DT wrote:

Here is a photo:

http://home.wideopenwest.com/~dthomp.../broaching.jpg


When you pushed the broach though, did you let up once or twice to allow the broach to
recenter itself? Reason I asked is I used a hydraulic press once and tried to just take
one long stroke. There was angular misalignment and the broach snapped.

Nice solution to your problem at hand!

Wes