Abstract: A tool holder has a pocket formed therein into which a cutting insert is mounted by a clamp and fastening means. The cutting insert has a wedge shaped recess which extends from the outside surface of the insert and intersects with the upper surface along a line substantially equidistant from the outside surface. The clamp includes two leg portions, the first leg portion being retained in a recess formed in the tool holder and the second leg portion being inserted in and complementary to the wedge shaped recess of the insert. Initial and secondary restraining forces are exerted on the insert when the clamp is fastened to the tool holder.

Abstract: A cutting tool which may comprise: an elongated bar member having a wedge-shaped recess at one end thereof; a wedge-shaped anvil member rigidly and removably fastened in the wedge-shaped recess of said bar member, having an elongated recess in which a cutting insert may be received; and a clamp member removably fastened to the bar member for rigidly clamping the cutting insert in the elongated recess.

Abstract: A cutting tool which may comprise: an elongated bar member; an anvil member removably fastened to one end of the bar member and having an elongated recess in which a cutting insert may be received; and a clamp member removably fastened to the anvil member for rigidly clamping the cutting insert in the elongated recess. The elongated bar member and anvil member may be provided with cooperating key and keyway by which the anvil member is at least partially affixed to the bar member in a predetermined rigid position.

Abstract: A cutting tool which may comprise: an elongated bar member; an anvil member removably fastened to one end of the bar member and having an elongated recess in which a cutting insert may be received for rigid mounting between the anvil and bar members and for radial projection generally perpendicular to the axis of the bar member; and a chip deflector of substantially harder material than the bar member fixed to the bar member for juxtaposed relation with the cutting insert.

Abstract: A cutting tool which may comprise: an elongated bar member having a body portion and an end portion; and an anvil member removably fastened to the end portion of the bar member for rigidly clamping a cutting insert to the bar member for radial projection therefrom. The end portion of the bar member and anvil member, when fastened together, may form a cylindroid which in at least some embodiments may have a central longitudinal axis which is parallel but offset from the central longitudinal axis of the bar member body portion.