How To Make A Lathe Parting Tool

Make Your Own Beading and Parting Tool from 8mm HSS tool blank.

How to make a lathe parting tool. Starting On Parting Tool. BA DA Bing BA DA Boom. I really enjoy making my own woodturning tools if for any reason just to see if I can do it.

This cut is always at right angles to the axis of the lathe. Ill start at that speed and around 12 way thru Ill re-sharpen the tool and drop the speed down maybe 30 with the VFD. I then cut the end of the blade off to square it off and I cut and ground down the teeth.

So I thought I would make my own parting tool for woodturning. Adding an angle to the tool longer at which side of the cut you need to save allows the cut off part to be held a little longer so you end up. Eddies first video on making a parting tool was to start off by using a lawn edger blade and reshaping it with a grinder then he did a second video on using sawzall blades or reciprocal saw blades.

Being a contractor I just happen to have a box of old blades I can use for making my parting tool. Parting can be seen as simply cutting a groove in a workpiece that is so deep that it cuts the workpiece off the bar. Next I took the blade over to the disk sander and ground it down to bare metal.

Ad Easy to Use - Laser Fits in Spindle 4-Axis 00002 resolutn Fast Setup. After watching a video from Mike Peace on Making and Using Beading and Parting Tools I ordered 4 HSS Square Cutting Tool Bits Bar 8mm x 8mm x 200mm that would be about 516 x 7 78I paid around 11 dollars for 4 of these you can find them here HSS Cutting Bits. Never sharpen your tools again.

Sharpening Your Wood Tuners Parting Tool. Loosen the tool post align the edge of the Be careful to not drop the 1-2-3 block. On the bottom end you make a tenon with your parting tool.