How To Use A Lathe Parting Tool

Tips Techniques 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.

How to use a lathe parting tool. Swing the handle to the right and rotate it to the left as before to initiate the cut. I shaped the end of the blade like the Sorby Parting Tool double angle look. These parting tools are generally thin blades of HSS but there are also carbide insert parting tools available for the task or you can grind a cutoff tool out of HSS.

Lathe Parting Tool Cut Off Tool. Other uses include things such as cutting the head off a bolt. Just an experienced opinion that a light lathe is better off with a rear mounted parting tool if it can be solidly mounted there and the lathe run in the normal direction.

Rotate the lathe by hand and the cut will begin at the left-hand side of the cutting edge. Part-off Tool Inspection. The idea is to turn an old used sawzall blade into to tool make a handle of wood and used some epoxy and brass rod for rivets or whatever they are called in knive handles.

Restrict the parting tool to work where the grain runs parallel to the lathe axis. It is normally used to remove the finished end of a workpiece from the bar stock that is clamped in the chuck. For a bigger more rigid lathe.

Parting can be seen as simply cutting a groove in a workpiece that is so deep that it cuts the workpiece off the bar. Then advance the cut toward the groove by pivoting the tool on the tool rest. Inspect the parting tool closely before using.

Everything from 4140 to plastics have been parted without issues this way. Turn the outside of the bowl to your desired shape. We recommend to use a sub-spindle if available.