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Unread 06-20-2017, 07:43 PM   #50
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wow lots of things learned on one post. I never thought about drilling a hole and then broaching a slot out of it. Must have been the way they did the safety slot. Bet they were some serious machinists for the time.

Paul
Broaching is about the only way to get a slot with a "square" end, or a square hole.

Of course now-a-days "they" do all kinds of neat stuff with a wire EDM cutter, or water , or a laser.
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