Bridgeport Mill - Installing the Knee

I've cleaned up the base, knee, saddle and table. I'm going to start this phase of reassembly by putting the Z axis and knee back on the base.

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[MattysWorkshop]

Gday, the scraping marks still look in great condition, great job mate, Cheers

[hilltopmachineworks]

I tend to use what ever is on sale. I have some Mobile Vactra 2, Hangsterfers, and a couple other brands. All under the work bench in various amounts left in the jugs.

[bearsrodshop]

Will come in handy when we replace our column mill with a knee mill. Since we have all R8, most likely will be a BP. Thx for taking out Holiday time to shoot the video and share., , , Bear.

[swanvalleymachineshop]

Looking good . Your one has way less wear on the ways than my BP, most of the scrape marks have worn away on my one . For oil, i use 68 hyd oil with a Caterpillar 1U9891 additive, to eliminate stiction . Cheers .

[ProjectNGX]

I have a mill that I bought a year ago and finally managed to get it off the pallet and in place last week. The condition looks about the same as yours and I want to tear it down, clean and fix if needed. I’m not a machinist so I don’t know much about this process but it doesn’t look too difficult. What chemicals and abrasives did you use? Thanks for the videos.

[JustGuyMetalworks]

I'd really like to do some disassembly and reassembly of my mill too. Even though it's pretty new I think it would benefit 😊.

[jasontysoe]

If your knee is stiff to turn what’s the solution
My gears don’t look as crisp as your tiny chips in them ? I guess new gears ?

[farfartony]

I just use gear oil. Next time I am in the big city I will chase some way oil. How does it hold up to coolant?

[MicksWorkshop]

Looking good Greg! I just subscribed. I use Mobil Vectra on my old Clausing lathe, but it looks quite a bit thicker and stickier than what you're using. The way oil from Precision Matthew's (I don't know who makes it) that I use for my mill with the one shot lube system looks like the stuff you have. I think it would work a lot better than the thick stuff in that case.

[flipflopsgarage]

I get my way oil from McMaster Carr. I use their no name mineral based stuff.

[jdmccorful]

Coming along nicely. Thanks for the look..