How To Use A Parting Tool On A Wood Lathe

Parting use of rear tool post.
How to use a parting tool on a wood lathe. Turn the outside of the bowl to your desired shape. I shaped the end of the blade like the Sorby Parting Tool double angle look. Firmly support the tool with both hands.
The tool meets the wood just below the centerline of the blank. The tool can be upside-down and the workpiece rotates in the usual direction. Turn the outside of the bowl to your desired shape.
Can also be used for feathering cuts small beads and sizing cuts. Next I took the blade over to the disk sander and ground it down to bare metal. When using a scraper it is held at a downward angle - tool lower than the handle.
Using My New Parting Tool. Ad Easy to Use - Laser Fits in Spindle 4-Axis 00002 resolutn Fast Setup. I got it looking nice and shiney looked pretty good.
These parting tools are generally thin blades of HSS but there are also carbide insert parting tools available for the task or you can grind a cutoff tool out of HSS. That is look across the top of the spindle where you can see the curve in profile. Touch the tip of the tool to the workpiece at the 1030 position when viewed from the tailstock Photo J.
The bowl gouge is a must if you plan to get into bowl turning for your wood lathe projects. The cutting edge above the cylinder. Took it over to the 1 belt sander cleaned up the blade a little more and fine tuned the wood edges.