Patent ID: 8302515

Claim:
A tool support element attachable to a tool that is mounted in a tool holder that is inserted into a bore in a machine tool, to provide increased rigidity and vibration damping of a shaft of the tool when operational in the machine tool, where the tool holder has a substantially flat face forming a plane which is perpendicular to the axis of the tool, which flat face is forwardly facing opposite the face of the machine tool when the tool holder is fully inserted into the machine tool, including a tool fastening apparatus formed in the tool holder for engaging the tool, the tool support element comprising: a channel for receiving and retaining a tool which extends outwardly from the flat face of the tool holder; a tool clamping apparatus for securing the tool in the channel of the tool support element; and a tool support adjustable canting apparatus operable to extend through the tool support element to contact the flat face of the tool holder and to cause controllable tilting of the tool support element with respect to at least one of the tool and the flat face of the tool holder.