Cutting tool

A cutting tool having a cutting edge defined by main and secondary cutting edges intersecting one another at an included obtuse angle, said secondary cutting edge being substantially longer than said main cutting edge, a chip deflecting step extending along said cutting edge substantially perpendicular to a line bisecting said angle, with each of the two cutting edges having an angular relationship to said chip deflecting step converging and diverging in opposite directions;

• said tool comprising an insert having said cutting edge thereon and a carrier member for said insert, said carrier member having opposite ends, opposite side edges and opposite faces, a pair of said inserts attached to one of said faces in reversely positioned relationship to one another with said secondary cutting edges on said pair of inserts extending generally parallel to one another and said main cutting edges extending from said secondary edges to said opposite ends;
• said tool having a longitudinal axis of elongation and said carrier member having a web located between said inserts, said web having a web axis of elongation intersecting said longitudinal axis whereby said web extends generally diagonally across said carrier member, parallel to the chip deflecting step and perpendicular to said bisecting line.