Using A Parting Tool

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Using a parting tool. This video describes and demonstrates the proper use of the parting tool on a lathe. Video on how to properly sharpen and use HSS parting blades. The slot is cut 16 mm wide 12 mm deep and at an angle of 5 degrees.

My wife gives me a hard time about saving stuff I think I thru a whole box of old blades away thinking I would never sharpen them or use them again. Another use for the wider tools is that of removing wood quickly when forming a tenon. The tool holder as seen from the parting side.

The main advantage is that the swarf falls down more easily and does not clog up. If using an indexable part-off tool check that the cutting insert is in good condition. 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.

Inspect the parting tool closely before using. For example slots may be cut into a spindle blank to establish the diameter the spindle is to have at that point. Parting or Cutoff Operations In parting operations the workpiece rotates while the tool carries out a radial feed movement.

As with face turning the tool is fed from the periphery of the workpiece toward the center and the cutting speed is reduced to zero but here the similarities end. Never fails as soon as you throw something away you figure out you need it. A cutoff tool ground from HSS.

Using a parting tool in the front toolpost the wrong way up It is sometimes suggested that there are advantages in using a parting tool in the front toolpost but the wrong way up. This video shows the tricky technique of sharpening a v-chisel - also referred to as a parting tool. In this video Selecting And Using A Parting Tool Mike explains the pros and cons of different styles of parting tools for woodturners how to sharpen and h.