5C collet taper?

[armen]

Anyone know what the taper is in degrees of a 5C collet?
thanks,
-Armen

[smiller6912]

Here: http://www.cnccookbook.com/CCResourcesRef.htm
scroll down the page..............

[b2u44]

According to this website:

http://warhammer.mcc.virginia.edu/ty...ence_info.html

the taper is 10 degrees (see figure 1).

[armen]

Thanks for the info. The book of tricks and hints looks very good.
So, where do you think the folks who invented the 5C came up with that weirdo thread?
-Armen