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Default Is BT30 compatible with NMTB 30?

On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:23:28 -0500, Jon Elson
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Ignoramus4117 wrote:
Is that the same taper or not. can I use it in a NMTB30 quick change
spindle. An auction is coming up...

My understanding is the taper is the same, but the drive dogs and
retention knob
are entirely different, and it would be very difficult to convert from
one to the
other.

Jon



and the draw bolt has a different thread and size. Some are metric

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