the yard gates close and get my car out of their yard before they close. Got back home at 1:00am.
Bridgeport mills are the standard by which all others are measured. They were the original manufactured in Bridgeport Connecticut USA. They have been copied buy everyone. Bridgeport is no longer in business so I'm proud to own one in such good shape. They are work horses and I've worked on them and made thousands of parts with them over my career in this trade. All other manual mills made today are made in China/Taiwan or Spain.

And although it does fit in the garage with the ZR-1 I already know how this is going to go. Once I start making parts I'll need all the room I can get especially when I get a Lathe. So I will have to put the Z in storage until I grow to the point where I can get my own building and move the business out of my garage.

01-07-2014	#1
rhipsher Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Houston 90 Red ZR-1 Posts: 2,320	Bridgeport is home safe and sound. Another exhausting day. Left work at 1:00pm to go pick up the Penske 26' truck with a 2,500lb capacity gate lift. Then go back to work to barrow the pallet jack and make the 45 minute drive up to Conroe. Then sleep in the truck for 2 1/2 hours until the owner shows up. Then we load it on a pallet and onto the truck. When he picked that machine up with the forklift and put it down on the pallet I could hear wood cracking from the crushing weight. I also put two more 4x4's in it for added strength. Once in the truck we strapped it down with 10,000lb tie downs. Made the trip to the house. Then called my boss up for help. This thing weighs 2,400lbs. To much weight for one man to try and muscle around. After that I headed back to work to drop the pallet jack off and back to Penske at 10:30 with only 30 minutes to spare before the yard gates close and get my car out of their yard before they close. Got back home at 1:00am. Bridgeport mills are the standard by which all others are measured. They were the original manufactured in Bridgeport Connecticut USA. They have been copied buy everyone. Bridgeport is no longer in business so I'm proud to own one in such good shape. They are work horses and I've worked on them and made thousands of parts with them over my career in this trade. All other manual mills made today are made in China/Taiwan or Spain. And although it does fit in the garage with the ZR-1 I already know how this is going to go. Once I start making parts I'll need all the room I can get especially when I get a Lathe. So I will have to put the Z in storage until I grow to the point where I can get my own building and move the business out of my garage. Last edited by rhipsher; 01-07-2014 at 03:07 AM.