Patent ID: 8469639

Claim:
A material removal tool, comprising: a housing body including a connector at a mating end; a piston head in an actuating chamber internal to the housing body; a translating bar including an actuation surface; a first flexibly mounted cartridge on an active portion of the material removal tool, the first flexibly mounted cartridge including at least one seating pocket for a cutting insert; and a first delimiting structure and a second delimiting structure, wherein the second delimiting structure is an adjustable positive stop, wherein the adjustable positive stop limits axial movement of the translating bar in a first direction, wherein the translating bar includes a first end operably connected to the piston head to axially translate between a first position and a second position when the piston head translates, wherein in the first position, the active portion has a first active volume and a radially outermost surface of a cutting insert seated in the seating pocket on the first flexibly mounted cartridge is radially inward from the first active volume, wherein in the second position, the radially outermost surface of the cutting insert seated in the pocket on the first flexibly mounted cartridge is radially outward from the first active volume, and wherein the actuation surface includes a cone or frustum, wherein an axial position of the cone or frustum along a length of the translating bar corresponds to a position of a push rod in operable contact with the first flexibly mounted cartridge.