Errol Groff wrote...
Tud wrote:

I'm hoping that my limited understanding off how the broaching process
works
will help me find an answer. I'm lookin gfor an inexpensive way to create
a
gear shift lever. My thoughts are to have a broach (if that's the right
name) made up and then utilize a press at work. People I have talked to
have suggested that using a milling machine would be the better way to go,
but that's not something I have access to. My quantities will be very
low,
so the cost of having a broach made up may not be worth it. Now, here's
my
application, I want to make motorcycle hand shift levers similar to the
one
in the pictures below:

http://tinyurl.com/639ur

Perhaps another tack would be to have the pieces cut by the wire EDM
method. A CNC wire EDM machine should be able to crank this part out,
including the clamping slot in short order.

I'm no machinist, so I'll admit that this is the first time I've ever heard
of that, so you've given me something new to look into, thanks for the info.

Tony