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I make and rework a lot of parts for the trucks on the Mill.
I'm restoring this 2J Bridgeport mill and need to find a cover
for the motor. These angled covers were fairly common with
old industrial 3-phase motors. Any chance any one has one
laying around their junk pile??????
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/162159342
So far, from this:
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/155411278
to this:
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/162159341

dg

...lets see if I can get away with this!

Denny, why don't you just make the cotton picking cover, you make everything else

If I had one or could find one I'd gladly send it to you. I'll keep a watch for you. I go in and out of probably at least 10 or 12 shops each week.

Already made a drawing up Alvin, if I can't find one, I'll drag
the planishing hammer out and make me a bubble. The flange is
what will take the time.
The labor is always cheaper if you can find one already made.
Doesn't cost anything to ask.
Finding the parts for the Bijur lubrication system is gonna
take me some time, so I thought if I got lucky with the
cover it would buy me some time.
dg

DG, I know you know I was poking fun at you but as I read tour post again I remembered my boss at Carolina Driveline has a couple up in a storage building he salvages parts off of for the one he is running.....and maybe, just maybe a friend doing machine work over at Carltons Kustoms in Greenville would know where one is. I'll probably go there next Monday. I'll print the picture out and take it with me to see if any are correct......AP

Denny
Are you talking about the peckerhead cover?
I'll keep my eyes open for one.
Nice mill by the way.
What kind of stand do you have it on and do you have three phase in your shop or a converter?

If I get up your way, you and I will need to talk.

Don

Denny, That junction box was common to many industrial motors of the period.
You should be able to pick one up at any motor rebuilding shop in your area.

The Bijur lubricator parts should be able to get straight from Bijur.
I cleaned up a DoAll surface grinder a couple years ago and ordered all new metering valves, some flex lines, a T fitting, some plugs, tube nuts, and 5/32 brass line. For the pump It needed some v type Teflon packing which was cheaper from McMaster Carr. Should be some pictures/ folder by clicking link in my signature.
None of that stuff was hard to get.

Tks Alvin, don't go to far out of your way, I know how busy
you already are.

Yep, that's what I need Don. I could probably get away with a
flat cover but since I'm a 95% perfectionist even with
something like this mill, I'd like to find a cover more
suited for it.
It’s a 6-wheel heavy duty Aluminum Pallet Dolly Don, good to 3600lbs.
http://www.mcmaster.com/#pallet-dollies/=10d2gjv Got both my mills on one.
It allows me to move the mills around when I need to. I just shim the dolly frame level when
I get them where I want them. Pop the shims out when I need to move them. Makes
moving a Bridgeport as easy as pushing a baby buggy around. If I were doing serious mill
work and needing to hold very close tolerance I’d have the mill leveled on solid floor
anchors but for the type of work I’m doing here, its close
enough. And yes, powered by a Phase-A-Matic 5hp rotary converter.

Jim, I had to have the internal leads rewired from 480v only
to 240 at the local industrial motor shop. checked with them
when I picked up the motor and the guy said he didn't have one.

Yeah Grigg, I realize they're not hard to get, it's the price
that's hard to swallow. I've been back and forth for a couple
of months between Bijur's site and a dozen other suppliers
comparing price. I just keep balking when I add up the cost
of the replacement parts. The pump is good, it holds pressure
and it's filter is good, the side of the plastic reservoir
was broken out and it was full of aluminum chips, so that
tells you how long it's been that the mill didn't have it's
'one-shot' lubricator working. None of the 10 metering units
will pass fluid. I've read where that is not uncommon and
there is no practical way to clean them because there's a
packing inside that gets clogged. Of course I've soaked them
in every solvent known to mankind but the check still seems
to be stuck in the closed position. All the plastic lines are
hard as a rock so I need new feed lines also along with the
drive bushings and compression sleeves. Really, about the
only thing that is reusable are the pump it self, the manifold
and the 90° elbows for the knee. I'm lookin' at just about
what I paid for the machine just to restore the lubricator.
I shouldn't balk, because the machine is a nice one with
hardened ways and worth a pretty good buck once it's cleaned
up, all the missing parts are replaced and it's back in adjustment.

dg

As I understand it there is zero way to revive those metering units and they should be considered consumable, expect to replace them. Do they have a tiny filter and a check valve, no way to back flush the filter?

The surface grinder we paid $240 for and had little over $650 in it after cleaning and replacing and fixing what it needed, not really a restoration or rebuild just a serious tuneup.
The Bijur parts are not quite cheap but they are necessary and straight from Bijur was as cheap as I could find most of them, and they were easy to work with and very helpful folks.

I have two of them, Denny- - - -PM a snail mail address to me.
Jerry

Denny if Hotrod hasn't got what you need. Try owwm.org
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good luck, Larry

Got it all back up to par Larry, thanks. Jerry sent me an exact
original looking cover for the electrical box and I bought new
Bijur parts to restore the oiler system.
The milling machine is all back together and I'm moving on to my
1912 Lodge & Shipley 16" tool room lathe, which has been
waiting in the wings for more than a couple of decades. Wheels,
brake drums, flywheels, drive shafts, and a bunch of other
projects planned for it.
dg