Tool insert for boring operations, particularly for a boring bar

摘要

A tool insert for boring operations, particularly for a boring bar, comprising a housing which can be inserted in a recess in a toolholder, for example the boring bar, and which has a cutting tip support slidably mounted in a longitudinal bore therein, the said cutting tip support having a cylindrical shank, the outer end of the support bearing in a recess a replaceable cutting tip which is staggered laterally relative to the shank axis and the rear end having a thread which is engaged by the thread of an adjusting element rotatably mounted free of play in the housing between axially loaded ball bearings.