On 30 October 2015 at 03:09, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote:
> MT3 is a "self holding taper". So, if a clean, burr-free > holder is driven into a clean, burr-free socket, it should > resist normal machining forces with NO drawbar, vacuum or > other tricks. Yes, for axial loading such as drilling. There is no doubt that they work perfectly for this in millions of lathe tailstocks and drill presses. But I think asking one to work for milling (unless you always make sure you do a nice hard plunge cut at the beginning) sounds like one of those things that will be perfectly OK most of the time, but then won't be. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
