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I love the simplicity of your design. I wish I would have seen it before I made mine.
Many thanks.
You know, I'd thought about these broaches for several years and likely would have built something similar to yours. But I wanted to adapt an old Jacobs 18N chuck and make it a live tailstock chuck. I used a long oilite bearing for alignment and a 1/2 inch hard ball for thrust. I was quite satisfied with the way that it worked. Thinking about it later that night a tiny little light went on upstairs, LOL.
Next day I made the sketch and that evening made the broach. I colored the parts on my gas range and dunked them in oil, as usual