How To Sharpen A Thin Parting Tool
How to best sharpen your thin parting tool.
How to sharpen a thin parting tool. Took it over to the 1 belt sander cleaned up the blade a little more and fine tuned the wood edges. I just acquired a Robert Sorry thin parting tool. Double Angle Sorby Thin Parting Tool I shaped the end of the blade like the Sorby Parting Tool double angle look.
Tool rest roughly at center. This flattens and dulls the cutting edges but you can use these flat edges as a guide to maintain the desired profile. This narrow Robert Sorby Nick Cook Parting Tool is a favorite of Nick Cook when he needs to make narrow controlled cuts such as the grooves on honey dippers.
On a diamond parting tool I alternate sides to even the wear. I then cut the end of the blade off to square it off and I cut and ground down the teeth. I was working on a handle for a gouge blade.
I lightly rub the bevel on the tool against the card or paddle until I can see that the surface of the bevel has been refreshed. A trick I learned from Stewart Batty to leave a sharp corner Is to start the parting Point down handle up. Double Angle Sorby Thin Parting Tool I shaped the end of the blade like the Sorby Parting Tool double angle look.
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. Begin by grinding just a small portion of the tip like the picture. Use with long bevel up.
Instead grind the profile first by feeding the nose of the tool into a sharpening machine. I even show some very close ups of the edge. I then cut the end of the blade off to square it off and I cut and ground down the teeth.