Patent ID: 7534075

Claim:
A tool for metal-cutting machining of a bore surface, the tool having a rotation axis, an end face leading the tool and a circumferential face at and around the end face, the tool comprising; a first cutter insert positioned at the end face of the tool and a second cutter insert positioned at the circumferential face of the tool, each of the first cutter insert and the second cutter insert having a side edge which extends between a first side end and a second side end of the side edge, each of the cutter inserts has at least a first geometrically defined cutting edge and a second geometrically defined cutting edge, the first cutting edge of each cutter insert comprising a roughing cutting edge and the second cutting edge of each cutter insert comprising a finishing cutting edge, the first cutting edge and the second cutting edge being arranged respectively at the first and second side ends of the side edge; the first cutter insert is oriented tangentially to the end face so as to serve either only for finish machining or only for roughing machining, and the second cutter insert is oriented tangentially to the circumferential face so as to serve only for the other of either roughing machining or finish machining.