COMPOSITE CUTTING / MILLING TOOL HAVING DIFFERING CUTTING ELEMENTS AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME

摘要

A cutting / milling tool includes a tool body; a cutting end of the tool body; a first plurality of cutting elements having a substantially identical shape disposed at the cutting end of the tool body; and a second plurality of cutting elements having a different shape than the first plurality of cutting elements, the second plurality of cutting elements being substantially identical in shape to each other, the second plurality of cutting elements being interspersed with the first plurality of cutting elements at the cutting end of the tool body.