How To Sharpen A Parting Tool

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.

How to sharpen a parting tool. Make sure your bench grinder is fastened securely to the floor with no wobble or give. Starting On Parting Tool Project. This includes the rectangular and diamond parting tools as well as the much wider beadingparting tool.

The same techniques used to sharpen a skew can be applied to these tools so let me refer you to the article on sharpening skews. To effectively sharpen this tool you need to get the sharp side points to. But that same shape makes sharpening difficult.

Loosen the tool post align the edge of the Be careful to not drop the 1-2-3 block. This is easy to do using a diamond sharpening tool. A demonstration on how to sharpen a lathe parting tool.

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 diamond parting tool I alternate sides to even the wear.

A sharpening jig sy. You can easily sharpen a parting tool on a diamond card or paddle. Sure its a great tool when parting-off deeply into the wood as the diamond shape helps to reduce friction.

The un-skewed cutting edge of the parting tools actually makes them much easer to sharpen. 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. Though a parting tool is one of the easiest tools to sharpen just the smallest mistake will ruin the edge and waste your precious steel.