How To Sharpen A Parting Off Tool
A sharpening jig sy.
How to sharpen a parting off tool. The un-skewed cutting edge of the parting tools actually makes them much easer to sharpen. If youve used the bench grinder recently youll want to dress it removing the old bits of debris caught in the stone. Make sure your tool is.
Video on how to properly sharpen and use HSS parting. In this example we are making a normal right handed tool for the lathe. Sure its a great tool when parting-off deeply into the wood as the diamond shape helps to reduce friction.
If using HSS parting blades grind andor hone the cutting edge to ensure its sharp. The same amount of time turn the parting tool over and do the opposite side. Since everything was square I went over to the 12 monster disk sander and sanded both sides flush.
Another important step is to make sure the cutting tip of your parting tool is right on the center line of the piece you are parting. In general the method is to use either a grinder or belt sander and then finish with a hone. At length the result must be the point of the parting tool to be ground to a sharp.
Then turn the workpiece round and face it to the right length. If this is necessary part the workpiece off with an extra bit of material. But that same shape makes sharpening difficult.
Unfortunately I did not take a picture of it before I cut it. Parting tools of almost any sort seldom give the best possible finish. I started off with a sawzall blade I think it was 1 14 wide and 12 long.