Face mill with adjustable cutting inserts

A face mill comprising a body rotatable about an axis and including a circumferential end edge extending between first and second side faces;

• said body having a plurality of circumferentially spaced sockets formed therein about said end edge;
• each socket defined by side and bottom walls extending from said first side face and terminating at an end wall spacedly located from said second side face;
• a wedge member, insert and a shim each carried within at least two of said sockets;
• said wedge member being positioned adjacent said side wall and end wall spaced from the bottom wall of its receiving socket, said shim being positioned in contact with said wedge member and against said socket side and bottom walls, and said insert being positioned next to said shim against said bottom wall and in contact with said wedge member, means for retaining said shim and insert in contact with said wedge member;
• means associated with each wedge member for urging the wedge member into said socket toward said socket bottom wall to cam said insert and shim part away from said socket end wall and beyond the plane of said first side face of said body;
• said means for urging said wedge member being a screw member having a head abutting and a shank extending freely through the wedge member, said screw member threaded into said socket bottom wall wherein upon rotation of the screw member the wedge member will be drawn toward the socket bottom wall;
• a second screw member associated with each wedge member, said second screw member threaded into said wedge member and extending therethrough into abutment with the bottom wall of its receiving socket, said second screw member constituting means for securing said wedge member against movement relative to said first mentioned screw member and face mill body;
• said shim and insert retainer means being a lock pin extending through said shim and insert and into said socket side wall, said shim and insert being shiftable transversely relative to said pin to accommodate camming movement of the wedge member.