VIBRATION DAMPING TOOLHOLDER FOR A METAL CUTTING TOOL

A vibration damping toolholder for a metal cutting tool, the toolholder including a holder body provided with an internal cavity, which extends inside the holder body along the longitudinal axis, and which has a first cavity end at a first holder body end. The damping toolholder further includes a tuning mass, which is movably arranged inside the cavity and extends along the longitudinal axis, and which has a first tuning mass end at the first holder body end. The damping toolholder also includes a damping medium, which surrounds the tuning mass inside the cavity, and a single primary spring element, which is positioned inside the cavity. An outer spring element end is immovably fixed to a first cavity end at the longitudinal axis, and an inner spring element end is immovably fixed to the first tuning mass end at the longitudinal axis.