Patent ID: 8074542

Claim:
A tooling block comprising: a main body including a front face, a rear face, a top face, a bottom face, a first side face, and a second side face, the main body having a plurality of tool-receiving openings through the front face each for receiving a shank of a respective tool, and the main body further having a first plurality of threaded holes through the first side face communicating with the plurality of tool-receiving openings; a mounting flange extending from the rear face of the main body; and a coolant manifold mounted on the main body adjacent the second side face, the coolant manifold including an inlet port, a plurality of outlet ports associated one with each of the plurality of tool-receiving openings, and a flow duct in flow communication with the inlet port and each of the plurality of outlet ports; wherein the plurality of tool-receiving openings includes a rectangular opening for receiving a rectangular bar tool shank; wherein the rectangular opening is formed adjacent the bottom face of the main body and opens through the bottom and rear faces of the main body.