I am trying to consolidate my learning here, and there is something that is not connecting for me...do you polish pivot holes, and if so, how? This is for both new bushings and for old holes with minimal wear
I see and understand recommendations to use bushings with the right sized hole rather than broaching because parallel sides on the hole are good, they should match the pivot. I assume the same would be true of a smoothing broach...it will only smooth/polish/burnish the very edge of the hole, not the full length. Now, if you do use a cutting broach then I guess the smoothing broach will smooth the entire length of the hole.
So if you don't use both a cutting broach and a smoothing broach as a pair, how do you smooth/polish/burnish the holes and get a good polish on the entire depth of the hole?
I see and understand recommendations to use bushings with the right sized hole rather than broaching because parallel sides on the hole are good, they should match the pivot. I assume the same would be true of a smoothing broach...it will only smooth/polish/burnish the very edge of the hole, not the full length. Now, if you do use a cutting broach then I guess the smoothing broach will smooth the entire length of the hole.
So if you don't use both a cutting broach and a smoothing broach as a pair, how do you smooth/polish/burnish the holes and get a good polish on the entire depth of the hole?