Using A Parting Tool

Parting uses a blade-like cutting tool plunged directly into the workpiece to cut off the workpiece at a specific length.

Using a parting tool. Cutting technique as well as different uses for the tool are covered. The tool is shown with a 20 mm protrusion and there are two 09 mm shims under the sub holder to bring the tool tip to centre height. Video on how to properly sharpen and use HSS parting blades.

If using HSS parting blades grind andor hone the cutting edge to ensure its sharp. This video shows the tricky technique of sharpening a v-chisel - also referred to as a parting tool. I used an old Lennox Sawzall or Reciprocating Blade for the blade of my wood lathe parting tool.

About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy. If using an indexable part-off tool check that the cutting insert is in good condition. A diamond parting tool has a flattened-diamond cross section.

My wife gives me a hard time about saving stuff I think I thru a whole box of old blades away thinking I would never sharpen them or use them again. 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. The tool holder as seen from the parting side.

I must have throw a couple hundred of those away throughout my lifetime. It is normally used to remove the finished end of a workpiece from the bar stock that is clamped in the chuck. In this video Selecting And Using A Parting Tool Mike explains the pros and cons of different styles of parting tools for woodturners how to sharpen and h.

The tool is held in a small sub holder. Parting or Cutoff Operations In parting operations the workpiece rotates while the tool carries out a radial feed movement. A cutoff tool ground from HSS.