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Re: Hex Axle- How to

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Originally Posted by compwiztobe View Post
I guess I was under the impression a rotary broach gave you more options (which it still does: not cutting all the way through, using it on more standard machines...), but on reading more about it it looks like they're actually worse in some cases. It all works out since it sounds like normal ones are cheaper...
Blind broaching isn't terribly useful for what we do, you'd need to retain the part axially in some other operation.

We have a full set of push broaches, and use them for hundreds of holes a year without issue.

For frc, I see the only real advantage of rotary broaches being the ability to run them on a cnc mill for the teams that have an in house machine.