Pull studs for BT40 tooling

Good folks, very smart... most of them. Very helpful.

Gunner

"Harold & Susan Vordos" wrote in news:fo97n.4191$ snipped-for-privacy@newsreading01.news.tds.net:

Harold,

You'll need to know the dimensions or specify the brand of machine. They vary from manufacturer to manufacturer.

If you turn up empty here, there are lots of suppliers out there. Do a Google search on "BT 40 Retention Knob" and you'll find them.

We use

Their web site leaves a lot to be desired but they probably have whatever you are looking for. If they are for a Haas, these guys have them for $10.63 each -

They also have a drawing so you can compare it to what you have.

Regards,

Dan

Thanks, Dan. I'm hoping to find someone that has need for what I have, and has what I need, so I don't have to buy more. If push leads to shove, yes, I'll buy them. I have more than a dozen adapters without studs.

Harold

There shouldn't be a problem using both cat and bt where a mill has no tool changer just you need the correct pull studs is all.

And so you might want to save them for in case you later stumble across some cat holders.

I have more than the new ones. Figured I could deal with those that are unused and keep the others for the exact reason you mentioned. So far, every deal that has come my way has been with BT 40 adapters. I own about

Considering I'm retired, and intend to run the machine strictly for pleasure, I don't want to spend any money unnecessarily.

Harold