Kevin

Can anyone point me to a supplier of broaches, I'm after about 1/8"
square.

Thanks
Kevin

David Littlewood

In article <t55fa35bg7d9gj78oge0ag5nqdbgl1lmab@4ax.com>, Kevin
<kevin.newsgroups@btinternet.com> writes
>Can anyone point me to a supplier of broaches, I'm after about 1/8"
>square.
>
Kevin,

Not an expert on broaches, but AIUI they normally come 5 sided, not
square, which reduces chatter. Jewellers and clockmakers suppliers stock
them, for example H S Walsh:

http://www.hswalsh.com/itemdetail.aspx?i=HB874&t=228

Hope this helps.

David
--
David Littlewood

Trevor Jones

David Littlewood wrote:
> In article <t55fa35bg7d9gj78oge0ag5nqdbgl1lmab@4ax.com>, Kevin
> <kevin.newsgroups@btinternet.com> writes
>
>> Can anyone point me to a supplier of broaches, I'm after about 1/8"
>> square.
>>
> Kevin,
>
> Not an expert on broaches, but AIUI they normally come 5 sided, not
> square, which reduces chatter. Jewellers and clockmakers suppliers stock
> them, for example H S Walsh:
>
> http://www.hswalsh.com/itemdetail.aspx?i=HB874&t=228
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> David

That's a clockmakers or watchmakers broach, David.

He's after one for making square holes, by being pushed through from
one side to the other.

Some home made ones from the Sherline site.
http://www.sherline.com/images/Broach1.jpg

Dumont, the broach people, AFAIK.
http://mdmetric.com/dumont/prod3c.html

Pretty much every tool supply outfit that has a catalog, is able to
sell them, as will a lot of the outfits that do not print a catalog, for
that matter.

Cheers
Trevor Jones

David Littlewood

In article <jeTpi.72785$xk5.49545@edtnps82>, Trevor Jones
<t.o.jones@telus.net> writes
>David Littlewood wrote:
>> In article <t55fa35bg7d9gj78oge0ag5nqdbgl1lmab@4ax.com>, Kevin
>><kevin.newsgroups@btinternet.com> writes
>>
>>> Can anyone point me to a supplier of broaches, I'm after about 1/8"
>>> square.
>>>
>> Kevin,
>> Not an expert on broaches, but AIUI they normally come 5 sided, not
>>square, which reduces chatter. Jewellers and clockmakers suppliers
>>stock them, for example H S Walsh:
>> http://www.hswalsh.com/itemdetail.aspx?i=HB874&t=228
>> Hope this helps.
>> David
>
> That's a clockmakers or watchmakers broach, David.
>
> He's after one for making square holes, by being pushed through from
>one side to the other.
>
> Some home made ones from the Sherline site.
>http://www.sherline.com/images/Broach1.jpg
>
> Dumont, the broach people, AFAIK.
>http://mdmetric.com/dumont/prod3c.html
>
> Pretty much every tool supply outfit that has a catalog, is able to
>sell them, as will a lot of the outfits that do not print a catalog,
>for that matter.
>
Oh dear, silly me. It was late ....

David
--
David Littlewood

Kevin

>
> He's after one for making square holes, by being pushed through from
>one side to the other.
>

Exactly what I want, anyone know where I can get one in the UK
-without having to make it myself

Regards
Kevin

dave sanderson

On 26 Jul, 17:43, Kevin <kevin.newsgro...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> > He's after one for making square holes, by being pushed through from
> >one side to the other.
>
> Exactly what I want, anyone know where I can get one in the UK
> -without having to make it myself
>
> Regards
> Kevin

j and l industrial sell them,(http://www.jlindustrial.co.uk)
1/8 square is DMB-66601C
once you see the price tho youll probably want to make it yourself.
have you tried tracy cutting tools? they sometims have these sort of
things in

Dave

Kevin

>
>j and l industrial sell them,(http://www.jlindustrial.co.uk)
>1/8 square is DMB-66601C
>

Thanks Dave, I looked on their website but I can never find anything
on it. See what you mean about price though, I'd be a bit upset about
breaking one!

Regards

Kevin

davidwbailey1067@btinternet.com

On Jul 25, 7:22 pm, Kevin <kevin.newsgro...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Can anyone point me to a supplier of broaches, I'm after about 1/8"
> square.
>
> Thanks
> Kevin

Kevin,
Broaches for square holes are not cheap but they are available from
Marlco Ltd and you should find them on the web.
Broaches are not too difficult to make from silver steel, depending on
the length of hole you wish to broach. If you are trying to broach
material less that about 2mm thick you will only get one tooth engaged
at a time and you should always have at least 2. If you are using thin
material you may be able to make a punch and die.

David