How To Sharpen A Wood Lathe Parting Tool

Hold the sanding stone with one hand.

How to sharpen a wood lathe parting tool. Turn the parting tool over and do the opposite side for the same amount of time. Make sure you clamp up the handles nice and tight wipe off any excess epoxy that oozes out from the handles being squeezed together. A demonstration on how to sharpen a lathe parting tool.

Now put little pressure to scrape tool back and forth over the stone. If youve used the bench grinder recently youll want to dress it removing the old bits of debris caught in the stone. As you sharpen and make contact move your wood lathe tool gently from side to side to get the entire edge.

Stop as soon as the edge is square and you feel a burr. Turn the grinder on and lower the tip of the parting tool onto the moving grinding wheel for a few seconds. Focus on removing an equal amount from both faces so that the point remains centered on the tool.

To sharpen adjust the flat tool rest so that the tools bevel angle matches the wheel. The end result should be the point of the parting tool be ground to a sharp squared of point. This is easy to do using a diamond sharpening tool.

This lets you know youre making appropriate contact. How to Sharpen Wood Turning Tools. Simply turn the wheel on and draw the tool across the surface of the stone.

For a few seconds turn the grinder on and lower the tip of the parting tool onto the moving grinding wheel. Then gently push the edge against the wheel. If youd like to grind a relief angle allow the tool to.