Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: David Billington Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: Broaching , a question Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:58:02 +0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 10 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:58:03 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6660afd87111a5b7367276c877da20b4"; logging-data="2393688"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19EsAuVCCFg2ZNOIplxh+q7KDkuz9uBj9E=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:XaIghBgTbhX7kAKwgk72IeSTcyg= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1457 On 26/03/2024 16:42, Snag wrote: > I'm getting ready to broach my first keyway with an actual broach . My > question is about the shims , and how thick they need to be . > Measuring the difference between the first and last tooth on the > broach I get .062" and I'm wondering if that is the correct thickness > for the shims . Is it a shop made broach or bought. All my Dumont broaches come with appropriate shims to cut the keyway to the correct depth.