Patent ID: 7121176

Claim:
A tool for chip removing machining, the tool comprising a fastening part for mounting the tool in a machine and defining a center axis, and a tool head including at least two chip pockets; first and second replaceable cutting inserts for performing mutually different first and second types of machining operations, respectively, being mounted in each of a plurality of chip pockets, wherein the chip pocket constitutes a common pocket for the first and second inserts therein; respective first and second active surfaces of the first and second inserts being arranged in generally mutually facing relationship to one another in the respective common pocket and being spaced apart circumferentially; a radially outermost portion of the first insert being spaced farther from the center axis than is a radially outermost portion of the second insert, wherein both such radially outermost portions project radially outwardly from the respective pocket, wherein the first inserts in the respective common pockets are of identical configuration.