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Hi there, I am putting back together my VN-12 as previous owner disassembled it to move so now, I have plenty of questions. Good news are that all the gears seems to be in great shape. Since original motor was scraped I got locally a 3HP 1780 RPM motor, is it suitable for this machine? what...

I would like some replies to explain what is meant by a collared and non collared broach? Also, when you purchase a set of broaches, I understand that there is different sizes to fit into various diameters for the shafts and also different thicknesses of the broaches themselves - to cut deeper...