Bridgeport's first production step is spraying a 0.030-in.-thick filler on the knee mill's major cast iron components — the column, knee, ram, turret, and J housing for the head — to smooth out ...

The Bridgeport knee mill is still made in the U.S.A. — by Hardinge Inc. Bridgeportarea ... The final product, the Vari-Disc (E), goes into the Bridgeport's 2J head. Team members in the Bridgeport ...