can't help myself want to do more of my own smithing,it is a 1947 m head, 32x9 table 3 phase wioth lots of extra's. The shop that sold it to me is great they are teaching me alot of stuff. next will be a lathe

Nice old Round Ram machine. Don't get to aggressive with your cuts , and learn its eccentricities and you'll get a lot of work out of that old girl.

It's 10 years older than my J head on a round ram.

Nice. congratulations.

Thanks for the info Rusty.It needs cleaned. They sprayed it down with oil to store it.

light cuts and don't run the spindle to fast.
Oil up everything and have a good machine to do some decent work.

It's not a work horse but it will do 99% of what any general gunsmith needs. thats not to say that a dovetail ram machine is so much better. Bridgeport machine are the tool room mill. Meaning they are an were designed for smaller more precise parts. Now if you want a work horse to plow of some huge cuts you're going to need a Gorton or a Lagun anything with box ways. on it. As a dovetail way is more precise the box ways are more rigid.
Keep it in good shape and get your money out of it int a few years.

Thanks Kcstott for the info. I really appreciate the wisdom from you guys that no how to run these machines.