Cutting tool with shower cap

A cutting tool, comprising:

• a cutter body having at least one insert-receiving pocket successively defined on the outer peripheral surface of the cutter body;
• a cutting insert secured in the at least one insert-receiving pocket;
• and
• a shower cap removably secured to the cutter body, the shower cap including a cylindrical inside reservoir surface, a cylindrical outside coolant passage surface spaced radially outward from the cylindrical inside reservoir surface, and at least one coolant passage extending radially outward from the cylindrical inside reservoir surface to the cylindrical outside coolant passage surface, the at least one coolant passage in fluid communication with an inlet opening formed in the cylindrical inside reservoir surface and an outlet opening formed in the cylindrical outside coolant passage surface,
• wherein coolant is directed radially outward from the cylindrical inside reservoir surface through the at least one coolant passage to a vicinity of the cutting insert.