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Bridgeport jammed ram
tom osselton:
Those are nice clamps I have a pair of 3' ones from dad nice to know they have a name I'd like some more of them!
BillTodd:
It might be worth checking the gib to see if it is properly locked in place by the adjusting screws (especially important if it has a tapered gib).
If the gib moves relative to the fixed slide then it can jam .
Of course, it might just have been dry but...
Bill
doubleboost:
Hi
Mick
Pleased to hear you have it sorted
Every time you walk past the mill you will be moving the head in and ouy :jaw: :bugeye: :bugeye:
John
krv3000:
well dun mick
micktoon:
Hi Lads thanks for the comments,
Bill the dovetail does not have a gib, its just a snug ish fit sliding dovetail and is locked into position with two bolts that pull blocks in to lcok the dovetail to one side before you would operate the machine at whatever position you choose . You are dead right about the tapered gibs jamming as the Y axis on the bridgeport was doing this the end of the tapered gib had fractured off so every time you backed the table towards yourself while operating the machine, the gib would be able to be dragged in like a wedge and jam the table , if you wound the table towards the colum it freed up but would jam coming away from the colum............. its another thing on the to do list lol.
John I get up at four hour intervals all through the night and wind that B*****d back and foreward now :bugeye: :lol:
Cheers Mick.
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