How To Make A Wood Lathe Parting Tool
Using My New Parting Tool.
How to make a wood lathe parting tool. Ive made a couple of turning tools with carbide cutters and some with HSS cutting blanks all turned out to be very useful. 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. Then turn your blank round and figure out where you want the joint on your box to go.
Max cutting depth - 3 12 Overall tool length 12 Main tool shaft - Solid Steel 34 square. This was on a 14 blank and it probably took me a good 15 to 20 minutes of grinding to get it right. Simple Parting Tool technical details.
Setting sawzall blade into the 5 minute epoxy. As my Lathe is a mini Lathe I there is not enough room to mount a drill on it so I used my drill press to drill a 38 hole 5 deep I could have used a parting tool to remove the end of the spindle but did want to take a chance of denting the brass or wood so I cut it on my bandsaw photo 3. The trick to this is the parting tool.
Remember this position because its where you start when you roll a convex surface. Then I used the disk sander to round off the corners and the wood end of the 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.
These make long deep cuts but there are several different types of gouges as well. You have to remove more material to make a parting tool than most any of the other blade types. Gouges are perhaps one of the most common tools used with a lathe and they are typically used as the name would suggest for gouging.
This cut is always at right angles to the axis of the lathe. Make Your Own Beading and Parting Tool from 8mm HSS tool blank. Clamping parting tool blade and wood handles with 5 minute eposy.