Knee Mills & Vertical Machining Centers
Used Bridgeport Torq-Cut 22: Sell or Buy at Auction
The Bridgeport Series I knee mill is the most widely produced milling machine in American manufacturing history and is still the default toolroom mill in thousands of shops. The brand later passed to Hardinge, which carried it through the EZ-Trak CNC knee mills and the Torq-Cut and GX vertical machining centers. Used demand stays unusually deep for a design this old, because nearly every working machinist has run one and parts, tooling, and retrofit controls remain easy to source.
The Bridgeport Torq-Cut 22 leaves the knee-mill format behind entirely: a full CNC vertical machining center with a 22-station automatic tool changer, a #40 taper spindle running 30 to 6,000 RPM off a 7.5 HP motor, and a DX-32 control driving feed rates up to 472 inches per minute. That combination puts it well above the knee-mill-based EZ-Trak and V2XT machines, built for production and tool-and-die shops running multiple operations unattended. Auction buyers are shops shopping for compact production VMC capacity, not the general toolroom crowd. KD Auctions puts a Torq-Cut 22 in front of its 500,000+ industry contacts to find that focused audience.
Buying a Used Torq-Cut 22
Toolrooms, plant maintenance departments, prototype and R&D shops, job shops that want a manual mill alongside CNC capacity, trade schools and community colleges, and short-run fabricators. Manual Series I mills draw the largest and most local bidder pool at any machine shop auction because they move without a rigging crew; EZ-Trak, Torq-Cut, and GX buyers are shops looking for CNC capability in a small footprint.
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A Bridgeport is one of the most reliably sold lots at a machine shop auction: there is always a bidder. What separates a strong result from an average one is condition rather than year, specifically table and way wear, leadscrew backlash, spindle noise, and whether the power feed, DRO, vise, and original tooling stay with the machine.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who buys a used Bridgeport Torq-Cut 22 at auction?
The 22-station tool changer, #40 taper spindle, and higher horsepower draw production job shops and tool and die shops that need automated, multi-operation runs, a different buyer than the manual or 2-axis knee-mill Bridgeport crowd. KD Auctions markets each Torq-Cut 22 to that specific pool across its 500,000+ industry contacts rather than a general audience.
What is a Torq-Cut 22 worth at auction?
Value depends on spindle hours, tool changer condition, control functionality, and the tooling included with the machine, more than the model name alone. KD Auctions offers a free USPAP-compliant appraisal from an AMEA-certified appraiser covering orderly and forced liquidation value, so you know a realistic figure before deciding how to sell.
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The Bridgeport Series I knee mill is the most widely produced milling machine in American manufacturing history and is still the default toolroom mill in thousands of shops.
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