depends on the shape of the tool and some of the print. We were broached a
flash suppressor shape on our Mazak H400.
On the Mazak lathes we have the z axis didn't have enough hp to push the
broach shape.

"T.Alan Kraus" wrote in message
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Anyone familiar with a rotary broaching tool made by Slater? The tool
itself consists of a shank ( straight or MT taper) and a rotating
broaching-bit chuck offset 1 degree in the axial. Bits are chucked in the
rotating chuck and, in a manual lathe, the shank goes into the tailstock.
The workpiece rotates as the bit is plunged into the workpiece. The result
is a broached hole, shape determined by the the broaching bit. My
question: what if you wanted to broach a workpiece that can't be rotated,
and wanted to use the tool in a mill quill, would that work?

cheers
T.Alan