Methods, devices, and apparatus for processing a strip of material including: measuring and feeding the strip of material to a predetermined length; and making broaching cuts on the strip of material using a plurality of cutting tools configured to make a plurality of angled cuts.

A broaching tool, comprising a shank, a body and a cutting head that comprises at least one rake face. The rake face comprises a cutting edge that comprises a cutting corner at a forward end of the cutting head. The rake face is configured such that upon simultaneously rotating the broaching tool about the axis of the broaching tool and advancing the broaching tool along the axis of the broaching tool in a forward direction, the first corner travels in a first circular helix pattern. Also, a method of forming one or more grooves in a bore-containing structure, the method comprising simultaneously rotating a broaching tool and a bore-containing structure relative to one another about the axis, and moving the broaching tool and the bore-containing structure relative to one another along the axis. Also, methods of making broaching tools, and broaching machines.