How To Sharpen A Parting Tool

To effectively sharpen this tool you need to get the sharp side points to.

How to sharpen a parting tool. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new. You can easily sharpen a parting tool on a diamond card or paddle. On a diamond parting tool I alternate sides to even the wear.

S harpening this tool can be a real pain. If youve used the bench grinder recently youll want to dress it removing the old bits of debris caught in the stone. On a thin parting tool I only sharpen.

This flattens and dulls the cutting edges but you can use these flat edges as a guide to maintain the desired profile. I never use a grinder to sharpen any of my edged tools rather a 6 X 48 belt sander with various grit belts from 100 to 320. This can be done with wet dry sandpaper or a diamond stone.

Loosen the tool post align the edge of the Be careful to not drop the 1-2-3 block. Shape it a little on the disk sander and fine tune the cutting tip. This is easy to do using a diamond sharpening tool.

Chase the wire edge to achieve sharpness then polish and strop. This includes the rectangular and diamond parting tools as well as the much wider beadingparting tool. Starting On Parting Tool Project.

Instead grind the profile first by feeding the nose of the tool into a sharpening machine. 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 demonstration on how to sharpen a lathe parting tool.