How To Use A Parting Tool On A Wood Lathe
Being excited I went to the wood lathe to try out the new parting tool.
How to use a parting tool on a wood lathe. Using My New Parting Tool. On a practice spindle use a parting tool to cut two grooves near its center about 38 apart and 516 deep. Turn the outside of the bowl to your desired shape.
Our 2nd generation Easy Parting Tool cuts clean provides precise and stable control with a flexible approach for side cutting and undercutting techniques. Being excited I went to the wood lathe to try out the new parting tool. Took it over to the 1 belt sander cleaned up the blade a little more and fine tuned the wood edges.
When using a scraper it is held at a downward angle - tool lower than the handle. Loosen the tool post align the edge of the toolholder flush with the 1-2-3 block and re-tighten the tool post. There are two ways of doing this.
I got it looking nice and shiney looked pretty good. The tool meets the wood just below the centerline of the blank. I shaped the end of the blade like the Sorby Parting Tool double angle look.
The cutting edge above the cylinder. Turn the outside of the bowl to your desired shape. Then use the BP tool to round the sides of the center ring to form a bead.
Lay your lathe tools on the tool rest positioned at an angle. Rather than cutting a woodturning scraper scrapes using a burr. When turning a bowl on the lathe and holding it by a tenon in a multi-jawed chuck the parting tool can be used to part the bowl from the lathe.