Boring bar

Boring bar comprising body shaft, eight integral circumferentially spaced insert pockets projecting radially beyond the radius of said shaft, axially extending chip clearance gullets between each of said pockets, each of said pockets having an insert seating face for establishing its effective radial cutting position in progressive increments from minimum to maximum in circumferential succession following the direction of rotation, each pocket having an insert end seating wall for establishing its axial cutting position in progressive backward increments from axial first to last in said circumferential succession, and each pocket having an inset side seating wall for establishing its circumferential cutting position in equal circumferential progression, eight identical indexable cemented carbide cutting inserts, each insert having a negative radial rake being mounted in a respective pocket whereby the radial increments of said inserts are in the order of 0.003" to 0.005" and the axial increments of said insets are in the order of 0.025" to 0.040".