How To Use A Thin Parting Tool

Using My New Parting Tool.

How to use a thin parting tool. It also reduces the amount of heat build-up caused by friction thereby lessening the chance of burning the bottom of the parted-off project. The Crown Narrow Parting Tool is designed for use on boxes and other lidded containers as well as pens where you want to maintain grain alignment by removing as little material as possible. 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.

On a practice spindle use a parting tool to cut two grooves near its center about 38 apart and 516 deep. This may still leave you with a small piece of wood to clean up at the head stock end and a slightly larger piece at the tail stock. Double Angle Sorby Thin Parting Tool I shaped the end of the blade like the Sorby Parting Tool double angle look.

Unless the cutting edge is in really bad shape you may not need anything more than a hone to do the job. 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. I also made my own from a used commercial hacksaw blade by grinding the teeth off the blade which removes the set and then grinding it to parting tool profile and attaching a handle.

If I do I sharpen the tool and start the parting with the tool tip below center and the handle up. Inserts can also be used for parting and face grooving. Took it over to the 1 belt sander cleaned up the blade a little more and fine tuned the wood edges.

Groove widths 2 3 4 5 and 6mm. As you do this practice looking at the horizon rather than directly at the cutting edge. Geometries including lead angles top rakes and custom forms can be provided.

A smaller version of the full size diamond parting tool the special profile of this tool reduces the risk of binding in the cut. Double Angle Sorby Thin Parting Tool I shaped the end of the blade like the Sorby Parting Tool double angle look. For a thin parting tool Im using the Chris Stott we seem to have had forever.