How To Make A Lathe Parting Tool

Then turn your blank round and figure out where you want the joint on your box to go.

How to make a lathe parting tool. Ill start at that speed and around 12 way thru Ill re-sharpen the tool and drop the speed down maybe 30 with the VFD. Sharpening Your Wood Tuners Parting Tool. After watching a video from Mike Peace on Making and Using Beading and Parting Tools I ordered 4 HSS Square Cutting Tool Bits Bar 8mm x 8mm x 200mm that would be about 516 x 7 78I paid around 11 dollars for 4 of these you can find them here HSS Cutting Bits.

This cut is always at right angles to the axis of the lathe. Double Angle Sorby Thin Parting Tool I shaped the end of the blade like the Sorby Parting Tool double angle look. Starting On Parting Tool.

Parting can be seen as simply cutting a groove in a workpiece that is so deep that it cuts the workpiece off the bar. BA DA Bing BA DA Boom. Ad Easy to Use - Laser Fits in Spindle 4-Axis 00002 resolutn Fast Setup.

Eddies first video on making a parting tool was to start off by using a lawn edger blade and reshaping it with a grinder then he did a second video on using sawzall blades or reciprocal saw blades. Next I took the blade over to the disk sander and ground it down to bare metal. Ive made a couple of turning tools with carbide cutters and some with HSS cutting blanks all turned out to be very useful.

The idea is to turn an old used sawzall blade into to tool make a handle of wood and used some epoxy and brass rod for rivets or whatever they are called in knive handles. The trick to this is the parting tool. Make Your Own Beading and Parting Tool from 8mm HSS tool blank.

You dont need to buy a grinding kit or sharpening system or multiple tools to achieve your desired result. I really enjoy making my own woodturning tools if for any reason just to see if I can do it. Lower cost of ownership.