CUTTING TOOL FOR HOLDING A PLURALITY OF DISPOSABLE CUTTING INSERTS

A cutting tool of the broach type for holding a plurality of disposable and indexable cutting inserts. The broach tool comprises a holder body having a plurality of transverse grooves on its peripheral surface, each of the grooves containing a plurality of spaced cutting inserts. The cutting inserts, generally U-shaped, straddle projections in the base of the groove for lateral location of the insert. A wedge member adjacent the inserts cooperates with the projections to hold each of the inserts in spaced location in the grooves of the holder body.