How To Make A Thin Parting Tool

The double-bevel HSS cutting face imparts fine parting lines to turnings.

How to make a thin parting tool. These are intended primarily for making thin parting cuts to separate a piece from waste wood. Starting On Parting Tool. Turn the outside of the bowl to your desired shape.

Double Angle Sorby Thin Parting Tool I shaped the end of the blade like the Sorby Parting Tool double angle look. BA DA Bing BA DA Boom. Shape it a little on the disk sander and fine tune the cutting tip.

First setting proper tool height will minimize the nib. Hollow the interior of the bowl and finish both sides of the bowl. The double-bevel HSS cutting face imparts fine parting lines to turnings.

The Robert Sorby Narrow Parting Tool is designed to produce a clean cut with minimal waste this narrow parting tool features a double bevel cutting tip for fast clean cuts and 1-14 blade to eliminate flex and twist thats inherent to narrow blades. For a solid interface with the handle the blade is seated and. The cut is made at center height with the handle of the tool level.

To make the bottom of the bowl flat even with some wood movement angle your parting tool. This thin parting tool was made from a cheap kitchen knife we were no longer usingHere are some oth. Being a contractor I just happen to have a box of old blades I can use for making my parting tool.

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. This is using the tool as a negative rake scraper. If I do I sharpen the tool and start the parting with the tool tip below center and the handle up.