Patent ID: 8360176

Claim:
A method for a down hole cutting tool, the cutting tool including a cutting element support structure having at least one cavity formed therein to support a cutting element comprising a substrate and an ultrahard layer, the method comprising: inserting a base portion of the cutting element into the cavity; locating a first braze alloy such that when heated the first braze alloy melts and fills a space in the cavity between the cutting element and the cutting element support structure adjacent the ultrahard layer; locating a second braze alloy such that when heated the second braze alloy melts and fills a space in the cavity between the cutting element and the cutting element support structure non-adjacent the ultrahard layer; wherein the braze temperature of the second braze alloy is greater than the braze temperature of the first braze alloy; and heating the first and second braze alloy such that they melt.