Thread: Hex broaching in thick aluminum stock
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Re: Hex broaching in thick aluminum stock
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Originally Posted by MrRoboSteve View Post
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?
That's another good suggestion. We talked about that last night. We are/were worried about the ability to stay in the tube wall. (Again with thin wall tube.)
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