Patent ID: 9649700
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B23B,B23C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for manufacturing a sidewall support surface of an insert-receiving pocket with a compound radius, comprising: tilting a cutting tool at a selectable primary tilt angle with respect to a first plane (x-z); tilting the cutting tool at a selectable secondary tilt angle with respect to a second plane (y-z), the second plane being different than the first plane and perpendicular with respect to the first plane; and rotating the cutting tool about an axis (z-axis) that is perpendicular to a pocket floor of the insert-receiving pocket and lies in parallel with respect to the first and second planes, while maintaining the first and second tilt angles, thereby removing material from a sidewall support surface of an insert-receiving pocket of a toolholder, whereby the sidewall support surface of the insert-receiving pocket of the toolholder is formed to be convex, with a cross-sectional shape defined by a compound radius and corresponding to a portion of a ring torus.