Bevel gear cutting tool with cutter bars

A machine tool (100) comprising a cutter head (40) and several groups of forming (20) tools, with each forming tool having a base body (11;

• 21) with a first receiving area (12.1) for a first cutting body, a connecting area (11.1) for insertion in the cutter head (40) such that the base body (11;
• 21) extends from the cutter head (40) parallel to a tool spindle axis (A) of the cutter head (40), and a first cutting body, characterized by:
• a first cutter bar (13.1) which serves as a first cutting body;
• a second receiving area (12.2) on the base body (11;
• 21) for a second cutter bar (13.2);
• a second cutter bar (13.2),
• one base body (11;
• 21) for each pair of first cutter bar (13.1) and second cutter bar (13.2), and
• a cavity serving as a chip space (16),
• wherein the first receiving area (12.1) and the second receiving area (12.2) are positioned on the base body (11;
• 21), and the connecting area (11.1) is inserted into the cutter head (40), in such a way that the first cutter bar (13.1) and the second cutter bar (13.2) are arranged to be circumferentially offset with respect to one another on the same base body (11;
• 21), and with the chip space (16) being disposed on the base body (11;
• 21) in a region between the first cutter bar (13.1) and the second cutter bar (13.2).