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Re: Hex broaching in thick aluminum stock
We have been broaching 1/2" 6061-T6 bar this year without a lot of trouble. I suspect we'd get through 1" as well, but haven't tried it.
Could you hold your inserts in place in the tube with tension pins, cut flush with your tube?
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