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General Mach Discussion / Re: BT30 spindle from scratch - with power drawbar and ATC of course
« on: October 06, 2012, 11:51:52 AM »
Depends on the taper, but quite a lot. A number of folks tried with R8's and it wound up taking more than they expected. Life seems to begin at 1000 lbs or more. Best numbers I've seen on it come with the docs for drawbar force gages if you want to Google around. Some are 3000 lbs or more.
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