How To Make A Lathe Parting Tool

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How to make a lathe parting tool. Starting On Parting Tool. Lathe Parting Tool Cut Off Tool. When one side of the cutter gets dull just rotate it to a new surface.

Shape it a little on the disk sander and fine tune the cutting tip. Ive made a couple of turning tools with carbide cutters and some with HSS cutting blanks all turned out to be very useful. Never sharpen your tools again.

You dont need to buy a grinding kit or sharpening system or multiple tools to achieve your desired result. I then cut the end of the blade off to square it off and I cut and ground down the teeth. Parting or cutoff is the operation of cutting a piece off by slicing a groove all the way through it with a special parting tool or cut off tool.

After watching a video from Mike Peace on Making and Using Beading and Parting Tools I ordered 4 HSS Square Cutting Tool Bits Bar 8mm x 8mm x 200mm that would be about 516 x 7 78I paid around 11 dollars for 4 of these you can find them here HSS Cutting Bits. Then turn your blank round and figure out where you want the joint on your box to go. You turn your blank round between centers on the lathe.

The trick to this is the parting tool. Make Your Own Beading and Parting Tool from 8mm HSS tool blank. BA DA Bing BA DA Boom.

All you need is a lathe and an Easy Wood Tools turning tool and you can start making. On the bottom end you make a tenon with your 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.