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Who we are:
A company composed of former employees of Bridgeport Machines Inc. Together we have many decades of experience producing the original Bridgeport milling machine. Our company is the exclusive manufacturer of the 2J milling head that is part of every new Bridgeport produced in the USA by Clausing of Kalamazoo, MI. We also produce the Bridgeport 8F X/Y axis power feeds as well as the X, Y, Z axis lead screws, and most of the 2J spare parts.
Read about how:
Hardinge, Inc. took over production of the famous Series I Bridgeport and produced new machines in record time. Machine Builders of New England was a major part of the process and worked with Hardinge to offer a quality product. The following link is an article as published in American Machinist which describes how all of this came about.
https://www.americanmachinist.com/machining-cutting/article/21893736/rebuilding-an-american-icon
In 2023, Hardinge, Inc. sold the Bridgeport brand, production equipment, and spare parts business to InCompass, parent company of Clausing, Inc. Machine Builders of New England continues to produce the 2J head for Clausing who has continued to produce the Series I knee mill in Kalamazoo, MI.
What we can offer you:
Re-manufacture your Bridgeport 2J Mill Complete.
This exhaustive re-manufacturing process "from the base to spindle" will restore your Bridgeport to meet new machine performance and geometric specifications. The work on your machine will include but is not limited to:
- Grinding and hand scraping of machine ways.
- Refit or replace, as required, table, saddle and knee gibs.
- Apply chrome to knee and saddle ways.
- Replacement of X, Y, Z acme feed screws and nuts.
- Re-manufacture of the 2J head. This will include the following:
- Refit a new quill to your honed J housing.
- Replace all head drive belts and bearings.
- All out of spec parts in the vari drive assembly will be replaced.
- The spindle R8 collet seat will be reground on its new spindle bearings.
- Finally, the whole machine will get a new Bridgeport Gray paint job.
Re-manufacture your Bridgeport 2J Head only.
This work is the same as what we
accomplish for the 2J head in the complete machine re-manufacture process. It is a good option for the machine that has problems with the head but the rest of the machine is still in good condition.
Contact Information:
Machine Builders of New England, LLC
Leon Tyrrell, Owner
Toll free 1-800-526-7487
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