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Originally Posted by Ken Patton
We have the same issue with the arbor press in our shop. Our solution was to start the broach using our lathe, which allows us to carefully align the broach to the hole and get the broach deep enough to now fit into our press. We try not to put too much load on the tool when it is in the lathe since we don't want to overload the lathe axially (which would damage the bearing in the lathe).
Ken
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I admit that I have done this, but on a big lathe. Some of Devin's (another mentor) projects have required far more force but I still can't recommend doing this.