How To Use A Lathe Parting Tool

Parting uses a blade-like cutting tool plunged directly into the workpiece to cut off the workpiece at a specific length.

How to use a lathe parting tool. Video on how to properly sharpen and use HSS parting. This cut is always at right angles to the axis of the lathe. Grab a parting tool to form tenons or grooves cut in to specific diameters for reference points or of course separate or part a turning into multiple pieces.

If using HSS parting blades grind andor hone the cutting edge to ensure its sharp. This video covers how to properly grind the tool how to set the tool so it is ri. Swing the handle to the right and rotate it to the left as before to initiate the cut.

A part off tool is not a substitute for a cut off saw. Place the tool about 14 to the right of the groove. Ad Easy to Use - Laser Fits in Spindle 4-Axis 00002 resolutn Fast Setup.

Restrict the parting tool to work where the grain runs parallel to the lathe axis. I shaped the end of the blade like the Sorby Parting Tool double angle look. Parting can be seen as simply cutting a groove in a workpiece that is so deep that it cuts the workpiece off the bar.

Inspect the parting tool closely before using. Same thing applies to a facing tool Look at your parting tool and blade and take note of the shape and set up accordingly. Parting tools come with either flat or diamond-section blades shown below.

A standard 18 -wide flat-blade parting tool fills the bill for most turners. For a bigger more rigid lathe. 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.