Patent classifications
B
B23
B23B
2229/00
B23B2229/04
B23B2229/04
HOLE MACHINING TOOL AND GUIDE PAD ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM THEREFOR
A hole machining tool includes an outwardly facing pad pocket and a guide pad secured therein. The pad pocket includes a pocket base surface and a wedge member which includes opposite wedge top and bottom surfaces which forming an acute wedge angle therebetween. The wedge bottom surface abuts the pocket base surface and the guide pad abuts the wedge top surface. The machining tool further includes an adjustment screw which abuts the wedge member and configured to move the wedge member along the pocket base surface. The machining tool further includes a clamping member which passes through a wedge opening in the wedge member and configured to secure the guide pad and the wedge member in the pad pocket.