How To Make A Thin Parting Tool

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How to make a thin parting tool. The Robert Sorby Narrow Parting Tool is designed to produce a clean cut with minimal waste this narrow parting tool features a double bevel cutting tip for fast clean cuts and 1-14 blade to eliminate flex and twist thats inherent to narrow blades. I found a couple of good videos that talk about sharpening your parting tool and thought it might help you get the best use of your thick or thin parting tool. If I do I sharpen the tool and start the parting with the tool tip below center and the handle up.

This is using the tool as a negative rake scraper. Designed to give the cleanest cuts with a minimum of waste this Thin Kerf Parting Tool features a 1-14 blade width that eliminates the flexing and twisting associated with thin blades. Second if the tip of the parting tool is ground at an angle it will minimize the nib further.

Hollow the interior of the bowl and finish both sides of the bowl. Sharpening Your Wood Tuners Parting Tool. These are intended primarily for making thin parting cuts to separate a piece from waste wood.

Starting On Parting Tool. It can be a bit intimidating at first but after some practice youll get the hang of it. Turn the outside of the bowl to your desired shape.

Double Angle Sorby Thin Parting Tool I shaped the end of the blade like the Sorby Parting Tool double angle look. Woodturning Parting Tool. Eddies first video on making a parting tool was to start off by using a lawn edger blade and reshaping it with a grinder then he did a second video on using sawzall blades or reciprocal saw blades.

I rarely need a finish cut from a parting tool. Shape it a little on the disk sander and fine tune the cutting tip. The double-bevel HSS cutting face imparts fine parting lines to turnings.